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Self Help Acupressure for Flu/Immune System
C. Mason, CMT, Ph.D.
Source: Critical Labels Workshop with Jill Holden, San Francisco, CA.

These are 2 fast recipes Acupressure Self Help for flu/immune system.   Each step
tells you what to do with the left hand and the right.    Use these recipes
as much as you need.   Beginners might want to read the  General Directions

THE PERSONAL ANTIBIOTIC

Step 1   Left hand: hang your hand over crook of the left neck/shoulder
             this is at the back of the neck muslces that is also the top of the left shoulder - feel free to massage
             or explore this area before you settle into a nice position

             Right Hand:  Thumb over  index fingernail  making the ok sign.. hold 2 minutes or so.
                                     do the ok sign with each of your fingers in sequence... index, middle, then ring finger, then little finger,
                                     hold each one for 2 minutes or so.   These positions are called 'mudras'.
                                   
                      -ok sign: Palm of thumb contacts nail on finger.  mudra example
Step 2   Left Hand:  stay in same spot as Step 1
             Right Hand:   Right hand moves to right breast midway between the nipple and collarbone, and midway
             between the breast bone and outer chest  

Steps 3 and 4  repeat the same thing on the other side

Step 3  Right hand: hang your hand over crook of the right neck/shoulder
             this is at the back of the neck muscles that is also the top of the right shoulder - feel free to massage
             or explore this area before you settle into a nice position

            Left Hand:  ok sign with Thumb over  index(2 min), middle (2min) ring(2min), little(2min) fingers, in this order.

Step 4   Right Hand:   same position as in Step 3
             Left Hand:   Left hand moves to left breast midway between the nipple and collarbone, and midway
             between the breast bone and arm pit



LYMPH MASTER  (although this involves holding only left side, works on both)

Step 1 Right hand: hang your hand over crook of the right neck/shoulder
             this is at the back of the neck muslces that is also the top of the right shoulder - feel free to massage
             or explore this area before you settle into a nice position  (for practitioners, this is RH   L11/3  )

             Left hand: goes to the left small of back, over the kidney area, above waist and on rib cage


Step 2   Right Hand:  same as step 1
             Left Hand:  Left hand contacts the left hip crease, where the leg meets the torso, just beside or on the pubic bone 

Step 3   Right Hand: Left inside ankle, behind the ankle bone, near the achilles tendon
            Left Hand:   Same position as in Step 2