The history of massage

It has a long history, and some scholars praise it as "the medical skill of the elderly". The word massage, as a people-oriented treatment method, is gradually evolved from kneading, pressing and massage. It is not only the change of terminology, but also the result of the continuous summary, innovation and development of doctors engaged in massage medicine for thousands of years. Massage is an ancient method to treat injuries in China and an integral part of traditional medicine in China. Massage is a method by which doctors exert different strength, skills and skills on patients' bodies with their hands to stimulate certain specific parts, so as to restore or improve human vitality and promote the rehabilitation of diseases. It is a "people-oriented" method and belongs to a natural therapy advocated. Because of its simple method, no side effects and good therapeutic effect, it has been continuously developed, enriched and perfected in China for thousands of years. Especially in the past 40 years, western medicine has established the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine because of studying Chinese medicine, which has played a great role in the development and improvement of Chinese medicine. Some scientific research institutions have begun to study the mechanism of massage and achieved initial results, which is a great promotion to massage. Many countries in the world attach importance to China, a traditional therapy. It is understood that the United States, Britain, Italy, France, Germany, North Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Sweden, Spain, Vietnam and Argentina have all studied in China. Others hire domestic experts to attend classes abroad. This shows that China's manipulation in treating diseases has attracted the world's attention.

The origin of massage therapy can be traced back to ancient times. When the ancestors encountered accidental injuries in the competition for survival, they felt the pain relieved or relieved by touching the affected area with their hands, thus gradually discovering its special therapeutic effect and forming this unique therapy in the long-term practice. According to "On Su Wenyi's Law and Prescription", it comes from Zhongzhou, China by the method of webbed feet. This is because the life in this area is comfortable, the environment is humid, and the people are "weak and sick, with mixed cold and heat, so their treatment should be guided by webbed feet." In the Tang Dynasty, Bing Wang thought that "pressure" was to suppress the body; Web, that is, flexible hands and feet, shows that this therapy not only has body surface massage and rubbing techniques, but also physical activities of carrying water bottles. Neijing also introduces the indications and contraindications of this therapy, and points out that all kinds of arthralgia, pain, flaccidity and some emergencies can be treated by massage, but abdominal abscess patients should not be treated by cutting pressure, which reflects the profound understanding of this therapy in the pre-Qin period. During the Warring States Period, Bian Que, a famous doctor, successfully used massage and other treatment methods when rescuing Prince Guo's sudden illness (Note on Zhou Li), which is the earliest literature record about this treatment method. China's first massage monograph, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic of Qi Bo Jing, has ten volumes (see History of Han, Art and Literature, which has been lost), and it was also written in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, introduced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ointment therapy by pressing chest to save heartbeat and respiratory arrest. First aid methods for patients with claw syncope in elbow backup first aid prescription.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, massage specialties were established, including doctors, masseurs and masseurs, and organized teaching activities were carried out in Chinese medicine.

In the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, massage was more widely used. For example, Pang Anshi, a doctor in the Song Dynasty, said, "When a woman is pregnant, she will have children. After seven days, she stopped giving birth, and all her skills failed ... so that her family could warm their waist and abdomen with soup and massage themselves up and down, and pregnant women would feel slight pain in their stomachs and groan and give birth to a man. "She induced labor with massage. In Song Dynasty, Chen Zhi's book "Offering for the Aged" suggested that the old people often rub Yongquan point, which can make them walk lightly and be full of spirit in their later years.

Later generations listed massage as a clinical specialty, which promoted the popularization and development of massage therapy. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, on the basis of summarizing the clinical experience of massage therapy, many unique massage therapy methods were developed, and many different schools were formed, with dozens of related monographs.

Using the skills of hands and fingers to treat diseases through continuous movement on human skin and muscle tissue is called massage therapy.

According to China's historical records, famous doctors in Qin Dynasty used massage therapy to treat the corpse of Prince Guo. It has been more than 2,000 years since the Qin Dynasty, so massage has a long history in China. The earliest massage book in China is The Yellow Emperor Massage Sutra (ten volumes, see Hanshu). "Yi Wen Zhi"), you can borrow the dead. However, in the existing classic medical book Huangdi Neijing, there are many references to massage. For example, "blood gas-shape-spirit" is frightening, the meridians are blocked, and the patients are inhuman. Treat with massage mashing medicine. "On the Appropriate Prescriptions of Different Laws": "The people in the Central Committee are flat and wet, and everything in the world is omnivorous, so they are sick and weak, cold and hot. It is appropriate to guide the press. " It can be seen that massage therapy has been used for a long time in ancient times to treat numbness, flaccidity, syncope, dampness and cold and heat of limbs.

Advantages of massage

Massage has many benefits and is easy to learn. The operation is simple, economical and practical, and it can also replace drugs. For example, after using massage, some patients can cheer up and play the role of stimulant, and also can calm patients down and play the role of sedative.

Because massage is beneficial to the circulatory system and metabolism, it is relatively safe and reliable for patients with chronic diseases or patients with excessive physical weakness. For children who are inconvenient to take medicine, massage can enhance their physique and play a preventive and health care role. For some complicated diseases, acupuncture and medicine can also be combined. However, for some acute or high fever infectious diseases, or organ diseases, such as typhoid fever, pneumonia, tuberculosis and so on. Massage can only play an auxiliary role. If you suffer from tumor, acute suppurative appendicitis, intestinal perforation, cholecystitis caused by biliary ascaris, etc. The onset is fierce and urgent, so we should quickly transfer to hospital for rescue. Never use massage to delay the illness. For married women who have amenorrhea for about two months, they suddenly have severe pain in the lower abdomen. In order to confirm whether there is the possibility of ectopic pregnancy or other acute attacks, they should also be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in time.

1. The earliest massage monograph Huangdi Neijing.

2. The combination of massage and medicinal liquor first appeared in Su Wen, and blood gas was formed.

3. Sui and Tang Dynasties

A. Organized teaching has been carried out, and doctors, teachers and massage workers have appeared.

B. There is paste friction

4. Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties

A. pay attention to technical analysis and selective utilization.

B. Massage with instruments

5. Ming dynasty

A. The emergence of manipulative clinicians

B. The word massage began to appear in Wanquan's Children's Drama.

C. The application of manipulations has developed from adults to children.

D. the formation and development of children's massage.

6. Qing dynasty

The end of bone-setting manipulation and the proposal of bone-setting manipulation in Medical Zong Jin Jian, as well as the "wrong joint" theory and spinal manipulation.