Pay off your credit card debt after the Mid-Autumn Festival by using these 3 acupuncture points to reduce abdominal distension

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, families reunite and our stomachs become even fuller after the festival. We eat too many mooncakes and barbecued meats and feel bloated and uncomfortable. What should we do? Don't worry, Chinese medicine practitioners suggest that if you want to promote gastrointestinal motility, you can drink more hawthorn tea. If you experience gastrointestinal bloating, try pressing the Zhongwan, Guanyuan and Tianshu points on the abdomen to relieve it. It can also speed up metabolism and achieve the effect of slimming your belly.

If you eat too much after the Mid-Autumn Festival and want to shape your belly and relieve bloating, it is effective to press the Zhongwan point, Guanyuan point, and Tianshu point frequently.

After the Fall Festival, it’s time to burn some calories!

When relatives and friends get together during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is inevitable to eat and drink a lot. If you are not careful, you will consume too many calories, making your face rounder and your belly fatter. Chinese medicine practitioner Zhang Wenxin pointed out that improper diet can easily lead to gastrointestinal damage and qi disorder. On weekdays, we should pay attention to the content of our diet, focus on light and regular food, and avoid greasy and overeating. However, if we do this occasionally, we should work hard to replenish our body afterwards.

To deal with stomach bulging and bloating caused by overeating, Dr. Zhang Wenxin said that many people would choose stomach powder. Although the sodium bicarbonate contained in it can neutralize stomach acid and relieve stomach bulging, it will also cause stomach acid rebound and produce a stronger stimulation to the stomach wall. If you want to improve the discomfort caused by bloating, or even promote metabolism in the lower abdomen and lose weight, you can try to find the three acupoints around the navel, namely Zhongwan, Tianshu, and Guanyuan.

Slimming the abdomen and relieving bloating: Zhongwan, Guanyuan, and Tianshu acupoints

"Zhongwan Point" is located above the stomach, 4 inches above the navel (measure twice by folding three fingers wide upwards), belongs to the Ren meridian, and is the gathering point of the stomach. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate bloating, reduce stomach bulges, and make the upper abdomen thinner. The Guanyuan Point is located 3 inches (four fingers wide) directly below the navel. It belongs to the Ren Meridian and is the gathering point of the small intestine. It is the place where the small intestine's visceral qi accumulates and can promote intestinal peristalsis.

Schematic diagram of Zhongwan acupoint, Guanyuan acupoint and Tianshu acupoint. (Photography by Huang Zilun)

The third "Tianshu Point" is located 2 inches (three horizontal finger widths) away from the left and right sides of the navel. It belongs to the stomach meridian and is also a large intestine point. It can promote gastrointestinal motility, eliminate intestinal bloating, improve stool retention, and slim the lower abdomen. Doctor Zhang Wenxin mentioned that you can use finger pressure massage to relieve symptoms, and adding massage every night after taking a bath can also help flatten your lower abdomen.

In addition, there are acupoints such as the spleen meridian, kidney meridian, stomach meridian, and conception meridian scattered around the navel. Through patting and stimulation, it can also promote intestinal digestion and peristalsis and improve bloating and constipation. Use your right palm to massage clockwise along the direction of large intestine peristalsis, from right to lower left clockwise, repeat several times, deep massage for about 5 minutes will have the effect.