Massage skills and techniques_Basic techniques of Tuina massage

Massage is a common method of massage in traditional Chinese medicine used to regulate the body and relieve physical fatigue. It is mainly divided into medical massage and health massage. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, it is generally believed that there are different acupoints under the human skin. Each acupoint corresponds to an organ in a different part of the body. When massaging the acupoints, other parts of the body can also be well conditioned. Therefore, learning some massage techniques and methods is very helpful for maintaining your body.

Eight methods of massage

1. Warming: Use swinging, friction, squeezing and other techniques, with slow and gentle rhythmic operations on fixed acupuncture points or parts to make the energy penetrate into the flesh or internal organs to achieve the purpose of warming and dispelling cold. It is suitable for deficiency-cold syndrome.

2. Supplement: Use pushing, massaging and kneading methods to focus on the Zhongwan, Tianshu, Qihai and Guanyuan points on the abdomen, and then use pressing, massaging, pushing and acupressure on the bladder meridian and Huatuo Jiaji points on the back to supplement the deficiency of qi, blood and body fluids, and the weakening of internal organs, with a focus on supplementing the acquired spleen and stomach and the innate waist and kidneys.

3. Unblocking: Use pushing, holding, rubbing, etc. methods to act on the limbs to dredge the meridians. Hold the shoulder well to ventilate the qi and blood. Press the acupoints on the back to unblock the qi and blood of the internal organs, so as to achieve the effect of eliminating the stagnation of pathogenic factors.

4. Purgation: Use kneading, pushing, and plucking methods on the abdomen, generally used for lower-jiao symptoms. This method can be used to treat lower abdominal distension or pain caused by stagnant heat, food accumulation and excessive fire, and constipation. The advantage of this method is that it does not require the use of strong drugs and has no toxic side effects.

5. Sweat: Use light stimulation first and then heavy stimulation to strengthen the stimulation, gradually going deeper and deeper, causing the whole body to sweat, so that the pathogenic factors can be eliminated from the surface and the purpose of dispelling wind and cold can be achieved. It is suitable for exogenous wind-heat and exogenous wind-cold.

6. Harmony: Use rolling, pressing, kneading, rubbing and other techniques on the limbs and back to achieve the purpose of harmonizing Qi and blood, unblocking the inside and outside, balancing Yin and Yang, and restoring the body's normal physiological state. It is mainly used when the disease is half-exterior and half-interior and it is not suitable for sweating, vomiting, or defecation. It can regulate the pulse and harmonize menstrual blood, and it can treat liver and stomach pain caused by disharmony of Qi and blood and poor meridian flow, irregular menstruation, spleen and stomach disharmony, and general pain.

7. Dispersion: The main function is to "rub and disperse, eliminate and transform" to unblock the stagnation. It can be used for both visible and invisible stagnation. Dispersion can unblock the stagnation of internal organs, stagnation of qi and blood, and stagnation of phlegm and food, and can dispel qi and blood and dissolve the stagnation.

8. Clearing: Use firm yet soft techniques to operate on the selected acupuncture points and parts of the body to achieve the purpose of clearing away heat and relieving restlessness.

Tui Na massage is a type of Traditional Chinese Medicine that uses the human senses to massage the body's meridians and acupuncture points. This is a very healthy natural remedy without any side effects. The disease can be cured simply by massaging the injured area or specific acupoints.

Therapeutic methods and techniques of traditional Chinese medicine massage

Tui Na, also known as "massage", is an important part of the treasure house of Chinese medicine. It is one of the four major clinical treatment methods along with traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, Tui Na and Qigong. Massage therapy is very popular among doctors and patients for its simple methods, significant effects, economy and safety. Let’s take a look at the treatment methods and techniques of massage.

The technique must be persistent, powerful, gentle, natural, and deep enough to achieve the purpose of treatment. Tui na massage is an ancient method of treating diseases. It was widely used in medical practice as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago. The folk doctor Bian Que successfully rescued a patient with cadaveric syncope using massage and acupuncture. The "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" records the use of massage techniques to treat arthritis, paralysis, facial paralysis, stomachache, etc.

Commonly used techniques include: pushing, holding, pressing, rubbing, kneading, pinching, tapping, plucking, tapping, shaking, rolling, patting, hitting, stretching, traction, and repositioning. In clinical practice, different massage techniques are adopted according to the patient's constitution, symptoms, body parts and purposes. Tui na massage mainly has the functions of dredging muscles and tendons, regulating and straightening tendons, promoting qi and blood circulation, and removing blood stasis. It has a therapeutic effect on specific organs through stimulation of various properties and quantities such as the intensity of stimulation, the duration of action, the speed of frequency, and the change of the direction of the technique.