acupressure

noun3

1. •
   An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
2. •
   An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.

   • The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face. — 2001
3. •
   (old-fashioned) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.