Massage, in Chinese medicine, refers to the therapeutic method of pushing, holding, lifting, pinching and kneading on the human body with the hands according to the meridians and acupoints. Massage is also called "pressing stilts", "guiding stilts" and "handling cases". 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 specifically use various methods such as pushing, taking, pressing, rubbing, pointing and patting to achieve the functions of dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, healing and relieving pain, eliminating pathogenic factors and strengthening the body resistance, and reconciling yin and yang.