09 January 2011

Jet Lag

It has been a very busy season and I haven't started researching for the nice things that can happen this year based on Feng Shui, so in the meantime, since there were a lot of people who spent Christmas in their hometowns, I thought it would we nice to share this very simple tip.

This tip teaches travelers to alleviate jet lag through an acupuncture point or acupoint called "LI4" or "Hegu" found at the joint intersection of the thumb and index fingers (please see illustration). While inside the plane, just press this point with the thumb of your other hand for 5 seconds, then while still pressing rotate clockwise for ten seconds, press for 5 seconds then rotate counterclockwise for 10 seconds. Repeat the cycle for one to three minutes and repeat the whole procedure after 4 hours. That balancing action will help you easily adjust to the timezone of another country. That is just the bonus of that action which mainly benefits the lungs (reduces cough and colds), eyes and many others. For fever, rotate counterclockwise because LI4 is a "yang" acupoint which is hot and moving, so to reduce or sedate, the "tonify" or clockwise action should be reversed.

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