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What is the origin of pushing oil?

1. Pushing oil is a health care activity. The masseur daubs the essential oil on the corresponding parts and massages along the direction of blood circulation and meridian distribution by hand. Friction can produce a temperature higher than the human body, accelerate the penetration of essential oil into the human body, and act on the meridians, acupoints and local tissues of the body. In order to improve blood circulation, enhance cell regeneration, expel toxins from the body and help metabolism. It has the same effect as scraping.

2. Pushing oil originated from the "sweat bath" in ancient Rome.

3. The whole step of sweat bath is considered unclean, but it has long been affirmed in the bathing steps in ancient Rome. First of all, the bather should jump around to create sweat without sweat, then apply olive oil naked, and then go to the warm pool, hot pool and steam room in turn in a sticky way to make a body that sweats freely in Wang Yang, scrape off sweat and grease with a metal scraper imported from Greece, and enter a cold water bath for cleaning; After washing, put on olive oil and put on clothes to go home. This original health care method of moisturizing and detoxifying has gradually evolved into whole body essential oil care.