Posture One
Lift both hands to each side of the head with the fingers closed together. The index fingers are on the sideburns next to the ears and the little fingers on the external canthi. Massage the head with your finger pads by moving the hands up around the ears and down the back of the head and up the face to the starting position. Repeat this cycle nine times.
Posture Two
Place the little fingers onto the midpoints of the eyebrows (Yuyao) and the index fingers on the canthi, the other fingers are together and lie along the eyebrow. Massage the head with your finger pads by moving the hands up the forehead and down the back of the head and up the face to the starting position. Repeat this cycle nine times.
Posture Three
Press Shangen with the two little fingers and place the other fingers onto the eyebrows. Massage the head with your finger pads by moving the hands up the forehead to the crown, and then down the back of the head and up the face to the starting position. The little fingers move along the midline of the head. Repeat this cycle nine times.
Posture Four
Press Shangen with the right middle finger, and move the right hand upward and downward as if combing through Yintang, the crown (Baihui), Yuzhen then down to Dazhui; lift up the left hand and press Shangen with the left middle finger, and move the left hand upward and downward as if combing through Yintang, the crown (Baihui), Yuzhen then down to Dazhui; exchange the hands and repeat the cycle for nine times for a total of 18 massages with both hands.
Closing Posture
Place the hands onto the belly button and rest for at least 15 minutes to gather and keep chi within the lower Vital Center (Dantian).
Notes: The Head Circulating Massage Method can be practiced repeatedly. The specified fingers always start from the specified acupoints. Massage the face and scalp with all the finger pads.
Keep it in mind that the practitioner shall sit upright with Mingmen withdrawn forward, use proper force while combing with the finger pads.
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