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Author: Ren Quan (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2002-09-28
Features: Massage therapy is a valuable heritage of traditional Chinese medicine and an important component of TCM. Throughout the long history of TCM development, massage has played a significant role as a therapeutic method, contributing to human health. In recent years, with the global trend of returning to nature, massage therapy has entered a flourishing new era. The medical community has conducted continuous research, leading to a clearer understanding of its mechanisms. Currently, this therapy is used worldwide, including in China, to treat various diseases. In terms of health massage, its benefits in alleviating fatigue, reducing stress, and improving quality of life have gained increasing attention, making its methods more widely learned and applied.
However, as a specialized form of massage that combines unique health-preserving, disease-curing, and longevity-promoting effects, health massage requires practitioners not only to possess basic medical anatomy and acupoint knowledge but also to master various massage techniques and key points. This series of books includes six titles: Hong Kong Massage, Thai Massage, Korean Bone Relaxation, Japanese Pressure Point Therapy, New Foot Massage, and Health Massage Techniques. Each book is divided into two parts: Overview and Procedures. The Overview section introduces the characteristics, effects, indications, contraindications, precautions, technique classifications, and commonly used acupoints of each massage type. The Procedures section presents the techniques in the form of illustrations with detailed textual explanations, achieving a visual-aural learning experience that is easy to understand, master, and apply.
Currently, the service industry has seen the emergence of numerous massage programs, and various massage classes have also sprung up, with participants varying greatly in age and experience. Most of these classes are short-term and last only 1-3 months, which is far insufficient for learners to master standardized massage techniques and acupoint knowledge. Therefore, we have organized experts to compile the "Standard Wellness Massage Tutorial Series" with the aim of providing standardized, actionable skills for readers with some foundation but who are unable to operate independently.
This series of books is a highly specialized teaching material designed for readers with high school education or higher. It can serve as a textbook for various massage classes, technical guidance for massage therapists and beauticians, and a home wellness guide.