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osebleeds
can be common enough, especially living and working in environments that are
dry, such as a house or an apartment in winter.
Given
that martial artists often train for contact or semi-contact, accidental
nosebleeds do occur. In old school sparring, a nosebleed, according to
traditional instructors, was a sign that your blocks weren’t working. Rather
learn from a bleeding nose in the safety of a Kwoon or Dojo than fail while in
the arena of real combat.
Really,
going back in time, martial arts fighters had to have a sound knowledge of how
to stop bleeding. They often fought with weapons, and stopping, or reducing, the
flow of blood escaping from the body increased the chances for survival.
In
a way, the traditional fighter embodied an a military unit all rolled up into one –
recon, supply chain, cook (often on anything the environment offered), armed
and unarmed specialist…and, of course, medic.
Let’s
have a quick look at some basic pressure point remedies of a simple nosebleed
in addition to the usual ice packs, and squeezing of the nose –
1. Gently
press of rub both GV 26 (2/3 rds of the
way up from the top of the lip to the nose) and GV 16 (in the hollow beneath
the bottom of the skull) at the same time. Time – a minute or two.
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2. Gently
press or rub St 3 (at the bottom of both cheekbones directly in line with both
eyes). Hold for a minute or two.
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3. Gently
grasp and alternately press LI 4 on one hand, then the other (in the protrusion
of the muscle on the radial side of the 2nd metacarpal bone on both
hands). Time – one minute each hand.
Of
course, I end with my usual note of caution. Repeated bleeding of the nose – and I caution on the
word repeated – may arise from a wide
variety of issues, some not so benign. If you do experience episodes of nose bleeding
that are becoming a pattern of concern, please seek the help of a health care
professional.
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