Assertion: acupressure | /r/CapableOf | use pressure
Facets:
value: over specific points along the body
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: than inserting needles
type: MANNER
value: to stimulate those same points
type: PURPOSE
value: from the hands
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It uses precise finger placement and pressure over specific points along the body.
text: Acupressure is a treatment which uses pressure rather than needles to stimulate those same points (Acupuncture Today, 2017).
text: Acupressure draws upon the same concepts as acupuncture, but it uses firm massage and pressure from the hands instead of needles.
text: It uses precise finger or thumb placement and pressure over specific points along the body.
text: Acupressure is a therapeutic technique which uses pressure applied to certain points on the body.
text: Acupuncture uses needles to apply stimulation to the points, whereas acupressure uses pressure.
text: However, rather than inserting needles, acupressure uses pressure to massage the acupoints.
text: Acupressure is non invasive, contrary to acupuncture, it uses pressure instead of needles.