Actually, the essence is the same! First, what is massage? In ancient times, massage was called massage, stilts and martial arts. Tuina is a subject that studies the theory and technology of massage under the guidance of the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine and is used to prevent and treat diseases. Massage is one of the oldest medical methods developed in the long-term struggle against diseases. That is to say, massage is a method to treat and prevent diseases by using hands or other parts of limbs to act on the body surface in the form of force under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, which is called massage. Second, the difference between massage and massage? Massage was called massage in ancient times, pressing stilts and handling cases. So far, we still often use the name massage. The name massage first appeared in Ming Dynasty in China. At that time, the works such as "Infant Massage Secret Book" and "Infant Massage Secret Book" were renamed as "Massage". In the history of massage development in Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was a turning point from prosperity to decline. Its achievements are concentrated in the self-contained system of children's massage, the appearance of works and the change of massage name, that is, the name of "massage" began to be called "massage", which itself reflects the development of this therapy and the improvement of people's understanding of manipulation. Early massage therapy was only used for the treatment of a few diseases, and there were fewer kinds of manipulations. Extrusion and friction are common methods. According to the law, it is a simple downward force, that is, the so-called "press and leave", and the rubbing method is a circular touch on the body surface, which belongs to the scope of translation. Later, with the expansion of the scope of treatment, the manipulation developed accordingly. In practice, it is found that different directions of manipulation have certain influence on the therapeutic effect, so various manipulations with different directions have been produced, which make the original manipulation constantly perfect, including downward pressure, upward lifting force and relative squeezing force. The classification of manipulation is becoming more and more reasonable, and the indications are gradually expanding, so the name of massage is gradually replaced by a clearer concept of massage. The evolution of this name itself reflects the development of massage therapy and the improvement of people's understanding of manipulation. It can be said that the transformation from massage to massage marks a great leap in the history of massage development. So in the folk, we commonly call it massage, and its official name is massage. Besides, the meaning of the word massage is vague. Chinese massage is called massage, Western massage, Indian massage, thai massage and so on. Massage must be our Chinese massage, a subject of Chinese medicine. Massage is a medical act and must be done by a doctor, while ordinary massage is not necessarily done by a doctor. Anyone can give a massage as long as they have been trained for a certain period of time. This is the essential difference between massage and massage. In the hospital, it is called massage department, not massage department. But in hotels, health centers and other places, it can only be called massage, because the technique is relatively simple and rough, which can only play a simple role in relaxing and eliminating fatigue. Third, what are the characteristics of massage? Massage is a kind of physical therapy with a wide range of treatment, which belongs to one of the external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine. It not only has a good therapeutic effect on orthopedics, internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and ENT diseases, but also has the functions of health care, physical fitness, disease prevention and treatment, and is deeply loved by people. At the same time, there is no inconvenience of taking medicine and pain of acupuncture. It is economical, safe and easy to be accepted by patients. And if the method is proper, long-term massage treatment has no side effects. Nevertheless, in order to prevent the occurrence of clinical accidents, it is still very important to strictly grasp the treatment scope, taboos, precautions, posture and media of massage. 4. What are the indications for massage therapy? 1. traumatic diseases: various acute and chronic closed soft tissue injuries of spine, limbs and joints, hyperosteogeny diseases, etc. Such as sprain and contusion, joint dislocation, muscle strain, chest and hypochondriac qi, intervertebral disc herniation, cervical spondylosis, rheumatoid arthritis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, fracture sequelae, etc. 2. Some internal diseases: headache, insomnia, epigastric pain, gastroptosis, cold, cough, asthma, biliary colic, hypertension, angina pectoris, diabetes, constipation, hemiplegia, arthralgia, etc. 3. Some surgical diseases: postoperative intestinal adhesion, breast abscess, bedsore, etc. 4. Some gynecological diseases: irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, premenstrual tension, menopausal syndrome, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc. 5. Pediatric diseases: cold, fever, cough, asthma, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, enuresis, indigestion, torticollis, cerebral palsy, etc. 6. Some ENT diseases: pharyngitis, juvenile myopia and strabismus. 5. What are the taboos of massage therapy? 1, open soft tissue injury. 2, some infectious sports organ diseases, such as bone tuberculosis, erysipelas, osteomyelitis, suppurative arthritis, etc. 3. Some acute infectious diseases, such as hepatitis and tuberculosis. 4, all kinds of hemorrhagic diseases, such as bloody stool, hematuria, traumatic bleeding, etc. 5, local skin lesions, such as burns and ulcerative dermatitis. 6. Early stage of tumor, fracture and paraplegia. 7. The lumbosacral region, buttocks and abdomen of pregnant women. 8, female menstrual period should not be used or used with caution. 9. The elderly, the infirm, the chronically ill, the overtired, the hungry, the drunken, and those suffering from severe heart disease and critical illness are prohibited or used with caution.