Losing Weight by acupressure

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Foot Reflex Points for Weight Loss

For reflexology weight loss, you need to find the pressure points that correspond to your spleen and digestive organs. Work your weight loss reflex points for at least 5 minutes every day.

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   Support your left foot with your right hand and use your left thumb to work the spleen reflex. (On the chart it is the oblong area indicated on the outside edge of your foot between your diaphragm line and your waist line.) Stimulation of the spleen reduces hunger.
   
   
   
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   Work your stomach and pancreas reflex points by cradling your left foot with your right hand and pressing each point with your left thumb. When you reach the outside limit of the reflex area, switch hands and work the reflex points back in the opposite direction. Stimulating these points allows your body to absorb more nutrients from the food you eat, so even though you are eating less food, you are getting the maximum nutritional value possible from what you are eating.
   
   
   
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   Remember to work the reflex point for your gall bladder because your gall bladder stores bile, the digestive liquid continually secreted by your liver. The bile emulsifies fats in partly digested food, which is conducive to weight loss.
   
   
   
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   Energize your key endocrine glands, which will promote balanced hormone secretion and appropriate appetite. Your endocrine glands are responsible for your response to stress, so applying pressure to the reflex points for your thyroid (at the base of your big toe), pituitary gland (in the center of the bottom of your big toe) and your adrenals (between your waistline and your diaphragm line) will help balance your emotional and physiological stress. The less stress you have, the better chance you have to stay on your diet.
   
   
   
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   Get a good night’s sleep every night by working on your relaxation responses.
   
   
   
   • Work your right thumb across the diaphragm line, from the inside to the outside edge of your left foot.
   • While you are doing this, rock your toes back and forth across your left thumb.
   • Edge your right thumb along your diaphragm line each time you bend your toes over.

Hand Reflex Points for Weight Loss

Hand reflexology for weight loss is ideal for people on the go or for those times when it is not possible for you to remove your shoes and socks to give yourself foot reflexology. Refer to the hand chart to locate the key reflex points on your hands that help facilitate weight loss.

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   Work the same organ and gland reflex points in your hands as you do for your feet. Locate the exact pressure points on the hand chart for your: spleen (below your little finger on your left hand), digestive organs (below the lung and breast area on both hands), gall bladder (the pad under the little finger on your right hand) and key endocrine glands (middle and base of your thumbs on both hands).
   
   
   
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   Apply a firmer pressure to the reflex points on your hands and press deeply, but not so deeply that you feel pain.
   
   
   
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   Edge or "creep" forward in minute stages, as if pressing pins into a pincushion and maintain permanent contact with your skin. The reflexes in your hands are located in a much smaller area than on your feet, so work slowly and methodically over all the appropriate areas.
   
   

   
   

   Tips

   • Using reflexology to lose weight shouldn’t be a total replacement for other weight loss initiatives; it should be used as a complement to them. *It is advisable to devise a diet and exercise program to help you achieve your weight loss goals through reflexology.
   • If you’ve chosen to use a professional practitioner to lose weight with reflexology, you can still supplement your sessions with self-reflexology several times a week. Your reflexologist can help you come up with a plan to help you between sessions. This will vary depending on your weight loss goals, the condition of your body, your stress levels (which can actually tell your body to hold onto fat), and the length of time you’ve been above your desired weight.
   • You can also consult an ear reflexology chart to find the same reflex points that correspond to your body’s systems that will help you lose weight.
   • Weight loss is accelerated and your ideal weight is easier to maintain if you get at least 7 hours of sleep every night.