How to Do Acupressure on Your Hand?
ACUPRESSURE TECHNIQUES FOR THE HAND
Want to do acupressure on your own hand? Here are a few easy hand techniques anyone can use.
The main points are in two places on the hand: at the end of the crease of the wrist (the Flexor Carpi Ulnaris muscle), and in the webbing between the thumb and first finger (the Palmaris Longus muscle).
First, find them. The Flexor Carpi Ulnaris is on the inner side of your wrist, just below the crease. The Palmaris Longus is on the palm of your hand, in the webbing between your thumb and first finger.
Once you’ve found them, you can use them to relieve tension headaches, neck pain, or fatigue.
Here’s how:
1) For tension headaches, apply pressure to the Flexor Carpi Ulnaris point on your wrist. Use your thumb and massage the point in a circular motion for one minute.
2) For neck pain, apply pressure to the Palmaris Longus point on your hand. Use your fingers to massage this point in a circular motion for one minute.
3) For fatigue, apply pressure to both the Flexor Carpi Ulnaris and Palmaris Longus points on your hand, one minute each.
There’s another point on the top of your head, the Bai Hui point. Find the center of your head, then the highest point. Apply pressure there with your fingertips for one minute to relieve tension headaches.
So that’s three easy hand techniques for tension headaches, neck pain, and fatigue. Try them next time you feel tense or stressed, and see if they give you some relief.
Acupressure is one of the best techniques I know for tension headaches, neck pain, or fatigue, and it’s also one of the simplest to learn. These three hand techniques can help relieve common health problems quickly. The main points are in two places on your hand: at the end of the crease of your wrist, and in the webbing between your thumb and first finger.
Acupressure on Your Hand:
To use these points, find them first. The Flexor Carpi Ulnaris is on the inner side of your wrist, just below the crease. The Palmaris Longus is on the palm of your hand, in the webbing between your thumb and first finger.
There are 29 points on our hands and wrists. Using just a few of them can relieve tension, headaches, neck pain, and fatigue.
So if you’re feeling tense or stressed out, try one of these hand techniques and see if it helps. If you want more ways to cut tension and stress, check out our other acupressure articles.
If you have an eye problem:
Acupressure can help here too. There’s a point on your eyebrow called the Yintang point. Find the center of your eyebrow, then the two bumps directly above it. Apply pressure there with your thumb for one minute to relieve eye fatigue.
If you want a quick, easy way to relieve tension headaches, neck pain, or fatigue, give acupressure a try. It might be just what you’ve been looking for.
If you have a lung problem:
Use acupressure on your lung point. You’ll find it at the crease of your arm, two inches below the elbow. Apply pressure there with your thumb for one minute to relieve shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing caused by asthma or pulmonary tuberculosis.
If you have a liver problem:
Use acupressure on your liver point, at the center of the top of your breastbone (sternum), about three inches from your nipple line. Apply pressure there with your fingers or palm for one minute to relieve fatigue, right upper abdominal pain, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting related to liver problems.
If you have a blood sugar problem:
Use acupressure on your spleen point, just above the top of your kneecap. Apply pressure there with your thumb for one minute to relieve fatigue, irritability, and anemia related to blood sugar problems.
If you have a heart problem:
Use acupressure on your heart point, in the center of the armpit crease closest to your body. Apply pressure there with your fingers or palm for one minute to relieve chest pain, shortness of breath, and palpitations caused by coronary heart disease.
Try the points that match your symptoms for a few days and see how they help you. In just a few days you’ll notice a clear difference, and you’ll get a feel for how acupressure helps relieve different kinds of pain. Done correctly, it eases all sorts of symptoms.
With the right points, you can get a calming effect from acupressure without the side effects other treatments can bring.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Jian Times
Last updated: October 22, 2026