Qu-Chi Acupressure Band

The Qu-Chi Band is a class 1, non conventional medical device that alleviates the symptoms associated with allergic rhinitis. It’s an acupressure band that provides symptomatic relief naturally and without the use of drugs.

Qu-Chi Point

The Qu-Chi is Chinese for ‘crooked pond’ and it’s an acupuncture point that is located on the Large Intestine meridian. The target area of Qu-Chi band is this Meridian, which essentially begins from the forefinger and passes from the throat to the nose. All excess energy that emanates from the face and nose is thought to be pulled by the Qu-Chi Point, which is point number 11 on the Meridian line.

When you bend your elbow, you can see a skin crease; the Qu-Chi point lies at the end of the crease. The Qu Chi band will be used on this area.

How Qu-Chi band Works?

The Qu-Chi band works only when the band is placed over the arm. The position of the band must be such that the button is placed right above the outer elbow area. This means that the button must be as close to the Qu-Chi point as possible. One of the straps of the Qu-Chi band must be placed below and the other above the elbow.

Now all you need to do is bend your elbow in a way such that the button presses the Qu- Chi point, namely the outer end of the elbow crease. This is how the Qu-Chi band works.

Simple stress management and stress relief techniques

Today's fast-paced lifestyle amounts to more stress than ever. People have to deal with lots of pressures in their day-to-day life that can take a toll on them mentally as well as physically. If you find yourself more and more stressed and easily tired and frustrated, read on.

In order to relieve your stress, there are a few things that you must do. Firstly identify the situations that cause stress. Avoid topics that stress you out and don’t take undue pressure. Secondly, talk to people who are involved. If it's your boss, explain your situation. If it's a domestic problem, talk to your relatives. If there's nothing that you can do about changing the situation, try to adapt to the situation. Take a walk, exercise, take a relaxing bath, play with a pet, get a massage, listen to soothing music and watch a comedy, these are all good stress management techniques.

Tension and Cluster headaches

Tension headaches

About 90% of the headaches that occur are tension headaches that are triggered by psychological factors. Tension headaches are also called muscle contraction headaches. Most of your skull is covered with a layer of muscle. When in tension, your muscle contracts abnormally, which can decrease the blood flow in your head and cause headache.

Cluster headaches

At one moment you may be having no headache and all of a sudden you may experience 1-6 incredibly painful headaches in a single day. Sometimes this situation can continue of days and months and then disappear again. Cluster headaches are the worst of all but are rare at the same time. Also, men are more prone to cluster headaches than women. The symptoms of cluster headaches are worse than all other headaches and migraines.

Basic info on migraine headache

Migraine headache is one of the most common types of headache. The migraine headaches are quite typical and also very painful. Migraines are known to affect more women than men. It is estimated that about two-thirds of people who get migraines are women – this is because of the influence of particular female hormones. Migraines may also run in families.

Migraine types

There are two main types of migraine headaches –

• Migraine with aura (classic migraine) – In this type of migraine victims experience an ‘aura’ typically 10 to 30 minutes before actual migraine headache begins. While going through a migraine aura people may see flashing lights, zigzag lines or even a temporary loss of vision. Some people also feel pins and needles sensations in one arm or leg and also face speech difficulty.

• Migraine without aura (common migraine) - Most people experience migraines without aura. People experiencing migraine without aura face the same symptoms as experienced in classic migraine except the aura.