What is the difference between massage and massage?
Massage is a method of operating on the body surface with hands or other parts of limbs according to specific technical requirements. Generally used to treat tendon injury, it has the effects of relaxing tendons and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and regulating tendons and restoring. According to the form of manipulation, it can be divided into vibration, squeezing, friction, knocking, swinging and moving joints. Massage has a certain health care function, which can eliminate fatigue, dredge meridians, refresh the mind, maintain balance, enhance healthy qi and adjust viscera.
Is massage a massage?
Many people think that Chinese massage and massage are the same, and the effect is the same. In fact, these two words are different. Maybe everyone thinks that both of them can help to eliminate some fatigue of the human body, so they think that this kind of massage is the same as massage. Massage in traditional Chinese medicine needs to help treat diseases according to acupoints. Massage is mainly to help relieve some strain or help hands and feet move.
Massage in traditional Chinese medicine has many requirements, because the function of massage can affect the work of some internal organs, which can be said to be a short-term stimulation to the body. And massage is different from massage, so the effect is different.
There are strong and weak massage techniques. "Gently pushing and sliding pushing are complementary", that is, gentle and slight continuous stimulation can activate the physiological functions of viscera, which is a complementary method. Rapid, heavy and short stimulation will inhibit the physiological function of organs, which is a purgative method. For specific patients, the degree of manipulation depends on the patient's tolerance. When there is a strong feeling of soreness and numbness, it is diarrhea, and when it feels mild, it is tonic. The frequency of manipulation is also related to reinforcing and reducing. "Slow kneading is strengthening, while rapid kneading is reducing", that is, low frequency is strengthening and high frequency is reducing.
Different manipulation directions have different curative effects. "Pediatric Massage Secretary" said: "Turn left to make up, turn right to vent." Although it is children's massage, it is also suitable for adults. Abdominal massage, taking the patient's own direction as the degree, massage clockwise, has obvious laxative and purgative effect, which is the purgative method; Anti-clockwise massage can enhance the digestive function of the stomach and strengthen the spleen and stomach, which is a tonic.
In addition, reinforcing and reducing techniques are also related to the particularity of massage parts. In the Qing Dynasty, "Children's Tuina Guangyi" said: "Moving Yang to the ear turns diarrhea, and the eyes turn to supplement." In other words, when massaging temples, rubbing in the direction of eyes is a tonic, which has the effect of strengthening tendons and tonifying deficiency; Rubbing ears is a purgative method, which has the effects of expelling wind, relieving exterior syndrome, clearing away heat, improving eyesight and stopping headache. The spine points on the back can nourish vitality, dredge meridians and viscera from bottom to top, and have the function of strengthening the body, which is a tonic method; Pushing the acupoints from top to bottom has the function of clearing away heat, which is a kind of purging method. Another example is Qigu (the fourth lumbar vertebra is in a straight line to the end of coccygeal vertebra), which can be pushed directly from bottom to top to warm yang and stop diarrhea, and is used to treat diarrhea due to deficiency cold; Push directly from top to bottom, that is, push down seven joints, which can purge heat and relax bowels and be used to treat constipation caused by intestinal heat.
The difference between massage and hydrotherapy
First, the way is different
1, do spa: do spa uses water resources combined with bathing, massage, skin care products and incense to promote metabolism and satisfy people's vision, taste, touch, smell and thinking to achieve a kind of physical and mental enjoyment.
2. Sauna massage: Sauna massage is a process of physical therapy with steam in a closed room.
Second, the temperature is different.
1, spa: the water temperature of spa is about 36-42℃.
2, do sauna massage: do sauna massage indoor temperature can reach more than 60℃.
Third, the roles are different.
1, doing spa: doing spa can beautify the body, resist stress and lose weight.
2, do sauna massage: do sauna massage to make blood vessels expand and contract repeatedly, which can enhance blood vessel elasticity and prevent arteriosclerosis.
Is the massage in the morning or afternoon?
Massage in the morning or afternoon depends on the meridians selected according to different clinical manifestations to determine the corresponding time. There are twelve hours in a day, and each hour corresponds to a meridian. The human body has different meridians, six meridians in the hand and six meridians in the foot. There are Sun, Yangming, Shaoyang, Taiyin, Shaoyin and Jueyin respectively.
As for the specific selected meridians, it should be determined according to the clinical manifestations. Then you can also select acupoints on the corresponding meridians for compatibility, which can get twice the result with half the effort. For those with obvious pain and blood stasis, the intensity of massage can be greater. For those with deficiency syndrome and deficiency of qi and blood, the intensity of massage should be smaller.