While dim mak pressure points are most often associated with
self defence, correct acupressure on certain points can be used as
healing massage to improve health and assist in injury repair
caused during training.
How a point is manipulated determines whether it may cause
damage or improve an injury or illness state or symptom. This is
determined by both the force used in pressure application, and
whether multiple points are struck or manipulated to receive the
desired result.
While these points are not intended as a replacement for
acupuncture or other methods, such as Western medicine of healing,
they are a powerful supplement to these methods of health
improvement and repair.
Pressure point manipulation to improve health can be attained in
one of three ways, that of applying a certain amount of pressure to
the point, by employing a massage technique, or using a mix of both
techniques.
Kidney 1 - Yong Quan is one such pressure point. While once
considered a death point, changes in the way that we practice
martial arts have emphasized this point's healing properties to a
greater extent than that of its self defence application. Thispoint
has many therapeutic benefits and it is the first point that a
student should learn how to manipulate for healing benefits.
As taught in my book Two Dragons of Dim Mak,
correct manipulation can relieve headaches, anxiety, agitation, hot
flushes, hypertension, nose bleeds, throat pain, pain and swelling
in the lower leg and a range of other symptoms. For some symptoms,
manipulation of more than one point may be necessary to produce the
most effective results.
It must also be remembered that these points have the potential
to cause injury, so when using pressure points for healing purposes
care must be taken to ensure that they are manipulated correctly to
produce a healing effect. Incorrect pressure or use may induce the
same affect as if the point was struck in a self defence
situation.
Not all dim mak pressure points function as healing points and
it is important that you understand which points are beneficial for
which ailments and the correct method of manipulation.
A student using dim mak pressure points for the purposes of
healing needs to remember basic treatment procedures. When using
points for healing it is important that the practitioner makes sure
that the treatment area, and the person being treated, are warm and
that there is no wind or breeze.
The practitioner's hands should also be warm and clean, and the
person should not have just eaten, be inebriated, pregnant or
seriously ill, that there is no broken or bleeding skin in the area
to be worked on, and that if the symptoms get worse or there is no
relief, the practitioner needs to stop treatment and refer to a
registered health practitioner.