acupressure
a type of massage in which finger pressure on the specific bodily sites described in acupuncture therapy is used to promote healing, alleviate fatigue, etc.
Medicine/Medical. a procedure for stopping blood flow from an injured blood vessel.
Origin of acupressure
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The six interchangeable heads include flat with acupressure, u-shape, trigger point, large round, small round, and wedge.
The best percussion massagers to soothe aching muscles | Terri Williams | January 19, 2022 | Popular-ScienceAnother method that was designed to fight regular motion sickness but is also used by gamers is wearing acupressure wristbands.
Video games can cause motion sickness—here’s how to fight it | Sandra Gutierrez G. | February 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceElastic bracelets—with brads to place just so in an acupressure spot on the inner wrist purported to reduce nausea—are popular.
Hyperemesis Gravidarum: What’s Ailing Kate Middleton | Kent Sepkowitz | December 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThough the inventor of acupressure, his name will forever be associated with the introduction of chloroform.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell Parkacupressure, checking hemorrhage in arteries during an operation by compressing their orifices with a needle.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia | Edited by Rev. James Wood
His friends endeavoured to rank acupressure with chloroform as one of the blessings to humanity made manifest by him.
Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) | Henry Laing GordonIn this he was mistaken for, on the contrary, acupressure was beginning to be forgotten long before twenty-five years had elapsed.
Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) | Henry Laing GordonThe nature of reparatory inflammation in arteries after ligatures, acupressure, and torsion.
History of the Division of Medical Sciences | Sami Khalaf Hamarneh
British Dictionary definitions for acupressure
/ (ˈækjʊˌprɛʃə) /
another name for shiatsu
Origin of acupressure
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