​The role of massage

I believe everyone is familiar with massage. Massage is a common traditional Chinese medicine health-preserving method. Massage is most suitable for those who do not exercise much, because massage can make our body exercise passively. Many friends like to choose massage as a health-preserving method, but maybe everyone is not very clear about what the effect of massage is? Let’s take a look at the introduction below.

There are many benefits of massage. As long as everyone knows the various effects of massage, everyone will like this health-preserving method. Massage can dredge the meridians and harmonize qi and blood. In addition, massage can also improve our immunity.

Unblock meridians

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says: "The meridians are blocked; diseases arise from insensitivity, and can be cured by massage", which shows that massage has the effect of unblocking the meridians. For example, massaging Zusanli and pushing the spleen meridian can increase the secretion of digestive juices. From the perspective of modern medicine, massage mainly stimulates the peripheral nerves, promotes blood, lymphatic circulation and metabolic processes between tissues, so as to coordinate the functions of various tissues and organs and improve the metabolic level of function.

Regulate Qi and blood

Luo Hong, a health practitioner in the Ming Dynasty, said in his "Wanshou Xianshu": "Massage can unclog the pores and circulate the blood and qi." The "Yunxuan Rongwei" here means to harmonize Qi and blood. Because massage is performed on the human body with soft and gentle force along the meridians and pressing the acupoints, regulating the whole body through the conduction of the meridians, thereby harmonizing the Qi and blood and enhancing the health of the body. Modern medicine believes that the mechanical stimulation of massage techniques, through the comprehensive effect of converting mechanical energy into thermal energy, can increase the temperature of local tissues, promote capillary dilation, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, reduce blood viscosity, reduce peripheral vascular resistance, and reduce the burden on the heart, thus preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases.

Improve the body's immune system

For example, for children with dysentery, the symptoms will be alleviated or disappear after massage; when there are dry or wet rales in the child's lungs, massage the small horizontal lines. Horizontal lines on the palm are effective. Someone once performed health massage on children of the same age group and a control group. The incidence rate of children in the massage group decreased, and their height, weight, appetite, etc. were all higher than those in the control group. The above clinical practices and other animal experiments have proved that massage has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and immunity-enhancing effects, and can enhance the body's disease resistance.

It is also because massage can dredge the meridians. It makes Qi and blood circulate and maintains the body's yin and yang balance, so after the massage you can feel your muscles relaxed, your joints flexible, it makes you feel refreshed, eliminates fatigue, and plays an important role in ensuring good health.

Above we introduced a way of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine - massage. Massage is a health preservation method that many people like very much. Massage has very great efficacy and function. Regular massage can not only help dredge the meridians, but also regulate our qi and blood. Massage has the effect of improving human immunity.