These Pressure Points Will Treat Your Headaches

Union valley

This type of pressure point treatment is believed to relieve tension in the head and neck. Tension is often associated with headaches. The union valley points are located on the web between your thumb and index finger. To treat headaches:

1. 1. Start by pinching this area with the thumb and index finger of your opposite hand firmly — but not painfully — for 10 seconds.
2. 2. Next, make small circles with your thumb on this area in one direction and then the other, for 10 seconds each.
3. 3. Repeat this process on the Union Valley point on your opposite hand.

Drilling bamboo

These points are located at the indentations on either side of the spot where the bridge of your nose meets the ridge of your eyebrows. Touching these pressure points can relieve headaches that are caused by eyestrain and sinus pain or pressure. To use these pressure points to treat headaches:

1. 1. Use both of your index fingers to apply firm pressure to both points at once.
2. 2. Hold for 10 seconds.
3. 3. Release and repeat.