Pecking technique

Requirements:-Fingers close in together as if a hen pecking at a corn. Wrist relaxed. Pecking motion needs to be rhythmical, hasty and swift. Nails need to be clipped to avoid unnecessary laceration to the skin.

Dynamic functions:-Promote meridian ql and blood circulation, open orifice. Clinical uniqueness:-Pecking is commonly used for its sedative function.

Clinical applications:-Headaches, insomnia.

Practice:
Head and facial: Gv20, Taiyang;
Neck and shoulders: Gb20 & 21; Lu1 &2
Upper & lower back: along Bladder meridian, the scapulae;