: Illustrated Guide to Massage Therapy for Public Health

Author: Wang Fuchun
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: Acupressure is a method that applies certain pressure with the thumb or the palms of the other four fingers to stimulate specific body areas or acupoints, aiming to treat or prevent diseases. This book includes: What is acupressure, the principle of acupressure, basic methods of acupressure, auxiliary techniques of acupressure, exercises for acupressure techniques, precautions for acupressure methods, acupressure interpretation and timing, specific methods of self-acupressure, commonly used acupoints for self-acupressure, the effects of self-acupressure, acupressure techniques for maintaining youthful vitality, acupressure methods to enhance sexual vitality, acupressure techniques to relieve tension and fatigue, acupressure methods to alleviate headaches, acupressure methods to treat insomnia, acupressure techniques to relieve neck and shoulder pain, acupressure methods to treat lower back pain, acupressure methods for constipation and diarrhea, and acupressure techniques to treat lateral epicondylopathy.