Are there acupressure points that help with falling asleep?

Two points people reach for at bedtime, what the record says they are for, and where the caution list starts.

Two points people commonly use as a wind-down routine: PC-6 (Neiguan, inner wrist, about three finger-widths below the palm crease) and KD-1 (Yongquan, center of the sole). Method matters more than the point: press with the pad of your thumb, gentle steady pressure until you feel a dull soreness, about 3 minutes each side, while breathing slowly in bed. Think of it as a relaxation ritual, not a treatment — the evidence base is modest and it will not replace sleep hygiene or medical care for ongoing insomnia. If you want location diagrams and cautions (pregnancy etc.), our interactive point panel is free: the self-check on this site. And if your insomnia lasts weeks, please see a doctor first — that is the honest order of operations.

Qicura reads a described symptom against this kind of material and returns a pattern in plain language with the sources named. It does not dispense: no herb quantities, no formula composition, no preparation instructions, and no needling technique - those are deliberate limits enforced on the server, not wording we soften for a page.

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