Health and Wellness Massage Techniques

Author: Wen Qinghan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Massage is one of the external treatments in Traditional Chinese Medicine and belongs to physical therapy. Today, with the advancement of history and the continuous progress of human society, the great abundance of material life has made people's desire for physical fitness and longevity stronger. There has been a call to return to nature, and natural therapies, with their simplicity and return to primal purity, have gained widespread popularity. Massage is renowned for its safety, comfort, ease of operation, simplicity and economy, lack of side effects, and proven effectiveness: it can both prevent and treat diseases, as well as promote health and fitness. The Massage Health Series consists of four books: "Slimming Health Massage," "Facial Beauty Health Massage," "Foot Health Massage," and "Health Maintenance Massage." It aims to promote the art of massage, benefiting the current focus on beauty and health care, weight loss, prevention of common diseases, physical fitness, anti-aging, and longevity-enhancing activities. This volume is "Health Maintenance Massage." This book briefly introduces the relationship between health maintenance and human health, describes the physiological characteristics of human aging and the advantages of health maintenance massage, and systematically discusses the mechanism of action of health maintenance massage.