YOGYAKARTA Acupuncture is performed at certain points of the body. Similar to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping certain points on the body for a specific purpose. Menghiking or tapping on EFT, is a thought-body therapy that refers to acupuncture practice and is used by modern psychology to neutralize feelings of discomfort, worry, and positive affirmation. Research shows that EFT tapping can relieve stress, reduce certain passions, improve performance, and even help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). More fully, know the benefits of EFT and which points are tapped to get these benefits.

Many people use acupuncture points to treat disease thousands of years ago. Acupuncture uses needles, but the EFT approach that Gary Craig developed in the 1990s inspired clinical psychologist Roger totaled, Ph.D. and only needed to be done for five minutes. According to clinical psychologist and certified health at Bond University, Queensland, Stapleton Map, Ph.D., EFT is similar to acupuncture because it uses the technical point to tap-tap. The benefits, below:

EFT may calm amygdala, a stress center in the brain that is tense when stressed and anxious. According to research reported by EverydayHealth, Thursday, August 10, found that EFT lowers cortisol significantly. The researchers noted that EFT may be an effective method of reducing stress both in standard and clinical applications.

Aiming at certain body points helps people who lose weight by reducing their appetite. Dawson Church, Ph.D., certified EFT coach says that if you have to limit certain foods to a diet program, you can do EFT techniques and the desire to eat the food subsides after repeating it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Research also proves that EFT tapping makes changes in the brain that trigger hunger in the body. According to reports scanning brain parts of 15 obese adults, it shows a change in brain parts that activate appetite. A small study involving 76 perpetrators of this diet, practiced EFT techniques to lose an average weight of 1 pound during a week of courses.

Research shows that tapping can also treat depression, pain, and appetite. According to EFT techniques, it is also effective in treating depression rather than respiratory exercises or supportive interviews.

Research published in February 2019 in the Journal of Environment-Based Integrative Medicine found that 203 people who underwent clinical EFT training workshops during four days experienced a significant decrease in rest heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol. They also see a significant recovery of anxiety, depression,▁suhu, pain, and fever.

In treatment in clinical environments, EFT has been studied extensively in people with▁suhus and traumas. This treatment is effective for some people who are done with therapeutic approaches from licensed practitioners.

Church recommends doing its own EFT aimed at dealing with daily stress. The way that can be done, recognize the following tapping points.

The human body has more than 2,000 acupuncture points and is connected by the meridian path. This path is a life energy path or called Chi which is responsible for overall health. To perform emotional freedom technique, you can tap on the following points with a uniform count and rhythm. These points include:

In tapping, you need to make statements and identify situations that annoy your feelings. For example, "Even though I'm overwhelmed with work, I accept myself deeply and completely". Furthermore, EFT therapy techniques by tapping on the points above need to be done with positive affirmation to neutralize negative thoughts.


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