Haipai Pediatric Massage Atlas

Author: Jin Yicheng
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) massage is an important part of clinical medicine in TCM. Through the exploration, practice, inheritance, and development of generations of medical practitioners, it has gradually evolved into a systematic and comprehensive discipline that combines theoretical research with clinical practice. Its unique treatment methods and techniques, along with its remarkable therapeutic effects, have earned the attention of the medical community both at home and abroad, as well as the focus of patients. This book is titled "Haipai" (Shanghai School) with profound meaning: First, "Haipai has no school, yet no school has no school"; second, "Haipai is formless, yet formlessness has form." A school refers to a branch of academic or artistic disciplines that emerges and develops in a specific region. The TCM, TCM massage, and pediatric massage that originated and developed in Shanghai have their own unique characteristics, which justifies the term "school." However, the spirit of inclusiveness, integration of diverse schools of thought, and the academic style of Shanghai, which embraces and absorbs while also complementing strengths and weaknesses, make Haipai a school without a school. The tangible form of Haipai TCM massage lies in the essence of thousands of years of traditional TCM massage, where despite endless variations, the core remains unchanged. The intangible aspect, on the other hand, refers to the continuous absorption of new knowledge and the addition of new content, without adhering rigidly to conventions or being rigid and inflexible. These dialectical thinking perspectives on the correct grasp of TCM inheritance and development are the essence of this book.