Massage also has a reinforcing and reducing effect. According to the principle in Neijing: "It is actually a catharsis, deficiency is a tonic, heat is a disease, cold is a stagnation, depression is a moxibustion, and it is not empty. Massage can dredge the qi and blood of the human body, thus achieving the purpose of treating diseases, protecting health and strengthening the body. Now the commonly used reinforcing and reducing methods are described as follows:
(1) light and heavy reinforcing and reducing method' reinforcing method' is a lightly stimulating massage technique, which is gentle, light and short in time. For example, gentle massage can dredge qi and blood, strengthen the body resistance and tonify deficiency. Xiafa is a massage technique with heavy stimulation, which is heavy and powerful, with light to heavy intensity and long action time. For example, rubbing and pressing again can relieve pain and promote blood circulation, thus dispersing stagnation, inducing resuscitation, reducing swelling and relieving pain. (2) When massage by reinforcing and reducing method, massage the massaged parts or acupoints with middle finger, forefinger and thumb, or thenar, supplemented by clockwise (right-handed) massage. Or press two points with thumb and middle finger, or press three points with index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and rotate clockwise (rotate to the right) is also a supplementary method. Press a massage part or acupoint with middle finger or forefinger, rotate counterclockwise (to the left), and have diarrhea. Or press two points with thumb and middle finger, or press three points with index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and rotate counterclockwise (to the left) is also a purging method. There are different records about the strengthening and weakening of massage left and right rotation. For example, Zhou Yufan once said: "Urgent rubbing is diarrhea, slow rubbing is tonic, rubbing is lighter than pushing, and it is more important than luck, or using the thumb or palm, …" and said: "Gently pushing is tonic"; What is pressed down can be pressed and done according to the law! "Massage Classic" once said: "Knead the spring, the spring is in the foot, turn left to stop vomiting, turn right to stop diarrhea, and female use is the opposite"; "Children's Tuina Guangyi" once said: "Rub the foreign labor palace and treat hot flashes with five internal organs. Turn left cool, turn right warm; " Li Zheng Massage Want Want contains the method of pushing the stomach hospital: "Push down from the throat to stop vomiting, and push up from the middle to stop vomiting; "Massage Guide" also established "Wei Qing Linlin" and "not afraid of the hospital". For example, Wei Qing Hospital said, "Pushing with two big fingers on the outside alternately from acupoints can make children vomit", and Spicy fearless hospital said, "Pushing with two big fingers from the throat can stop vomiting". These are the valuable experiences of predecessors, and Guizhou wants us to sum up and study carefully in practice and constantly explore the law of massage reinforcing and reducing. For example, the above-mentioned reinforcing and reducing method of left and right rotation is often used by practicing in bed on the basis of learning the reinforcing and reducing methods of predecessors, and needs to be further confirmed in future time and experimental research.
(3) The reinforcing and reducing method of welcoming guests "Lingshu Nine Needles and Twelve Sources" has a specific explanation for reinforcing and reducing the welcoming guests. It says: "... the past is the opposite, the arrival is smooth, and there is no doubt that it is the opposite." Take it away from you, evil is not empty, pursue it to help it, evil is not real ... those who take it when they meet, purge it, pursue it, help it and make up for it. In clinical massage, those who need tonic should be massaged along the meridian direction, such as short-term light massage of acupoints at the lower part of the meridian related to diseases, or massage along the meridian direction, so as to make qi and blood flow smoothly and restore normal functional activities of tissues and organs with deficiency. This is the way to help qi, and it is the way to make up deficiency. Those who need to travel far and have diarrhea should be massaged in the meridian direction, such as long-term heavy massage on the acupoints facing the meridian direction at the upper part of the meridian related to the disease, or gravity pushing against the meridian direction, or kneading against the meridian direction when pressing, so as to restore the balance between Fang Sheng and the disease. This is a way to take away the qi that opposes it, and it is a way to diarrhea. For example, Zhou Yufan added in the section of "Pushing the navel": "When pushing the navel, it is necessary to boil soup, and when pushing it down to the lower abdomen, it is diarrhea, and when pushing it from the lower abdomen to the navel, it is tonic. "Because the foot three yin passes through the foot to the abdomen, it fights against the three yin meridians and pushes down to the lower abdomen, which is a diarrhea method; Pushing up is along the direction of meridians, so it is a tonic method.
(4) When the massage is carried out by the flat-step xieping method (adjustable method), hold the massaged part or acupoint with the middle finger or thumb, rotate it counterclockwise for half a turn, clockwise for half a turn, and rotate it back and forth for the flat-step xieping method; Or press two points with thumb and middle finger, or press three points with food, middle finger and ring finger, rotate counterclockwise for half a circle, rotate clockwise for half a circle, and rotate back and forth is also a way to relieve diarrhea; Or the fingers are twisted left and right on the acupoints, or the five fingers are close together and twisted left and right with the fingertips, which is also for the purpose of purging fire and promoting blood circulation and regulating qi. When massaging the trunk and limbs, those who need to pass through the meridians should first push or massage along the meridians. Stop for a while, then push the meridians, or massage the meridians, and push the massage back and forth, which is the purgative method.