Xu Chunliang massaged the Yifeng acupoint for about five minutes before stopping.
Although Yan Huaiyi felt somewhat better than before, he had not completely stopped hiccuping.
Xu Chunliang said, "Your hiccups are not simply caused by rising stomach qi but are due to the reversal of lung and stomach qi."
He held Yan Huaiyi's wrist with his palm, bent his thumb, and pressed down perpendicularly with the thumb's fingertip and nail tip. This was the Taiyuan acupoint. "Tai" means great. "Yuan" means deep.
This acupoint is the primary acupoint of the lung meridian and is one of the Eight Meeting Points. It is said that the qi of the meridian gathers here, broad and deep, hence the name Taiyuan, belonging to the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian.
Massaging the Taiyuan acupoint can achieve the effects of regulating blood circulation, clearing the lungs and easing asthma, and releasing stomach heat.
