Acupressure is the most ancient and simplest of the various oriental therapies. Acupressure is a unique science. It is believed that eastern therapists evolved this science several centuries ago with a view to maintain health and cure ailments.

Traditional Chinese medical theory describes special acupoints, or acupressure points, that lie along meridians, or channels, in your body. These are the same energy meridians and acupoints as those targeted with acupuncture. It is believed that through these invisible channels flows vital energy -- or a life force called chi. It is also believed that these 12 major meridians connect specific organs or networks of organs, organizing a system of communication throughout your body. The meridians begin at your fingertips, connect to your brain, and then connect to an organ associated with a certain meridian.

According to this theory, when one of these meridians is blocked or out of balance, illness can occur.

 

How acupressure is carried out at PCTC:

              According to the ailment, specific acu-points are stimulated. It starts with warming up of the hands and feet and then moves to stimulation of organs associated to a particular meridian and ends with a cool down which in turn flushes out all the toxins and the person is relieved from the ailment.