What is Massage Therapy?
Massage is a folk physiotherapy with a wide range of indications. There are orthopedic massage, traumatic massage, pediatric massage, meridian massage, visceral massage, emergency massage, health massage, acupoint massage and so on. Massage, also known as massage, is one of the most distinctive methods of medical care in the treasure house of the motherland. It is a kind of physical therapy which uses the hands or other parts of the limbs to perform various operations on a certain part of the body surface or acupuncture points of the subject, in order to achieve the purpose of preventing and curing diseases and prolonging life. It is easy to learn, easy to operate, has significant curative effect, low cost, non-toxic side effects and so on.
Massage therapy
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- Massage is a folk physiotherapy with a wide range of indications. There are orthopedic massage, traumatic massage, pediatric massage,
- The mechanism of massage therapy is:
- The first is to dilate local blood vessels and increase circulation of blood and lymph to improve the local tissue.
- Clinical use
- As early as the Qin and Han dynasties, massage therapy was discussed in China's first medical monograph "The Yellow Emperor's Canon", and during this period, China's first massage monograph "The Yellow Emperor Qibo Massage Ten Volumes" was also published. Famous doctors at the time, such as Bian Kun and Hua Yan, used this method to treat many diseases. During the Wei, Jin, Sui, and Tang dynasties, massage therapy and massage health were very popular and spread to North Korea, Japan, India, and Europe. During the Song, Jin and Yuan periods, the scope of massage prevention and treatment was more extensive, involving internal, external, gynecological, and pediatric diseases. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, on this basis, the massage theory had further developed, especially the use of massage methods to treat pediatric diseases, and formed a unique system. After the founding of New China, under the guidance of the Party's Chinese medicine policy, massage therapy has been highly valued. A large number of massage literatures have been explored and organized. Various massage training courses have been established. Massage courses have been set up in the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. Textbooks and a large number of clinical practice studies have made massage therapy an important treatment method, which is widely used in clinical practice and has contributed to human health.
- The craze of people's return to nature has swept the globe, massage therapy has once again been respected as a representative of non-drug therapy, loved by people at home and abroad, and has become an effective way for people to pursue green health care and improve the quality of life in the 21st century.