Re: gastroparesis and EDS? - Nausea

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There are three acupoints that are pretty effective for relieving

nausea and other stomach symptoms such as basic heartburn and

indigestion. They are also pretty easy to locate since everyone can

find their own naval and their own sternum.

For those of you with copies of Gach, you won't find these listed in

his section on nausea. The ones he lists are excellent points, but

the ones I am going to list below are easier to find and use and are

the ones I/we use personally.

Find the " notch " at the top of the sternum. Find the xyphoid

process at the bottom of the sternum. The first point is half-way

between the top and the bottom of the sternum, in the center of the

sternum. You have already found the xyphoid and know where your

naval is. The second point is half-way between the xyphoid (bottom

of the sternum) and your naval, also on the mid-line of the body.

The third point is two of YOUR finger widths below the bottom of the

naval. Put the top edge of your index finger right at the bottom of

the naval. The center of your middle finger should then be right on

the spot. Again, this will be on the mid-line of the body.

Standard acupressure would tell you to just work the points. It

wouldn't specify any kind of pattern. I am going to add two twists

to that which make them far more effective. The first twist is from

Jin Shin Do. Work the points in pairs using both hands at the same

time. The second twist is from Polarity Therapy. Whichever two

points you are working, keep your right hand on the bottom and your

left hand on top. (This is one of the basic principles of polarity

when you are working along the center line of the body - right hand

toward the feet, left hand toward the head. It doesn't matter which

is where when you are working elsewhere on the body.)