Pain Relief Patch Application Positions For Pain In Several Common Parts

Most people think that "where it hurts, stick it there", for example, stick the Pain relief patch on the knee joint if the knee hurts, and stick it on the neck if the neck hurts. In fact, such an approach can only exert a part of the efficacy of the medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that applying pain relief patches to acupoints can exert a greater effect. Below, we introduce the application positions of several common parts of pain:

01. Neck and shoulder pain:

Dazhui Point: The depression below the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra (sitting with the head bowed, the highest point of the neck).

Jianjing point: the midpoint of the line connecting the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra and the outermost point of the acromion.

02. Low back pain:

Gate of Fate: Located under the second lumbar vertebra (on the back opposite the navel).

Yaoyangguan: the depression under the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra (the intersection of the line connecting the highest points of the hip bones on both sides and the midline of the back).

Waist eye: the depression 3-4 inches left and right of the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra in the waist (when standing, you can observe a depression above the buttocks).