The history of bonesetting massage
As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there were doctors specializing in fracture. There is a record of fracture location in Zhou Li Tianguan. The elbow backup prescription was introduced for the first time in Jin Dynasty, and the joint dislocation was reduced by traction and other means. Mandibular reduction, which was recorded in the Tang Dynasty's "Prepare for a Thousand Women", is still in clinical use. The manipulation of setting bones, such as kicking, touching, pulling and stretching, and the reduction of dislocation of shoulder and hip joint, recorded in the recipe for breaking bones and tendons, used the principle of lever mechanics for the first time, which had a far-reaching impact on future generations. The Song Dynasty's "Sheng Ji Zong Lu" further summarized the comprehensive treatment methods of bone injury, such as bonesetting massage, drug wrapping and ointment rubbing. Bonesetting metalworking families appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. In Ming Dynasty, Wei Yilin discussed the methods of reduction and fixation of dislocation of cervical vertebra, shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, ankle and patella in The Effective Treatment Prescription of Famous Doctors in the World. The 19 bone-setting technique recorded in Xue Ji's "Bone-setting Yao Lei" in Ming Dynasty is simple and practical. Wang Kentang's Standard of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment also recorded many methods to repair fractures. Jin Jian, a medical doctor in Qing Dynasty, summed up the previous experience of bonesetting, and summarized eight techniques: touching, receiving, lifting, pressing, rubbing, pushing and taking. After 1949, Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine workers made scientific research on the eight methods of bonesetting, and made some improvements and innovations, enriching and improving the content and level of bonesetting massage.