Chest and flank pain, commonly known as bifurcation, is a symptom that we often experience in our lives. Most of the pain is caused by external receptivity or emotional disorders, which is mainly a condition caused by chest and flank pain.

When thoracohypochondral pain occurs, patients often have obvious tenderness in the second to fourth costal cartilage, accompanied by coughing, and the pain is aggravated during activities, which brings great inconvenience to our lives.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if the liver is depressed, angry or emotionally uncomfortable, it can lead to stagnation of liver qi and liver disorders, which can lead to symptoms such as chest and flank swelling and pain, and wandering.

The soul gate acupoint belongs to the acupuncture point of the foot sun bladder meridian, the soul is the soul, the door is the portal, the liver hides the soul, the soul refers to the liver, the soul gate acupoint and the liver Yu acupoint are lined up, and the liver qi enters and exits the portal, so the name is "soul gate", in the back of our body, under the spinous process of the 9th thoracic vertebra, 3 inches aside.

Press on the soul gate acupoint with your fingertips, take the acupuncture point as the center, maintain a certain strength, rotate and knead, each time you press and knead for three to five minutes, it is best to heat and swell on the surface of the skin. You can also take the way of pressing, press the soul door acupoint with the fingertips of the thumb, at this time you will feel obvious soreness at the pressure place, gradually press hard, hold it for two to three seconds and then release, rest, press it again after three seconds, press it and release it, for a cycle, repeat for three to five minutes.

The appearance of chest and flank pain is mostly caused by liver disorders, and the soul gate acupoint is next to the liver Yu, corresponding to the liver, stimulating this acupoint has the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi, reducing inversion and stomach, so it has a good effect on the treatment of chest and flank pain.

In addition, long-term rubbing the soul acupoint has a significant effect on diseases such as poor diet, indigestion, vomiting, etc., and when we are irritable and the liver qi is uncomfortable, pressing and kneading the soul acupoint also has a good conditioning effect.