LEARN G-JO: ACUPUNCTURE WITHOUT NEEDLES

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I've used G-Jo No. 13 numerous times to relieve headaches and other head problems. In fact, it once saved me a visit to the emergency room: In 1974—while I was working on one of the chicken coops at my organic egg farm in southern Florida—a 100-pound steel ladder fell on my face, making a deep slice in the tip of my nose and cutting into my upper gum as well. The pain was intense, and I almost passed out.

However, I grabbed for my left hand's pressure point and goaded it as deeply as I could . . . then I did the same on the other hand and held both points for almost a minute. The pain was immediately eased, and even the bleeding stopped! When the symptoms returned a few minutes later, I simply restimulated both points and got the same relief.

In all, I pressed No. 13 about two dozen times the first day ... a few times less often the second day ... and even less the third. After that I no longer needed the "treatment". I didn't see a doctor, get stitches, or use any drugs or medicine ... yet the wounds healed quickly, cleanly, and with minimal scarring. While I don't recommend such self-treatment to anyone but a master of the G-Jo art, the incident convinced me that—if necessary—I could handle even relatively severe physical injuries ... and it was a major turning point in my life.

FROM HYPOGLYCEMIA TO HICCUPS

The second major pressure point—G-Jo No. 4—can be found approximately two inches (about the width of two thumbs) above the most prominent crease of your wrist on the upper side (lateral aspect) of the forearm ... in line with the middle finger. It's found in a protected hollow (as are many important G-Jo points) between the lower arm bones (the radius and ulna). If you can't generate enough pressure with the tip of your thumb, use the knuckle of your index finger to probe for the point.

G-Jo No. 4 has major control over the hand, arm, and shoulder. Gail, my partner, has also applied it to relieve burns and scalds. And since she suffers from "sugar allergy" (hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar), she employs this point (as well as others) to quickly control any negative emotional and physical effects that occur from accidentally eating the wrong foods. G-Jo No. 4 is also very effective in alleviating the pain of tennis elbow and tension in the neck and shoulders.

G-Jo No. 10 is a pressure spot that's sometimes taught in Western first aid courses as a means to control bleeding, but it has a number of other uses, too. The point is located directly beneath G-Jo No. 4—between the tendons on the underside (inner aspect) of the lower forearm—again, in line with the middle finger and about the width of two thumbs above the most prominent crease of the inner wrist ... in the direction of the elbow.

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