In the methods of treating diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, there is a technique called massage, which relies on pressing acupuncture points on the body to cure diseases. Tuina, on the other hand, is a more advanced form of massage. What exactly are the effects of tuina? Let me take you to understand the relevant knowledge of tuina massage!
Tuina Massage: Often Pressing These 5 Areas to Safeguard Health
Tuina Massage
Area One: Umbilicus
Effect: Eliminating abdominal fat, preventing constipation.
The umbilicus is a "fortress" of health highly valued by health experts. In the realm of traditional Chinese medicine, the central abdomen, where the navel is located, is called the "Shenque." Regular simple massage of the umbilicus area can have significant effects on regulating the body, promoting calming of the mind, benefiting the liver and gallbladder, strengthening the lungs and kidneys, promoting digestion, and even preventing illness and promoting health.
Massaging the abdomen also has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on arteriosclerosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, cerebrovascular diseases, and obesity.
Healthcare method: Place both hands on the navel, exert moderate pressure, and maintain natural breathing. Rub the abdomen in a clockwise direction around the navel.
For those who lack exercise and physical activity in their daily lives, experts recommend forming the habit of patting the lower abdomen alternately with both palms during leisure time or while walking, maintaining a frequency of once every second for 20 minutes, which can significantly promote metabolism in the abdominal area.
Area Two: Ears
Effect: Preventing chilblains in the ears, aiding kidney health.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the kidneys are believed to have connections to the ears. Regular rubbing of the auricle can prevent ear chilblains and also contribute to kidney health and longevity.
Healthcare method: Pull the earlobes. Place the index fingers of both hands behind the auricles, and use the index and thumb to pull and rub the auricle from the inside to the outside. Start with gentle pressure and gradually increase, limiting the pulling force to avoid pain, for 3 to 5 minutes each time.
Massaging the Ear Wheel
Make fists with both hands and use the thumbs and index fingers to massage up and down along the ear wheel until the ear wheel becomes congested and warm.
Pulling the Ear Tips
Pinch the tips of the auricles with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands, then pull, rub, pinch, and massage upwards about 15 to 20 times. Achieve local heat and redness. This method has certain calming, analgesic, clearing the mind, improving eyesight, and reducing fever effects.
Area Three: Anterior Chest
Effect: Enhancing cardiac and pulmonary function.
The strength of a person's immune function is to a certain extent determined by the concentration of thymosin in the body. Stimulating the thymus gland can prevent diseases, fight cancer, strengthen the body, and prolong life.
Healthcare method: Press the upper right side of the chest with the right hand, fingers diagonally downward, and rub to the lower left abdomen, rubbing back and forth 50 times; then, switch to the left hand and rub using the same method 50 times. Next, rub the chest and back alternately with both palms, each time patting more than 100 times, once in the morning and evening.
Rubbing the chest can activate dormant thymus cells, enhancing cardiac and pulmonary function.
Area Four: Back
Effect: Boosting immunity, preventing colds.
Regular scraping, rubbing, pounding, and patting of the back meridians and muscles can dredge the meridians, calm the mind, and help prevent colds. Additionally, rubbing the back has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on chronic diseases in middle-aged and elderly people.
Healthcare method: Rub (massage) the back morning and evening, pat the back or use a health hammer to tap the back (including the back and neck); or receive back massage therapy such as scraping, kneading the spine, or cupping.
Area Five: Spine
Effect: Promoting digestion, preventing common spine diseases.
Currently, about 70% of people have spinal disorders due to a lack of correct maintenance of the spine special areas in daily life. There are four physiological curves in the spine, and the cervical region (cervical spondylosis) and lumbar curvature (lumbar muscle strain, lumbar disc herniation) are prone to disorders.
Healthcare method: For children with loss of appetite or picky eating, massage the spine along both sides. Massage the spine every night, scrape, cupping, gently tap.
Acupuncture, traditional Chinese bee therapy, and moxibustion on the spine special area have therapeutic effects on nerve pain and ankylosing spondylitis caused by various segments of the spine.
Massage Techniques
Grasping Method
Use one or both thumbs, index and middle fingers, or thumbs and other four fingers to exert relative force, rhythmically grasp, lift, knead, and pinch certain acupoints or areas as the grasping method. It has the effects of dredging meridians, inducing sweating, calming, relieving pain, refreshing the mind, and relieving spasms. It is mainly used for the neck, shoulders, back, and limbs. In clinical practice, commonly used acupoints for grasping include Fengchi and areas on both sides of the neck to treat external headache; it is also used to invigorate the spirit during exercise and is a commonly used massage technique for acupoints.
(I) Method and Steps
1. Use one or both thumbs, index and middle fingers, or thumbs and other four fingers to exert relative force.
2. Rhythmically grasp, lift, knead, and pinch certain acupoints or areas.
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