The act of rubbing, kneading or patting back and forth on the body surface with hands or tools, used for therapeutic purposes.
1. Push, press, pinch and knead on the human body by hand to promote blood circulation, dredge meridians and regulate nerve function. Su Wen Blood Gas Table: "The shape and number are frightened, the meridians are blocked, and the disease is inhuman. The cure is to massage the mashed medicine. " "Biography of Han Poetry" Volume 10: "The son is the same medicine, the son is moxibustion yang, and the son is swimming and grinding." The medical school Jin Jian "Essentials of Bone-Setting Mind Method and External Treatment Method": "Massage method: pressing people means holding them by hand. Ink means to rub slowly ... press its meridians to get rid of stagnation; Don't gather qi to disperse blood stasis and swelling, and its suffering can be cured. " "Hundred Analects: A teacher suffers from one foot and pays two apprentices": "When his teacher suffers from one foot, he sends two apprentices. Everyone is a foot and massages at any time." Song Luyou's poem "Doing in Idle Time" says: "Call the child to massage, lean against the wall instead of doing it."