The Grappling Technique: A Massage for Throat Redness and Pain

December 13, 2023

The grappling technique is a massage technique specifically used to treat throat redness, pain, and difficulty in eating. The patient assumes a sitting position (using the right side as an example), while the practitioner stands on their right side. First, the practitioner raises the patient's right upper limb to about 90°, then uses their right thumb to press firmly against the patient's thumb, while applying pressure forward with the index, middle, and ring fingers, firmly pressing down on the patient's tiger's mouth (equivalent to the Hegu acupoint). The practitioner uses their left thumb to press on the patient's right clavicle at the shoulder peak (equivalent to the shoulder

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