Have you ever eaten too fast, and if you are not careful, you will inhale air into your body, and you can't help but "uh" and "uh", this is hiccups, commonly known as "hiccups", which is mainly manifested as qi reversal and upward rush, belching in the throat, short and frequent, unable to control itself, hiccups or low or high, sparse or dense, intermittent time is uncertain, sometimes lasts for a long time, and even affects speech, eating, etc., which is equivalent to diaphragm spasm in Western medicine.
Normal people have a thin layer of muscles between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity, called the "diaphragm", which separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and plays the role of separating and protecting the thoracic and abdominal organs. When eating too quickly or inhaling cold air, the autonomic nerves are stimulated, causing the diaphragm to contract suddenly, causing a rapid inhalation and a "hiccups" sound. Hiccups are a physiological phenomenon that generally resolves on their own, and should be treated if there are persistent hiccups or intermittent episodes that affect work and life.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hiccups are caused by "stomach qi does not fall", so the treatment mostly adopts the method of regulating stomach qi and reducing inversion and stopping hiccups. During treatment, they are mostly divided into two categories: the empirical evidence is mostly due to the external attack of cold qi, food stagnation and fire, and the deficiency syndrome is mostly due to spleen and kidney deficiency and cold or kidney qi failure.
Press the acupuncture points to stop "uh"
Clinically, when encountering such patients, I often press the bamboo acupoint first. The specific operation is to press the inner depression of the upper edge of the orbital wall on one side with the finger tip of the thumb, and press obliquely inward and upward force to feel obvious soreness, and to be able to tolerate it, generally press for 1 minute ~ 2 minutes to stop uh, and the effect is remarkable.
If it doesn't work, you can try the following matching techniques:
1
Neiguan acupoint
Acupressure Neiguan acupoint: Use the thumb and fingertips to press the Neiguan acupoint (2 inches above the wrist striae, between the palmaris longus tendon and the flexor carpi radialis tendon) to produce soreness, numbness, and swelling. Generally, compression is 1 minute, and the patient can be asked to take deep breaths while alternating pressure with both hands.
2
Hole in the pancrea
Press and knead the middle acupoint: Use the thumb to press and rub the middle point (anterior midline, flat fourth intercostal space, that is, the midpoint of the line between the two nipples) for 1 minute.
3
Middle elbow hole
Abdomen rubbing: Massage the palms of your hands in a clockwise direction at the middle navel point (4 inches above the umbilicus, that is, the midpoint between the lower end of the sternum and the umbilicus) for about 3 minutes.
4
Sanri Hole
Rub the Sanli acupoint (anterolateral calf, 3 inches below the calf's nose point, and one horizontal middle finger from the anterior edge of the tibia) for 1 minute.
Differentiation of syndrome plus and minus: if the empirical evidence is mostly accompanied by loud hiccups, and the cold is treated, the treatment is to disperse the cold in the warmth, and the bladder meridians on both sides of the back are rubbed, and the hot ones are treated with diarrhoea and heat, and the inner courtyard acupoints are rubbed;
Hiccups do not heal for a long time, and the underlying disease needs to be treated
Hiccups can occur alone or in other disease processes. It should be clear whether it is a physiological or pathological phenomenon, and if it is caused by other diseases, massage therapy can relieve symptoms, but the underlying disease should be treated aggressively. The above methods can be self-massaged. When operating, the technique should be uniform and soft, remember to be simple and rude, and be in a hurry. When hiccups occur, you can take deep breaths or listen to music to distract you, which can also help relieve symptoms.
The above is for reference only, please adjust under the guidance of a physician.
Source: Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Maintenance