The benefits of massage

Massage, in Chinese medicine, refers to pushing, taking, lifting and rubbing. Press your hands on the meridians and acupoints of the human body. Its main advantage lies in harmonizing human qi and blood and improving the immune ability of the body.

1, and qi and blood

Luo Hong, a health care practitioner in the Ming Dynasty, said in the book Immortal Immortal Immortality: "Massage can dredge the orifices and spin Wei Rong". Wei Rong here means to harmonize qi and blood. Because massage acts on the human body along the meridians and acupoints with soft strength, and regulates the whole body through the conduction of the meridians, thus harmonizing the qi and blood of the camp and health and enhancing the health of the body. Modern medicine believes that the mechanical stimulation of massage can increase the temperature of local tissues, promote the expansion of capillaries, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, reduce blood viscosity, reduce peripheral vascular resistance and reduce the burden on the heart, so it can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases.

2, improve the body's immunity.

Such as infantile dysentery, the symptoms are relieved or disappeared after massage; When the child has dry and wet rales in his lungs, press the small stripes. Palm stripes are effective. Someone did a health massage of the same age group in parallel with the control group. After massage, the incidence of children decreased, and their height, weight and appetite were higher than those of the control group. The above clinical practice and other animal experiments have proved that massage has the functions of anti-inflammation, antipyretic, enhancing immunity and enhancing human disease resistance. It is precisely because massage can dredge meridians. Make qi and blood flow around and keep the balance of yin and yang in the body, so after massage, you can feel relaxed muscles and flexible joints, make people refreshed and eliminate fatigue, which plays an important role in ensuring good health.

Disadvantages of massage

Massage is simple, safe, comfortable and easily accepted by people. However, if we do not pay attention to the methods and parts of massage, it will also cause patients undue pain or cause surgical difficulties. Among them, the most common hazards are syncope, skin damage, subcutaneous hemorrhage, fracture and so on.

1, syncope

Syncope occurs during massage, which may be mainly caused by excessive massage or patients who are too nervous, weak, tired or hungry for too long. Once the patient has syncope, the massage should be stopped immediately, and the patient should lie flat in a well-ventilated place and keep his head down. Generally, it will recover naturally after a rest. If the patient has severe syncope, methods such as pinching people, taking shoulder wells, combining valleys and pressing Yongquan can be used to sober him up, and acupuncture can also be used. If the syncope is caused by hypoglycemia, the subject can drink some sugar water.

2, broken skin

When using the rubbing method, improper operation sometimes leads to skin damage of the subjects. At this time, some surgery should be done to avoid surgery at the injury and prevent infection. Don't rub hard when you don't use rubbing.

3. Subcutaneous hemorrhage

Massage generally does not cause subcutaneous bleeding. If the patient's local skin is blue, it may be because the massage technique is too heavy or the patient has a bleeding-prone disease. If there is subcutaneous bleeding, stop the massage immediately. Generally speaking, the bleeding will stop by itself. After 2-3 days, local massage or wet compress can be used to make it dissipate gradually.

Step 4 rupture

If the massage technique is too heavy or rough, patients are prone to fracture, and patients suspected of fracture should be treated immediately. Massage for children and the elderly should not be too heavy. When doing joint activities, the manipulation should be from light to heavy, and the range of activities should be from small to large (not exceeding the normal physiological range), and pay attention to the patient's tolerance to avoid fracture.