Is Acupressure treatment successful for Acid reflux?
Acid Reflux Acupressure is like acupuncture but without using needles. By this methods pressure is applied to acupoints, which are mentioned in ancient Chinese Medicine. This can treat specific organs or areas of the body very effectively. With this method the energy of the meridian system called Yin, yang and Qi is bought into alignment by which the body will heal itself. The traditional Chinese treatment of acupuncture has been using from two thousand years for the treatment of digestive disorders. Recent studies have proved that acupuncture, acupressure and electrical acupoint stimulation when applied to Pericardium 6 (P6) will reduce the relaxation of lower esophageal spinster (LES). The major reason for the acid reflux is the relaxation of the LES. In one of the study done by applying electrical acupoint stimulation have shown a 40 % reduction of the LES relaxation in most of the cases studied. This is an astonishing claim and can be one of the crucial discoveries ever made in the
