Acupressure Sequences for Abdominal Pain

This point is located on the arm, three finger breadths from the wrist crease on the inner forearm in between the two tendons.

Position the hand palm up. Measure three fingers (finger widths of the person receiving acupressure) up from the crease of the wrist. This can be done by placing the fingers of the opposite hand across the wrist, with the edge of the ring finger at the wrist crease. The point is located at the level where the index finger is resting, between the two tendons that run from the wrist up the center of the arm. Stimulate with the tip of the index finger or a thumb.

This point is located on the lower leg, four finger widths below the knee, near the outer edge of the shin.

Measure four finger widths (of the person receiving acupressure) down from the bottom edge of the knee cap. The point is at this level, one finger width out from the height of the shin bone.

This point is located on the midline of the abdomen, midway between the umbilicus and the sternocostal angle.

Run the forefinger along upward the lower margin of the ribcage, into the fleshy depression immediately below the solid bony edge of the sternum. This is the sternocostal angle, where the sternum and the cartilaginous xiphoid process meet. Find the midpoint between the sternocostal angle and the umbilicus. Stimulate with one or two fingers.

This point is located on the lower abdomen, approximately two of the patient’s fingers widths below the umbilicus. 

Measure approximately two of the patient’s fingers widths below the umbilicus, on the midline. Apply pressure with one or two fingers. This area may be sensitive to pressure, especially if the patient is experiencing stool or urinary retention.