In daily life, people will inevitably catch a cold, headache and brain fever, and sometimes eat too much spicy food, which may cause sore throat and even cause loss of voice in severe cases.

In fact, as early as more than 2,000 years ago, the classic of Chinese medicine "Su Wen and Oral Question" recorded that "those who have ears are also gathered by the lineage".

"Lingshu: Evil Qi and Visceral Disease" also says, "Twelve meridians, three hundred and sixty-five meridians, its blood and qi are all on the face, and go to the void, its essence and yang qi go on the eyes, and it is the essence, and its other qi goes to the ears, and it is for hearing." ”

That is to say, the relationship between the ears and the whole body is very close, and there are more than 90 acupuncture points densely distributed on this small ear, and the distribution of these acupuncture points on the auricle is like an upside-down fetus in the womb, with the head down, the buttocks and lower limbs facing up, the chest and abdomen and the main torso in the middle, when the body is unwell, there will be a manifestation on the ears.

Today, Su Mu will choose the four acupuncture points above the ears to teach everyone how to treat a sore throat.

The four acupuncture points are the tip of the upper screen, the throat, the lungs, and the adrenal glands.

First of all, find our external auditory canal, these four acupuncture points are distributed around the external auditory canal, you can feel the outer side of the external auditory canal has a protrusion, this is the tragus, the tip of the upper screen is in the upper part of the outer wall of the tragus, and the throat is in the upper half of the inner wall of the tragus, their main role is to treat pharyngitis, sore throat.

The lung point is on the inner side of the external auditory canal, there is a place called the earnail cavity, the middle is the heart point, and the horseshoe-shaped place above and below the heart is the lung point. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs open to the nose and connect to the larynx, and the throat belongs to the lung system, which is also the reason for choosing the lung points.

The adrenal gland in the lower part of the outer wall of the tragus, mainly has the effect of anti-inflammatory, the adrenal gland also has the effect of raising blood pressure, if there is severe hypertension, do not use the method of pinching the ear points to treat sore throat, is pregnant or has a habitual miscarriage of friends, should also be cautious to use this method.

How do you pinch these acupuncture points?

Because the skin of the ear is thin and delicate, the fingernails are not easy to be too long when pinched, so as to avoid scratches and infection. Since the throat and the upper screen are relative, you can use the fingertips of the thumb and index finger to clamp these two acupuncture points, pinch and press one tightly and one loosely, and then pinch and press the adrenal glands and tap the lung acupoints, so that there is local soreness, numbness, swelling and pain, auricular redness, and a feeling of hotness, two to three times a day, three to five minutes each time.

If your sore throat has recurred, or has been going on for a long time, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for a check-up to see what is causing the sore throat, and then treat it with this therapy under the guidance of a doctor.