Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Since time immemorial, complementary and alternative medicines CAM have played a significant role in human health care. CAM is known to have a strong reputation and reliability within every culture to provide basic health care treatment for patients.
CAM acts as a better therapeutic option in human being for treating various diseases and improving quality of life with apt consideration to the economic aspects. Acupressure, one of the known CAM, originated in ancient China is based on the principal of acupoints activation across the meridians which correct the imbalance between Qi. Activation of specific points on the meridians is known to facilitate reduction of pain at the local sites.
It also reduces the pain from other body parts. This review outlines various types, devices and mechanisms involved in the acupressure treatment. CAM has become one of the fastest growing remedial approaches. It has already achieved very distinctive reliability and eminence outside territory of traditional medicine system due to their various therapeutic attributes.
Some forms of CAM have been practiced for centuries, whereas others like electrotherapy are more recent in origin. It is based on fundamental principle of activation of acupoints across the meridians.
Activation of acupoints is facilitated by use of fingers or the simply available various hand-held acupressure devices. Due to easy and safe manual hands-on therapy, acupressure is exercised by number of people across the globe.
