There are many ways to maintain health, and traditional Chinese medicine massage has become a thing that everyone often does in daily life, and one of the common methods of massage is to rub the abdomen.

There are many ways to maintain health, and traditional Chinese medicine massage has become a thing that everyone often does in daily life, and one of the common methods of massage is to rub the abdomen.

Press and rub the abdomen every day (whether the big abdomen or the lower abdomen) is beneficial to health. Pressing and rubbing the big abdomen can help digestion and absorption of food, promote the decomposition speed of food, increase intestinal peristalsis, and help defecate;

Press and rub the lower abdomen regularly help decompose abdominal fat, unblock the ventilator, and also have a certain protective effect on the female attachment area.

1. Three health benefits of rubbing the abdomen

1. It can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis

0. The abdomen is a gathering place for various intestines, including the ileum, colon and cecum. The food stored in the stomach will be further transmitted to the intestine after initial digestion and absorption, and can only be transported to the large intestine after decomposition and absorption of the small intestine. Therefore, frequent massage of the abdomen can help the peristalsis ability of the gastrointestinal intestine, greatly shorten the time of defecation, and thus improve constipation. Especially for the elderly people with constipation, this method can be used to help defecate to reduce the pain of defecation.

In addition, for people with poor spleen and stomach function, frequent massage of the abdomen can reduce the accumulation of food in the stomach, thereby alleviating the symptoms of abdominal distension caused by indigestion.

In addition, the heat generated by the continuous friction between the palm and the skin can also warm the gastrointestinal tract and help relieve symptoms such as stomach pain and abdominal pain caused by cold.

When rubbing the abdomen, pay attention to pressing and rubbing clockwise along the direction of the intestines, that is, rubbing the abdomen from the lower left abdomen in the direction upward, right, downward, and then to the left.

2. Rubbing the belly is beneficial to weight loss

Regular rubbing the belly can promote the burning of fat, help clear the abdominal wall capillaries , and can also help the excretion of toxins and waste in the body. Therefore, for women who want to lose belly, they can try to use rubbing the belly every day to lose weight, especially for people who are in the weight loss period.

By rubbing the abdomen, you can effectively avoid the accumulation of fat in the abdomen, accelerate the consumption of abdominal fat, maintain normal weight, and thus achieve the effect of weight loss and detoxification.

3. Rubbing your belly before going to bed can help sleep

Before going to bed, insist on rubbing your belly with your hands for about 10 minutes, which can help sleep to a certain extent.

According to investigations, frequent scrubbing of the abdomen can make people feel happy, relaxed, and better sleep quality. Therefore, friends who often suffer from insomnia or have poor sleep quality can try the method of rubbing their abdomen before going to bed, and they may not see miraculous effects.

In addition, rubbing the abdomen before going to bed helps unblock the qi and blood of the whole body and unblock the meridians of the whole body. It can also calm down the liver fire for people who are usually prone to qi and get angry.

2. It is best to avoid

1. Belly rubbing is generally suitable for people with good health. For special groups with major diseases, is not recommended to avoid aggravating the condition. In addition, pregnant women and those with gastrointestinal perforations should not rub the abdomen.

2 and women with menstrual periods should not perform abdominal rubbing, especially for women with dysmenorrhea and .

Because when a woman is in menstruation, her abdomen will be discomfort. If she massages her abdomen again, it may aggravate blood flow and increase pain.

So women during menstruation must pay attention to protection and try not to massage the abdomen significantly.

3, is not suitable for rubbing the abdomen when it is too hungry or too full to , so as not to damage the gastrointestinal tract and increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. You can choose to rub the abdomen about two hours after meals.

Rubbing the abdomen helps to maintain health. If you stick to rub it every day, the above 3 benefits will always be "follow you".

There are many important acupoints in the abdomen. Frequent massage of the abdomen can not only nourish the yin and unblock the meridians, but also accelerate the body's metabolism. For patients with gastrointestinal surgery, it can also effectively prevent postoperative intestinal adhesions and other hidden dangers such as .

In addition, you should also pay attention to grasping the strength when rubbing the abdomen, just moderately to avoid excessive force causing discomfort.