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Massage is a specialty within the practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it can be applied alone or as a part of overall treatment strategy. For lay persons, massage is suitable to do at home, to supplement any treatment or promote health.
TCM claims that massage benefits the overall physical condition. This treatment method promotes blood circulation and removes stagnations, facilitates soft tissues repairing and corrects bone and joint deformities. Moreover, despite being applied to body surface, the massage pressure creates signals that affect the transmission of body fluids, qi (vital energy) and blood, which in turn regulate the functions of internal organs. By selecting appropriate massage plan according to individual health needs, practice in the morning and evening, and make it last 20〜30 minutes each time, a desirable result will be achieved.
When doing massage at home, individuals should prepare themselves in a sitting position, and keep their mind concentrated and restful. The applying force is light at first and then becomes heavier gradually, which should result a sense of soreness or tingling on the region. When doing rubbing manipulations, it should create a warm feeling at the region too.
Chinese massage is usually used to aid many health problems. In this section, we introduce some useful acupressure massage plans.
