 Healing power of Traditional Medicine- tui na massage
Added: 04/12/2006 |
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Among numerous massage systems, being developed by totally different cultures under very unlike conditions, and therefore presenting variety of methods and techniques, eastern massage methods are known to be the best for healing most serious diseases, normalizing health disorders, softening possible negative influences of medical and operative treatments, so on. Like shiatsu and acupressure, Tui na massage system is based on principals of traditional eastern medicine, have been developing in China, Korea and Japan for thousands of years.
Tui na is a sort of medical massage therapy, which is known for more than 2.000 years. Tui na has developed in China, as a part of traditional Chinese medicine, generatively close to acupuncture and acupressure treatment, and Japanese shiatsu massage system one of the most known Tui na features (the exact translation of the term from Chinese is "push and pull") is the usage of two somewhat different massage techniques in one integral system.
Main technique of Tai nu massage is based on manual irritation of active points (so called "acupoints" in acupressure technique), situated all over the body. The main purpose of acupoints irritation is to normalize "Qi" energy flow and energy system balance. In traditional Chinese medicine, energy misbalance is considered to be the reason of many diseases and disorders; therefore energy flowing correction is so important. Acupoints are situated on meridians, each of them is related with organ of human body - heart meridian, lungs meridian et cetera. All the meridians are grouped in yin meridians and yang meridians. Most appropriate time for irritating active points is different for yin and yang meridians.
Second - additional - technique is based on numerous kinds of body stretching in order to correct muscles and skeleton and strengthen them. Tui na works with entire body, therefore this massage method is extremely helpful for spinal treatment, muscles restoration and joint correction. Tui na massage gives excellent effect even when it goes about most difficult to treat vertebra abnormalities and damages.
The main principle of Tui na system says, that any disorder can be healed by skilful hands of Tui na master. And it seems to be very realistic. At the moment Tui na massage practices are used very extensively not only for treating musculoskeletal abnormalities. Tui na is very helpful in treating hormonal disorders. It is proved, that tui na therapy reinforces anti-cancer chemotherapy.
So you can see that Tui na is far more complicated technique, able to influence human body in different ways, than massage systems are usually considered. But, it doesn't mean at all that Tui na should be applied only for treating most serious illnesses. Tui na is a perfect body work, good for improving body condition, maintaining your health, youth, beauty.
There are several main methods of irritation, used in Tui na massage. They are "na", or dragging, "tui", or pushing, "tao" or strong pressing, "an" - rhythmic pressing, "moa" or rubbing, and "pai" or palm tapping. Irritation type and body part are two factors for method choosing. "Pai" technique is usually applied for the back and legs, masters uses his palms for tapping the body. "An" is a rhythmic pressing which is usually applied for head and breast, sometimes for legs, with thumbs.
Tui na gives perfect results in improving you immune status, so if you want to prevent yourself from such unpleasant surprises as flu, take a course of Tui na therapy exactly before the winter season, and you immune system will be strong enough to protect you from all viruses and bacteria.
If you become interested in Tui na massage system, you can find more detailed Tui na descriptions in specialized literature. They may provide you with all necessary information, and if you want, you even may attend Tui na massage course.
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