Secondly, you should learn the basic acupoints. Sometimes understanding acupoints and meridians will get twice the result with half the effort.
Then there is the massage technique, which is available after a casual search, so I won't say much.
Ordinary operation
1. Pressing: Pressing the skin or acupoints rhythmically with fingers or palms.
2. Rub: Gently rub your fingers or palms on the skin or acupoints.
3. Push: Push the skin muscles forward, upward or outward with your fingers or palms.
4. Take: Hold the skin, muscle or intervertebral disc membrane with one or both hands, lift it up and then put it down.
5. Knead: Rotate the skin or acupoints with your fingers or palms.
6. rub: rub your limbs with one hand or both hands.
7. Squeeze: Press the acupoints with your fingers.
8. Point: Press the acupoints with one finger.
9. Beat: Beat the limbs with your palm or fist.
10. Rollover: exert force on the body surface with the back of the hand close to the little finger, and roll through wrist flexion, forearm rotation and coordinated movements.
1 1. Pinch: squeeze symmetrically on the affected part with thumb and other fingers.
12. Rubbing: Rubbing back and forth on the affected part with thenar, thenar or palmar root as a straight line.