A few minutes each day leads to a century of health.

Hello, everyone! I'm Lao Hu, a promoter of Traditional Chinese Medicine culture.

Ancient China produced a remarkable text, the *Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon*, which states: "The meridians are the means to determine life and death, manage all illnesses, and regulate deficiencies and excesses; they must not be obstructed."

Acupoints are the medicine, and meridians are the great pharmacy.

Today, I'm going to teach you a method to treat the common cold.

This method doesn’t require taking medication or receiving injections. It’s something you already have within yourself, but it requires you to invest a little bit of time—not much, just a few minutes each time. What’s the method, and how do you apply it?

It involves massaging specific acupoints on your own body.

Colds and fevers are common, injections and medication routine meals. If you heed my advice today, subduing a cold happens in an instant. Massage Kongzui and Fengchi acupoints to avoid stomach and liver damage from medication.

A short poem informs friends that massaging two acupoints can solve major issues.

Now, I teach friends the method of massaging the Kongzui and Fengchi acupoints, which can boost immunity, address frequent colds, fevers, and runny noses, and prevent the invasion of COVID-19.

First, I’ll share the location and effects of the first acupoint with friends.

The first acupoint is Kongzui (LU6). Kongzui's location is on the inner side of the forearm, specifically at the midpoint of the distance from the wrist crease (where the wrist bends) to the elbow crease. A simple way to find it is to measure from the wrist crease using four finger-widths plus one thumb-width along the inner forearm. That precise spot is Kongzui.

Kongzui is an acupoint on the Lung Meridian, where the "earth-level" channel water from the Lung Meridian seeps into the Spleen soil. Its functions are to clear heat and stop bleeding, moisten the lungs and regulate qi, disperse and regulate lung qi, and cool blood to stop bleeding.

This acupoint regulates lung qi and improves lung conditions. It is effective for chronic bronchitis, wheezing, and coughing, especially sudden, uncontrollable coughing. Applying pressure or massage to this point can provide rapid relief.

Applying pressure or massage to this point can also help with smoking cessation.

For those suffering from hemorrhoids, massaging this acupoint yields unexpectedly effective results.

This acupoint is where the lung meridian qi originates and deeply accumulates, serving as the Xi (cleft) point of the lung meridian. It is effective in treating acute and severe conditions of the lung meridian and lung organ, as well as related blood disorders, due to its functions of descending lung qi, clearing lung heat, cooling blood, and stopping bleeding. Thus, this acupoint can clear lung heat, descend lung qi, and open the orifices and collaterals, achieving effects such as reducing swelling and relieving pain, clearing the voice, and benefiting the throat. The lungs govern the skin and hair, and only when lung qi is harmonious can the pores and sweat glands open and close normally.

When heat evil stagnates in the lungs, obstructing the interstices and causing the pores to become blocked, leading to fever without sweating and headache, this acupoint can be used to clear lung heat, disperse lung qi, open the interstices, unblock the pores, and promote sweating to treat febrile diseases with no sweating and headache.

The formation of hemorrhoids is due to long-term qi stagnation and blood stasis in the terminal part of the large intestine.

The lung and large intestine are interior-exteriorly related; the lung governs qi and has the function of promoting the smooth flow of large intestine qi. Kongzui is the Xi (cleft) point of the lung meridian, with a strong effect in promoting lung qi flow. It is also effective in treating blood disorders, thus capable of regulating qi, resolving stasis, promoting blood circulation, and stopping bleeding, thereby treating hemorrhoids.

Massage method for Kongzui point: Use the middle or index finger to massage this point for about three minutes, twice daily.

The second acupoint is Fengchi. Fengchi is an acupoint of the Gallbladder Meridian of Foot-Shaoyang, and it is the convergence point of the Gallbladder Meridian and the Yang Linking Vessel.

The location of Fengchi is at the depression below the occipital bone at the back of the human head. The method for locating the point is roughly at the same level as the earlobe; when pressing and kneading, a sore and distended sensation indicates the correct point has been found.

The diseases treated by the Fengchi acupoint include colds, dizziness, headache, red eyes, tinnitus, neck stiffness, rigidity and pain, stroke, insomnia, optic nerve atrophy, hypertension, cerebral arteriosclerosis, neurasthenia, optic nerve asthenia, rhinitis, nosebleeds, stiff neck, cervical spondylosis, and so on.

The method of kneading and pressing involves placing two fingers pointing upward with the palms pressed against the back of the head, then positioning the thumbs on the Fengchi area and kneading until a sensation of soreness and warmth is achieved. During this process, tears or a runny nose may occur, which is a normal phenomenon. Friends, have you understood?

Persistence is key! Keep going, friends! That’s all for today, thank you everyone! See you next time!