Acupressure points isn’t magic—but it is a powerful and natural way to support your body. Whether you’re struggling with headaches, digestion, or daily life stress, learning a few acupressure points or pressure points can make a big difference. It’s simple, safe, and most importantly—it puts the power of nature healing back into your hands.

Pressure Therapy

What Is Pressure Therapy?

Pressure therapy in acupressure refers to the natural treatment of applying manual pressure to certain points on the body known as acupoints that are believed to correspond to energy channels or meridians. The pressure therapy is used to stimulate these points to:

  • To Release muscle tension
  • Promote blood circulation
  • Improve the body’s natural healing processes
  • Balance the flow of vital energy

Pressure therapy in acupressure involves:

By the use of the fingers, knuckles, thumbs, and some tools like acupressure rollers, rings or balls are also used.

Applying gentle and comfortable pressure on points related to certain problems or areas of discomfort.

Holding of pressure for few seconds to a couple of times, often combined with gentle circular motion.

What Are Acupressure Points?

Acupressure points are important spots that can activate specific functions of healing in your body. They are located all over your body: hand, feet, face, ears, and even the back. Acupressure points are deeply rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, are precisely used to apply pressure to regulate the flow of Qi (vital energy) along the meridians. 

These points are often located at muscle junctions or nerve clusters, they help influence physiological processes by merely stimulating the nervous and circulatory systems. Stimulating acupoints like LI4 or ST36 can help relieve pain, improve immunity, and balance emotional state. Scientific studies says these points are helpful in reducing stress and inflammation. 

Pressure therapy offers non-invasive therapy with the help of acupressure points and help enhance physical, mental and emotional state of the body. 

Types of acupressure points

Colortherapist considers that chromo therapy is the easiest form of alternative medicine treatment. In daily life, without knowing, we are already using this therapy in one way or another. But in order to cure specific medical problems, we need to use them at certain points for them to be of great use. Some colour therapy benefits are

LI4 (Hegu): These spots help out with different organs or functions in the human body. A case of such a point is LI4 ( Hegu) : It's found on the web between thumb and index finger.

PC6 (Neiguan): Located on the inner forearm, three fingers width distal to the wrist. Useful for nausea, anxiety, and motion sickness.

ST36 (Zusanli): Found on a practitioner’s outer part of leg just below the knee.

LV3 (Tai Chong): Tai Chong located on dorsum of foot between first and second toe aids in liver functionality while calming the mind.

How Do Acupressure points Work?

Acupressure’s science is still emerging, but some believe that touch stimulates the nervous system, boosts circulation, and release hormonal triggers of well-being such as endorphins. This explains why so many people find it useful in managing chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety and even sleeplessness

What to try at home is that which you can do with acupressure you don’t need needles or special equipment just your fingers and a little awareness.

 

A Simple Routine We Recommend.

If you are stressed out and tired out here is a mini self-care session:. Apply gentle circular pressure to the LI4 point in your hand for a minute or two. move to the PC6 pressure point on your wrist and repeat the same process. at last, inhale few deep breaths and gently pressure or massage the base of your skull to release neck tension.
In just few minutes, you’ll likely to feel more relaxed, calm, and recharged.

Conclusion
Next time if your body speaks up with discomfort or illness, don’t just reach for any
medication. Try listening… and pressing acupressure points.