During the great cause of Sui Dynasty (605-6 17), Dr. Chao of Taiyi wrote a monograph on syndrome differentiation of etiology, which was characterized by not listing prescriptions after each disease, but attaching detailed methods of "nourishing propaganda", including a large number of massage methods (mainly self-massage). These massage methods combined with physical guidance can not only cure the symptoms.
In the Tang Dynasty, the traditional Chinese medicine department was changed into a traditional hospital, and the personnel of the massage department were adjusted, including 1 massage doctor, 4 masseurs, 16 additional masseurs and 15 massage students. At that time, Tuina doctors were mainly engaged in teaching. The subjects of Tuina training were not only responsible for clinical treatment, but also responsible for palace health care and guiding the royal family to guide health activities. At that time, orthopedics also belonged to the massage department, so massage techniques also included some fracture reduction techniques. In the middle Tang Dynasty, the Secret Recipe of Removing Dipsacus from Wound written by Lin Daoren was the earliest orthopedic monograph in China, and the existing Prescription of Removing Dipsacus from Wound was its remnant. The four methods proposed in the book to treat closed fractures, namely "feeling", "stretching", "pressing" and "correcting", have had a far-reaching impact on the formation and development of the school of bonesetting massage in later generations.
Sun Simiao, a physician in the Tang Dynasty, was once known as "the sage of Asia" and "the king of medicine" in the history of Chinese medicine. According to the historical events recorded in New Tang Book and Old Tang Book, he was born in 542 AD and died in 682 at the age of 1 40. In his medical magnum opus "Prepare for a Thousand Women" (referred to as "Thousand Women") and "Thousand Women", in addition to describing a large number of Chinese medicine contents, he also made a systematic and comprehensive summary of massage therapy at that time, and made a more specific exposition of massage therapy for diseases in internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology and orthopedics respectively.
The daughter said, "When a newborn child is young and weak, he will be happy in the cold center, strong and hot, or his hands and feet will be frightened. These five licorice pastes are: licorice, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Atractylodes macrocephala, Erlei Banwan and Platycodon grandiflorum. " A catty of lard in the right mouth is fried into a paste without water, and the medicine is decocted with slow fire. The news is thick and muddy, and I will remove it. As big as a meatball, it is more popular. The cold is hotter, and the hot is colder. Although the child is not ill, he often wipes his hands, feet and heart with ointment when he gets up early, which makes the cold wind chill. "
Regarding the manual treatment of internal diseases, Qian Jin Fang Yao introduced that "the treatment of intestines cannot be widely spread with anal flow: Trichosanthes kirilowii takes root and takes powder, pig fat is used as ointment, warm compress, random back pressing and random contraction"; "Heartache", "Press and insist with your hands, don't make it move" Regarding gynecological diseases, Qian Jin Fang Yao said: "The prescription for treating women's vaginal prolapse and proctoptosis: sheep fat decoction, appropriate cold and warm compress. Grease with iron essence, how much curly hair. Warm cloth with fire, scald anus, and gradually push. At the end of the magnet, the wine service is square inch, three days "; "Cure the bad side:
When the child puts salt on the soles of his feet, he should also grasp it urgently and heal it in the abdomen with salt. "One thousand pounds of Fang Yao" also introduces the experience of manual treatment of acute lumbar sprain and dislocation of temporomandibular joint: "Sit east, stop holding your heart, kneel before one person, hold your head behind the other, lie down slowly, land on your head three times, and stop defecation"; Because the treatment is not in place, it is not suitable for starting a business. " "If a person holds him with his fingers and pushes him slowly, he will fall back into it. Push it out immediately, for fear of accidentally biting people's fingers. "
The Secret of Foreign Taiwan was written by Wang Tao, a doctor in the Tang Dynasty, in 752 AD. The book introduces many manipulative treatments, such as the manipulative treatment of angina pectoris: "It really hurts, my hands and feet are all bruised to the joints, and my heartache is even worse." The prescription for the treatment of heartache, pain and death: if you want to make the abdominal skin soft and tilt the three-inch stomach tube on the navel, you will be short of breath. Raise your hand if you want, ask if it hurts, and stop slowly. "
Massage medicine was introduced overseas in the Tang Dynasty. The setting of massage department stipulated in Dabao Order issued in the second year of Dabao in Wu Wen, Japan (702) is completely consistent with the setting of Tang Dynasty in China.