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Three short basics to start, then the journal: plain guides to finding and pressing points, each one a few minutes long.

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Basics
3 leaves, about 18 minutes
Journal
9 guides, 1 more on the block
Glossary
Words you meet on every leaf
Tone
Tradition, told plainly. not adiagnosis

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Three stops, about 18 minutes, in this order.
  1. Stop 1 · 6 min read

    What Is Qi?

    Qi (氣) in Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to the body’s capacity for coordinated movement and change — not a mystical energy, but a practical descriptor for function.

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  2. Stop 2 · 5 min read

    Yin and Yang

    Yin and yang in TCM are descriptive lenses — not moral opposites — for tracking paired dynamics like cold/warm, quiet/active, interior/exterior.

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  3. Stop 3 · 7 min read

    The Five Elements (Wu Xing)

    The five elements — wood, fire, earth, metal, water — are a classical relational model linking organs, emotions, and seasons.

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The journal

Newest first · reading times at an easy pace
  1. 8 MIN readCycle Comfort: A Period-Pain Routine at HomeWhen period pain arrives, most of us want two things at once: something kind to do with an evening, and honesty about what that evening can and cannot change. This guide offers a quiet at-home routine — warmth, slowed breathing, and two well-recorded classical points, Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Taichong (LV3) — together with the boundaries that keep home practice honest.SP6: not inpregnancy
  2. 9 MIN readSteadier Days: Pressure Points for Anxious SpellsAnxious spells visit everyone: the evening that will not quieten, the morning that starts already wound tight. This guide gathers a steady routine around two wrist points — shenmen (HT7) and neiguan (PC6), old companions of household tradition when the mind would not settle — covering how to find them, how to press them kindly, and where honest limits lie.
  3. 10 MIN readMotion Sickness on the Road: A Traveller's RoutineMotion sickness has a famous address on the classical map: neiguan (PC6), on the inner forearm between two tendons. This post gives an honest answer to whether wrist pressure helps, a step-by-step routine to follow on a coach or a ferry, zusanli (ST36) as a companion point, and the safety lines worth keeping.SP6: not inpregnancy
  4. 9 MIN readA Wind-Down Ritual for Sleepless EveningsSome nights the lamp goes off and the mind stays at its desk. This guide offers a quiet ritual for such evenings — two classical points found by touch, a wrist gate and a sole spring, worked gently for about ten minutes, framed as tradition rather than treatment, and bounded by clear lines about when sleeplessness belongs with a clinician.
  5. 8 MIN readA Tension-Headache Toolkit for Ordinary DaysTight bands across the forehead, a dull squeeze at the temples, heaviness pooling at the base of the skull — ordinary head tension knows how to claim an afternoon. This toolkit collects the four points traditional practice reached for most often, a five-minute routine for ordinary days, and the honest limits of finger-pressure self-care.LI4: not inpregnancy
  6. 10 MIN readPressure, Not Needles: What Self-Acupressure Is and Isn’tFinger pressure asks almost nothing of you — no needles, no kit, no appointments — yet the line between home self-care and professional treatment is where beginners most often lose their footing. This guide sets out plainly what self-acupressure is, what it is not, and where the boundaries sit.
  7. 9 MIN readWhat De Qi Feels Like — and When to StopPress the right spot and something curious happens: a deep, spreading heaviness quite unlike ordinary soreness. Tradition calls that feeling de qi. This guide explains what it is, how to invite it gently, what to make of a quiet day, and the clear moments that mean stop.
  8. 7 MIN readMeasuring With Your Own Hands: The Cun SystemClassical locations read like riddles: two cun above the wrist, three below the knee. What is a cun, and where do you buy a ruler marked in them? You already own one. This guide explains the body-proportional system behind point location — finger measures, landmark tables, and the habit of measuring with your own hands.SP6: not inpregnancy
  9. 8 MIN readGetting Started with AcupressureAcupressure is the quiet art of pressing classical points with your fingers instead of needles. This guide covers what the practice is, where it comes from, how to find and press points gently, a three-point starter routine, and the safety lines every beginner should know.
  10. on the blockThe Desk Worker’s Back: A Five-Minute RoutineEight hours in a chair asks plenty of a back and returns little. This piece answers the question most desk workers ask first — whether five minutes can help — then walks through a short routine built on two classical stations, Shenshu (BL23) at the small of the back and Weizhong (BL40) behind the knee, with desk habits, honest expectations, and clearly drawn stop lines alongside. Out Oct 26, 2026.

Words on every leaf

Whole glossary →
  • De qiThe dull, heavy or radiating sensation that signals a classical point has been correctly located.Glossary
  • Yuan-source pointA classical “origin” point on each primary meridian, used to reach the organ it governs.Glossary
  • CunA body-proportional unit for locating points, roughly the width of your own thumb at the knuckle.Glossary
  • TóngshēncùnThe “same-body inch”: measures drawn from the very body they will be used on.From the cun guide
  • FuFour fingers held snugly together, sighted across the middle knuckles: three cun.From the cun guide
  • Channel gradesOld grades of yin and yang that ride inside channel names, like taiyin and yangming.From Yin and yang