Getting Pregnant Naturally (23 page)

To help boost your fertility, use one or more of the following acupressure points.

This point is located on the lower back at waist level (in line with the belly button), two finger widths away from the spine. In addition to promoting fertility, this
point helps to relieve lower-back pain and ease fatigue. It also helps with impotency and problems with ejaculation in men, and helps to regulate menstrual periods and reduce vaginal discharge in women.

Apply pressure at the base of the spine, level with the second holes of the sacrum. In addition to improving fertility, this point helps to improve blood flow in the uterus, relieve lower-back pain, and regulate periods in women. It also helps overcome impotence in men.

This point is located on the midline of the abdomen, four finger widths below the belly button. In addition to improving fertility, this point helps to strengthen the abdominal muscles and tone the reproductive organs in men and women. It also helps to regulate menstruation, reduce vaginal discharge, and relieve incontinence in women. It helps to relieve impotence in men.

Apply pressure on the midline of the abdomen, two finger widths below the belly button (just above conception vessel 4). In addition to improving fertility, this point helps to strengthen the abdominal muscles and tone the
reproductive organs in men and women. It also helps regulate menstruation, reduce vaginal discharge, and relieve incontinence in women. It helps to relieve impotence in men.

ACUPRESSURE POINTS ON THE BACK OF THE BODY

ACUPRESSURE POINTS ON THE FRONT OF THE BODY

This point is located in the back of the ankle, midway between the inside ankle bone and the Achilles tendon. In addition to improving fertility, this point helps to relieve sexual tension and fatigue. It also helps to reduce semen leakage in men and to promote menstrual regularity in women
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This point is located in the pelvic area, in the middle of the crease where the leg joins the trunk of the body (along the underwear line). In addition to improving fertility, this point helps to relieve menstrual and abdominal cramps in women; it also helps to relieve impotence in men
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Apply pressure four finger widths below the kneecap, one finger width outside the shinbone. (If you are on the correct spot, a muscle should flex as you move your foot up and down.) In addition to improving fertility, this point helps to build overall vitality and ease fatigue. It also helps relieve impotence in men
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ACUPRESSURE POINTS ON THE INSIDE OF THE FOOT

FERTILITY CHECKLIST

HERS

• Conception vessel 3
  

• Governing vessel 23
  

• Large intestine 4
  

• Spleen 6
  

• Spleen 8
  

• Spleen 10
  

HIS

• Kidney 1
  

COUPLES

• Bladder 23
  

• Bladder 32
  

• Conception vessel 4
  

• Conception vessel 6
  

• Kidney 3
  

• Spleen 12
  

• Stomach 36