Tap the meridians to slim your legs ~ A female Chinese medicine practitioner teaches you how to detoxify your lower body and get rid of edema

The summer is so hot that people can't help but want to cool down even if they wear clothes. But every time you pick up shorts or a short skirt, the thought of the thick saddle meat on your thighs makes you back off? In fact, it is not difficult to get rid of fat thighs. Chinese medicine practitioners say that in addition to eating moderately and increasing your activity level, using your free time to tap your thigh meridians is a good way to make your legs firmer!

There are reasons for thigh edema and puffiness! It may be caused by obstruction of the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming

But why can the above effects be achieved just by slapping your thighs? Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin wrote in her book "PaPaShou: Follow the Beautiful Chinese Medicine Practitioner to Do Lymphatic Drainage" Eliminate edema. Local body shaping. The book "Fight Off Orange Peel" explains that this is because Chinese medicine believes that the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming runs along the front of the human thigh and is responsible for digestion. This meridian starts from the head and runs all the way down to the toes.

Therefore, once the Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming is blocked, indigestion, edema, and puffiness are likely to occur. Not only will the complexion be poor, but toxins will also accumulate on the front of the legs, causing edema. Therefore, if people can promote blood circulation in the legs and improve meridian blockage by patting the inner thighs moderately, it will naturally help increase metabolism, help excrete excess water and waste from the body, and thus avoid leg edema and fat accumulation.

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As for how to do it, Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin pointed out that female friends who want to slim down their thighs may wish to use their free time at work or while watching TV at night. They can sit down and pat the front of the thigh (the location of the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming) from top to bottom using both hands or a magic patting stick, 50 times per part, until the skin becomes slightly red.

Female friends who want to slim down their thighs may wish to use their free time at work or while watching TV at night to sit down and pat the front of the thighs (the location of the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming) with both hands from top to bottom, 50 times for each part, until the skin becomes slightly red. (Photo/Provided by Happiness Culture Publishing House)

In addition, if time permits, after completing the overall tapping, you can also target the following three key acupoints on the legs and tap them 20 times with your fingertips or a tapping stick to intensify acupoint stimulation. If you use essential oils and aromatherapy appropriately when patting, the effect will be better:

The Fu Tu point is located on the bulge of the quadriceps femoris on the front of the thigh, 6 inches above the knee. To locate the point, you can kneel and find the top of the thigh muscle, which is 6 inches up from the center of the knee, the position of eight fingers, and that is the Fu Tu point. (Photo/Provided by Happiness Culture Publishing House)

★Futu Point

Method of finding the acupoint: Fu Tu acupoint is located at the bulge of the quadriceps femoris on the front side of the thigh, 6 inches above the knee. To find the acupoint, you can kneel and find the top of the thigh muscle, which is 6 inches up from the center of the knee, the position of eight fingers, which is the Fu Tu acupoint.

Benefits: Regularly tapping this acupoint can improve leg pain, avoid cramps, and beautify thigh lines.

Yinshi point is below Futu point and 3 inches above the knee. To locate the point, you can kneel and walk 3 inches above the knee, which is the position of four fingers. (Photo/Provided by Happiness Culture Publishing House)

★Yinshi Point

Method of finding the acupoint: Yinshi acupoint is below Futu acupoint and 3 inches above the knee. To find the acupoint, you can kneel and walk 3 inches above the knee, which is the position of four fingers.

Benefits: Regularly tapping this point can improve problems such as lower body swelling, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, and indigestion.

Liangqiu point is below Yinshi point and 2 inches above the knee. To locate the point, you can kneel and walk 2 inches above the knee, which is the position of three fingers. (Photo/Provided by Happiness Culture Publishing House)

★Liangqiu acupoint

Method of finding the acupoint: Liangqiu acupoint is below Yinshi acupoint and 2 inches above the knee. To find the acupoint, you can kneel and walk 2 inches above the knee, which is the position of three fingers.

Benefits: In addition to improving swollen and painful knees and lower body paralysis, tapping this point frequently can also improve stomach pain, stomach cramps, and diarrhea.

【Tip from Chinese medicine practitioners】:

Finally, Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin also suggested that girls who particularly want to slim down their legs can lift their legs moderately in bed before going to bed, which is also a very simple and effective way to slim down their legs. People may try to lift their legs up to allow blood to flow back to the legs, then cross their legs and swing them 15 to 20 times each time. After resting, repeat 2 to 3 more times.