Massage: Chinese medicine treats the human body by pushing, holding, lifting and kneading according to the meridian points. Massage is a non-drug natural therapy and physical therapy.
Usually, it means that doctors use their own hands to act on the patient's body surface, injured parts, uncomfortable places, specific acupoints and painful places, and use various methods and forces such as pushing, taking, pressing, rubbing, pointing and patting to achieve the effects of dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, healing and relieving pain, eliminating pathogenic factors and strengthening the body resistance, harmonizing yin and yang, and prolonging life.
Development history
It has a long history, and some scholars praise it as "the medical skill of the elderly". The word massage, as a people-oriented treatment method, is gradually evolved from kneading, pressing and massage. It is not only the change of terminology, but also the result of the continuous summary, innovation and development of doctors engaged in massage medicine for thousands of years. Massage is an ancient method to treat injuries in China and an integral part of traditional medicine in China.