Is massage really different from massage? What's the difference between them?
1) From the historical evolution, Tuina is an ancient name. In the Ming dynasty, the name of massage was changed to massage. At that time, books such as "Children's Massage Secrets" and "Children's Massage Secrets" changed the name of massage to massage, which not only changed the name, but also predicted the development of this therapy and the improvement of people's understanding of manipulation. Early massage therapy was only used for the treatment of a few diseases, and there were fewer kinds of manipulations. There are two common techniques: pressing and kneading. The method of pressing is simply a downward force, which is called "pressing and holding", and the rubbing method is to do circular friction on the body surface, which belongs to the scope of translation. Later, with the expansion of the scope of treatment, the technology developed accordingly. In addition to the commonly used massage and other techniques, there are also methods of pushing. Although massage is also a translation technique, it is a linear friction technique with directional selection, so the treatment of diseases is more targeted. In practice, it is found that different manipulation directions have certain influence on the curative effect, which leads to various manipulations with different manipulation directions. In addition to downward pressure, there is upward lift and relatively hard extrusion. The classification of manipulation tends to be reasonable gradually, and the indications gradually expand. The name of massage has been gradually replaced by a clearer concept of massage. It can be said that the transformation from massage to massage marks a great leap in the history of massage development.
2) Judging from the changes of manipulations, there are only four or five kinds of manipulations, and there are only more than 30 kinds of manipulations at the beginning. In the Qing Dynasty, the treatment of traumatology diseases by massage was systematically summarized. For example, Touching, receiving, lifting, pressing, kneading, pushing and taking were listed as eight methods of traumatology in The Golden Guide of Medical Zong. Massage practitioners' techniques have always stayed on the basic technology.
3) From the point of view of children's massage, the Ming Dynasty not only established a massage department, but also accumulated rich experience in the treatment of children's diseases, forming a unique children's massage system, such as acupuncture points for children's massage, as well as lines (such as the "three passes" and "six fu organs" of forearm) and faces (such as spleen, liver, heart and lung). ). On the basis of the clinical practice of children's massage, many books on children's massage, such as Classic of Children's Massage, Secret Recipe of Children's Massage and Secret Recipe of Children's Massage, have appeared, among which Classic of Children's Massage can be regarded as the earliest extant massage book in China. The evolution of the name of children's massage began at this time. "Xiang Lu" records that "those who are sick can be treated by touching them with their hands, and people are called Mr. Touch". Here, Mr. Mo refers to a folk massage doctor with good curative effect.
4) From the scope of treatment: massage is only health care and fatigue elimination, while massage is to treat diseases. The diseases treated by contemporary massage department are: low back pain, tenosynovitis, bursitis, cold, constipation, diarrhea, gastroptosis, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, hemiplegia, hypertension and asthma.
5) From the employee's point of view: because their purposes and functions are different. The names and personnel of the service places are also different. Health massage is mainly based on blind masseurs or masseurs who have received short-term training. Massage or health massage is based on medical institutions and clinics.
(1) The examination and approval authority of health massage for the blind is in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Disabled Persons' Federation. Their masseurs only need to go through professional training and obtain employment certificates issued by the labor bureau, and they are generally non-medical personnel; The examination and approval authority for opening a clinic is the Health Bureau. Massage doctors need a college degree. Most of them graduated from medical college, medical college and Chinese medicine college, and there are also masters, doctors and postdoctoral students. There are attending physicians, chief physicians and professors. We must also pass the national examination for practicing doctors and obtain the qualification of doctors.
(2) Masseurs have health care ability, but it is difficult to diagnose and treat diseases. Even if they can find the diseases in the guest's body during the massage, they should not provide treatment, but should tell the patient to go to the hospital for further examination and treatment. Masseurs and their institutions can only be regarded as a health care service place, not a medical institution.
(3) The purpose and method are completely different. Health massage is to achieve the purpose of health care through massage, which is one of the health care methods of traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on fitness and disease prevention, supplemented by the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries. Massage (health massage), including traumatology massage, is one of the external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a kind of physical therapy that uses massage to treat diseases. The oldest way to treat diseases is to diagnose and treat diseases, supplemented by fitness and disease prevention.
(4) There are obvious differences in technology:
A, massage is to push or hold massage by hand, which belongs to the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. It mainly achieves the purpose of preventing and treating diseases through manipulation skills and the regulating function of meridian system. As an important part of traditional Chinese medicine, massage belongs to external treatment. Its treatment range is wide, involving internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and pediatrics, such as stiff neck, sprain, scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbago and leg pain, cold, chronic diarrhea and insomnia. Manipulations include rolling, rubbing, scraping, rubbing, rubbing and so on. There are many ways, not simply pushing or pressing.
Massage techniques require softness, uniformity, strength and durability, and require deep and thorough acupuncture points. According to different diseases, different parts of the body have different massage techniques and skills. Massage has the functions of relaxing channels and dredging collaterals, promoting qi and blood circulation, regulating viscera function, lubricating joints and enhancing human disease resistance. It has a very obvious effect on the treatment of common diseases of motor system and nervous system. It can also be used for adjuvant treatment of some chronic diseases, such as dyspepsia, constipation, stomach diseases, etc. It is not everyone's ability to require massage doctors to have complete medical knowledge and professional knowledge such as anatomy, physiology and radiology.
B. Massage in massage parlors or street massage stalls is a skillful mechanical action by touching the human body with hands or other parts of the body to achieve the purpose of preventing or protecting health or eliminating fatigue. The technique is simple, mainly pressing, rubbing, rubbing, bouncing, knocking and knocking. Families can also learn to massage each other to achieve the purpose of health care.