(1) dredge meridians. Huangdi Neijing said: "The meridians are impassable; The disease was born in non-human, and the treatment method is massage, which shows that massage has the function of dredging meridians. For example, pressing Zusanli and pushing spleen meridian can increase the secretion function of digestive juice. From the point of view of modern medicine, massage mainly stimulates peripheral nerves, promotes blood and lymph circulation and the metabolic process between tissues, thus coordinating the functions between tissues and organs and improving the metabolic level of functions.
(2) reconcile qi and blood. Luo Hong, a health care practitioner in the Ming Dynasty, said in the book Immortal Immortal Immortality: "Massage can dredge the orifices and spin Wei Rong". Wei Rong here means to harmonize qi and blood. Because massage is soft and gentle, along the meridians and acupoints, through the conduction of meridians to adjust the whole body, so as to reconcile the qi and blood of the camp and guard and enhance the health of the body. Modern medicine believes that the mechanical stimulation of massage can increase the temperature of local tissues, promote the expansion of capillaries, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, reduce blood viscosity, reduce peripheral vascular resistance and reduce the burden on the heart, so it can prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases.
(3) improve the body's immunity. Such as infantile dysentery, the symptoms are relieved or disappeared after massage; When the child has dry and wet rales in his lungs, press the small stripes. Palm stripes are effective. Someone did a health massage of the same age group in parallel with the control group. After massage, the incidence of children decreased, and their height, weight and appetite were higher than those of the control group. The above clinical practice and other animal experiments have proved that massage has the functions of anti-inflammation, antipyretic, enhancing immunity and enhancing human disease resistance.
It is precisely because massage can dredge meridians. Make qi and blood flow around and keep the balance of yin and yang in the body, so after massage, you can feel relaxed muscles and flexible joints, make people refreshed and eliminate fatigue, which plays an important role in ensuring good health.
2. The main characteristics of massage health care
Massage is economical and simple, because it does not need special medical equipment, is not limited by time, place and climate conditions, and can be implemented anytime and anywhere; And is stable and reliable, easy to learn and use, and has no side effects. It is precisely because of these advantages that massage has become a health and fitness measure deeply loved by the masses. For normal people, it can enhance the natural disease resistance of human body and achieve the effect of health care; For patients, it can not only make the local symptoms subside, but also accelerate the recovery of the affected function, thus receiving good treatment results.
3. Preventive measures
(1) Relax. When you massage, you should not only concentrate your thoughts, but also be calm, not nervous all over, and relax both physically and mentally.
(2) Accurate acupoint selection. Master the methods and techniques of commonly used acupoints, so as to select acupoints accurately and correctly.
(3) The intensity is appropriate. Because it is too small to stimulate, it is easy to cause fatigue and damage the skin if it is too big.
(4) Step by step. The number of massage techniques should be from less to more, the intensity of massage should be gradually increased from light, and the number of massage points can be gradually increased.
(5) Perseverance. Whether massage is used for health care or treating chronic diseases, it is not effective in a day or two. It often takes time to gradually show the effect, so you should have confidence, patience and perseverance.
In addition to the above precautions, we should also master the time of massage health care, 20 minutes each time is appropriate. It is best to do it once in the morning and once in the evening, such as before getting up in the morning and before going to bed. In order to strengthen the curative effect and prevent skin damage, some drugs can be selected as lubricants during massage, such as talcum powder, sesame oil, massage milk and so on. Such as local skin damage, ulcer, fracture, tuberculosis, tumor and hemorrhage. Massage health care is forbidden here. When doing self-massage, it is best to wear only vest shorts and try to contact the skin directly when operating. When sweating after massage, pay attention to avoid the wind to avoid catching a cold. In addition, don't do health massage when you are hungry, full, drunk or tired.