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Accupressure's Potent Points: A Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments

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This is a very useful reference for anyone interested in playing an active part in healing themselves. Just look up your complaint (headache, nausea, etc) and the book provides several points that may help, along with a description of the points, their names and what they are specifically helpful for. The book also provides detailed instructions and photos to help you get the proper position of the points. Very easy to use and understand.

Pretty good clinical book. Easy to follow pictures and techniques. Actually works , especially on people who "don't like to take medicines." Gach also has a video called "Acupressure Fundamentals" which he shows not only key acupressure points but also Shiatsu.

Acupressure points work. This book is clear and provides
simple techniques to press those aches and pains away. You
don't need to sit there all day with throbbing sinuses or
a major headache. Flip the book open to the right page,
give yourself a couple minutes to press the points involved,
and you'll feel better in no time.

The book works equally good for layman. The illustrations and instructions are good enough to find potent points. It worked for me.

I borrowed this book from the library some time ago and learned the immune system series of accupressure points. It has saved me from many colds. As soon as I feel a sore throat or sniffles coming on, I start pressing the points and at least 75% of the time, the cold will go away. I went to borrow the book again from the library for my husband's migraines, asthma, arthritis, and carpal tunnel and discovered it had been stolen. Thank goodness for Amazon, I will soon have my own copy.

This review may be somewhat premature since I am just now ordering the book for myself. However, I would like to share a success story. My mother has suffered from a chronic cough for more than twenty years. She has seen every type of specialist, tried inhalers, cough syrups, pills, diets, and every other kind of treatment that any of these specialists could come up with. And still she coughed - constantly, day and night. My daughter-in-law has this book, found a "potent point" for coughing and showed Mom where to "push" following the illustrations. Now, whenever Mom starts coughing, she applies pressure. Her cough is stopped immediately. Needless to say, her Doctor is amazed, we are thrilled, and to me this one treatment alone is worth 10 stars. I can't wait to receive the book.

After you read through this book and put some of its techniques into practice, you will wonder how you ever got along without it. Covering a wide range of common ailments, it describes each point and its uses, and gives good instructions on finding them both from diagrams and lots of photos. Even if you're sceptical, buy this book!

In a nutshell, Accupressure's Potent Points: A Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments shows the reader how they can use acupressure on themselves to relieve stress related problems.

So what exactly is acupressure? Well, its an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to press on key points on the surface of the skin- which in turn stimulates the body's natural self-curing abilities. More specifically, when these points are pressed on for several minutes, they release muscular tension and promote the circulation of blood and the body's life force to aid healing. If at this point you're wondering how acupressure differs from ACUPUNCTURE, well, there's not much difference- the same points are used for both, its's just that one uses needles and the other uses your fingers.

And just what makes these acupressure points or "potent points" so special? Well, as the book explains, they are places on the skin that are especially sensitive to bioelectrical impulses in the body and conduct these impulses readily. So, by stimulating these points with your fingers, you're triggering the release of endorphins (your body's natural pain killers) which blocks the pain. This in turn increases the flow of blood and oxygen to the affected area which promotes healing and causes the muscles to relax.

Neat huh? This kind of info is covered in Part I of the book. Part II, which is about 85% of the book, covers the acupressure points themselves and the techniques for the specific ailments- and boy do they cover the ailments! Just about everything you can imagine is covered from acne to fainting to shoulder tension. Pictures are a plenty and show you the exact areas to press on- it's a pretty easy process and the book makes it simple to do. Also of note is that there are two ways to use the book, you can look up a problem by system (i.e. digestive system, immune system, etc.) via a handy chart, or simply look a problem up by flipping around as the ailments are covered in alphabetical order.

The book ends with two appendices, one being a nice point location chart, and the other a summary of the potent points. All-in-all its a pretty clear and easy to use book that should help many put an end to their stress-related aches and pains. Other pain books that might be of interest include The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution for readers suffering from plantar fasciitis.

I have been bothered with a shoulder pain for over a month. I received this book a few days ago, applied pressure to the point identified in the book for my problem, and WHEW! the pain left almost immediately. It's GONE!! I'm working on a sciatica nerve now.
I told a friend and she said "Get that book for me for Christmas!" So now I am ordering four more books to give to relatives and friends. They will love it.
Illustrations and photos are very good, as are all the instructions. I hadn't realized various points have interesting names!! Acupressure has been around for a long, long time.

I found this book to be a very accessible, user-friendly handbook for anyone interested in developing their ability to support and maintain their health and well-being. Exceptionally easy to find your way around, Part I introduces the basics of acupressure, and general guidelines for practicing self-acupressure. Part II details techniques for specific ailments, assisted by clear illustrations of points and where to locate them, as well as photographs showing how to use pressure on them. There are appendices with charts in the back summarizing all the points and cross-referenced to each chapter where they are utilized. Over a period of time, the reader gradually becomes more familiar with the points, and adept at locating and using them. I have definitely found the recommended treatments helpful.