Massage is based on the theory of zang-fu organs and meridians of traditional Chinese medicine, combined with the anatomy and pathological diagnosis of western medicine, and acts on specific parts of human body surface by manipulation to adjust the physiological and pathological state of the body to achieve the purpose of physical therapy. In nature, it is a physical therapy. From the treatment of massage, it can be divided into health massage, sports massage and medical massage.
It is also for "massage". Push, press, pinch and knead with hands to promote blood circulation, dredge meridians and regulate nerve function. Su Wen Blood Gas Table: "The shape and number are frightened, the meridians are blocked, and the disease is inhuman. The cure is to massage the mashed medicine. " "Biography of Han Poetry" Volume 10: "Zi has the same medicine, Zi has moxibustion Yang, and Zi has massage." The medical school Jin Jian "Essentials of Bone-Setting Mind Method and External Treatment Method": "Massage method: pressing people means holding them by hand. Ink, that is, slowly rubbing according to its meridians, to pass the stagnation of qi; Don't gather qi to disperse blood stasis and swelling, and its suffering can be cured. " "Hundred Analects: A teacher suffers from one foot and pays two apprentices": "When his teacher suffers from one foot, he sends two apprentices. Everyone is a foot and massages at any time." Song Luyou's poem "Doing in Idle Time" says: "Call the child to massage, lean against the wall instead of doing it."
Refers to the general rubbings. Zhou Fu's "Morning in Shanghai" Part I, No.10: "Zhao Debao gave a timid cry and quickly massaged his right arm with his left hand."
Use the skills of hands and fingers to continuously move on human skin and muscle tissue to treat diseases. This method is called massage therapy.
According to China's historical records, famous doctors in the pre-Qin period used massage therapy to treat the syncope of Prince Guo's body. It has been more than 2,000 years since the Qin Dynasty, so massage has a long history in China. China's earliest massage monograph, The Yellow Emperor's Massage Sutra (ten volumes, see Hanshu Yiwenzhi), has long been lost. However, the existing classic medical book Huangdi Neijing talks about massage in many places, such as "the formation of qi and blood" and "different methods, appropriate treatment". Massage therapy has long been used in ancient times to treat numbness, flaccidity, syncope, dampness and cold and heat of limbs.