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Stiff  Neck

Sometimes the proverbial pain in the neck does have a physical basis. Stress--physical or otherwise--tenses the muscles in your neck, and you wake up one morning with a neck that sends complaint messages flashing through your nervous system.
A stiff neck is a common, usually harmless, problem that lasts just a few painful days. Whether you already have a stiff neck or you've had it before and want to avoid an encore, try these helpful hints.

StepTian Rong point
On the neck, In the depression between the angle of the mandible and the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Massage it for 1-3 minutes.
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Benefits The Neck And Throat , Lowers Rebellious Qi , Benefits The Ears , Reduces Swelling
Asthma - Deafness - Facial Edema - Goiter - Throat Infections - Throat Pain - Throat Soreness - Tinnitus

StepJian Jing point
Between the root of back neck and shoulder.
Hold the shoulder and massage it by thumb for 1-3 minutes.

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Local point for occipital headache, tight trapezius muscles and/or neck/shoulder pain. Phlegm related issues of the head and neck - embolic stroke, neck lumps, swollen lymph nodes, tumors.
Arm Motor Impairment - Back Pain - Dyspnea - Hemiplegia - Labor Difficult - Lactation Insufficient - Mastitis - Neck Pain - Neck Stiffness - Shoulder Pain - Skin Disorders - Uterine Bleeding Abnormal - Windstroke

StepQu Yuan point
Above the shoulder blade.
Pressed the shoulder verticality and massage it for 1-3 minutes.

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Qu Yuan point can improve the stiff back and very effective to stiff shoulder and stiff back.

Neck Pain, Shoulder StiffPeriarthritis Shoulder

Massage Therapy Symptom Category
Head and Face : Headache and Head Heaviness - Face Neuralgia - Eye Fatigue - Eyesight Going
Ear and Nose : Snuffle - Chronic Rhinitis, Nasal Sinusitis - Pollen Rhinitis - Tinnitus and Deaf
Oral and Pharynx : Toothache - Stomatitis - Sore Throat
Neck, Shoulder, Arm, Hand, Chest : Neck Pain, Shoulder Stiff - Stiff Neck - Periarthritis Shoulder - Hand and Arm Paralysis
                                                                 - Tennis Elbow (Elbow Joint Pain) - Twist of the Wrist - Chest Pain, Intercostal Neuralgia
Low back, Back, Leg, Foot : Low Back Pain - Back Pain - Sciatica - Knee Pain - Leg Cramps - Rheumatoid Arthritis
Digestive System : Abdominal, Stomach Flatulence - Chronic Gastritis, Stomach Ache - Stomach Ulcer, Duodenal Ulcer
                                   - Chronic Diarrhea, Enteritis - Constipation - Hemorrhoids
Respiratory System : Colds Symptoms - Cough, Expectoration - Chronic Bronchitis - Asthma - Hiccups
Circulatory System : Insomnia - Vertigo, Meniere's - Hypersomnia, Exhausted - Heart Arrhythmia, Palpitations - Hypertension - Hypotension
Genitourinary System : Cystitis, Urinary Tract Infection - Nephrotic, Oedema - Frequent Urination - Erectile Dysfunction
Women Disease : Dysmenorrhea, Menoxenia - Pregnancy Reaction - Menopausal Syndrome - Female Infertility
Children Diseases : Sleep Problems (Baby Howling) - Bedwetting - Institutional Weakness - Measles, Mumps, Rubella
Other Common Symptom : Weight Loss and Reducing Fat - Freckles, Chloasma, Acne - Hair Loss and Alopecia - Diabetes - Alzheimer's