Massage and Health

Author: Zhang Jianping, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Health massage, also known as Tuina, is based on ancient Chinese massage techniques and combines modern scientific technology. From a health perspective, it stimulates localized areas of the body through acupoints, meridians, or the nervous system, directly or indirectly affecting muscles, bones, joints, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels, producing localized or systemic responses. Some people teach themselves health massage knowledge for self-care, while others go to massage parlors for health treatments. Additionally, some hire massage therapists to come to their homes or hotels. It is believed that as people's spiritual and material lives continue to improve, more and more will enjoy health massage, which will certainly meet their health needs. Under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine meridian theory and with reference to modern medicine and sports knowledge, this book focuses on introducing the basic knowledge of acupoint massage and foot massage methods, as well as self-massage and family massage for health preservation. It lists self-care massage and treatment methods for dozens of common diseases. The text is easy to understand and learn, accompanied by clear and concise illustrations. The methods are simple, unrestricted by location or time, cost nothing, and have no side effects or risks, making them effective for self-first aid, disease prevention, treatment, self-care, and fitness.