Traditional Chinese medicine massage usually refers to the doctor using his own hands to act on the injured part and specific acupoints of the patient, and use various methods such as pushing, holding, pressing, rubbing, kneading, pinching, tapping, and patting to dredge the meridians and clear the meridians. The curative effect of activating qi and promoting blood circulation, eliminating pathogenic factors and strengthening the righteousness, and reconciling yin and yang. Tuina therapy is highly respected by people due to its wide indications, remarkable curative effect, high comfort, safety and simplicity, and has become a good helper for human health and wellness. In order to achieve the ideal disease prevention and treatment effect, in addition to certain massage skills, treatment should be carried out according to the person and the disease, and the contraindications and indications should be paid attention to. Tuina belongs to the category of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, with special emphasis on “adjusting measures to individual conditions”. It can be said that the physical differences, mental states and disease types of the subjects determine the massage method, strength and operation time of the masseuse. The following six situations are not suitable for massage.

1. Too full, too hungry, too tired, or poor sleep for a long time. After eating too much, the blood supply of the gastrointestinal tract will increase. At this time, massage will cause a large amount of blood to concentrate on the body surface, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the gastrointestinal tract, causing symptoms such as indigestion. It is recommended to massage again 1 hour after meals. In the case of excessive hunger, exhaustion or poor sleep quality, due to low blood sugar and poor systemic qi and blood supply, a “dizzy push” situation similar to acupuncture may occur during the massage process.

2. Dislocation, fracture, acute sprain period. Dislocation, fracture, and when the bone structure is not in the physiological position, massage may aggravate the dislocation of the bone and joint, and even cause or aggravate the damage to the peripheral nerves, blood vessels, and organs of the bone fracture, and aggravate the condition; in the acute stage of sprain, the soft tissue around the sprain is in the In the state of edema, massage at this time will aggravate soft tissue swelling and pain.

3. Skin trauma. In the case of skin inflammation, burns, trauma, etc., massage will aggravate the injury, make the inflammation worse, and may further cause cellulitis due to bacterial infection. In addition, if you have skin diseases such as herpes, it may also expand the infected area due to massage. Therefore, massage is not recommended.

4. During menstrual period or pregnancy. During menstruation or pregnancy, massage operations on the waist and pelvis are generally not recommended to avoid stimulating the uterus, affecting the normal menstrual physiological process or affecting pregnant women and fetuses.

5. Postoperative. In addition to the physical weakness of the subjects after the operation, their wounds were not completely healed, and the whole body qi and blood were not enough to be mobilized by massage. At this time, adequate rest was better than massage.

6. Patients with chronic diseases, especially cancer patients. People with chronic diseases should not massage, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, their blood vessels may have atherosclerosis or calcification problems, unprofessional massage may cause sclerotic plaques to fall off, enter the brain with blood, block the intracranial blood vessels, cause Stroke; cancer patients are generally weak and weak, and the patient’s physical condition may not be able to bear the power of massage. Therefore, it is recommended to use acupuncture and medicine to improve the problems such as weakness and qi deficiency, and then try massage as an adjuvant therapy.

The health benefits of massage are very good, but it is not recommended to do it every day. Unobstructed qi and blood in the whole body is the best state of the human body. In this state, people do not need any treatment. They only need to adjust and maintain through massage as time and season change. The intensity of massage is not the bigger the better. Professional massage doctors must consider the mechanical and physiological characteristics of human soft tissue, so that after the manipulation acts on the human body, it can form a benign stimulation and induction, which can maximize the adjustment function of the meridians and avoid obvious damage to human tissue. . On the contrary, blind force will form a malignant stimulus, which can easily cause tissue damage and bring pain.