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Mesona

Mesona chinensis, a name for a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. It refers to the dried aerial parts of Mesona chinensis Benth., a plant in the genus Mesona of the Lamiaceae family. It has the effects of relieving summer heat, clearing heat, cooling the blood, and detoxifying.It is primarily used to treat heatstroke, diabetes, jaundice, diarrhea, dysentery, hypertension, muscle and joint pain, acute nephritis, wind-fire toothache, burns and scalds, erysipelas, syphilis, and lacquer allergy.

Xiangfu

Xiangfu is a traditional Chinese medicine derived from the dried rhizome of Cyperus rotundus L., a plant belonging to the genus Cyperus in the Cyperaceae family. This herb has the effects of soothing the liver and relieving depression, regulating qi and alleviating epigastric distension, and regulating menstruation and relieving pain. It is primarily used to treat liver depression and qi stagnation, distending pain in the chest and flanks, hernia pain, breast distension and pain, spleen and stomach qi stagnation, epigastric and abdominal fullness and distension, bloating and pain, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea.

Mulberry Bark

Mulberry Bark (Sangbai Pi) is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the root bark of Morus alba L., a plant of the genus Morus in the Moraceae family. It has the effects of clearing lung heat, relieving wheezing, promoting diuresis, and reducing edema. It is primarily used to treat cough and wheezing due to lung heat, edema with abdominal distension and scant urination, and swelling of the face, eyes, and skin.

Podocarpus Root Bark

Podocarpus root bark is a name for a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the root bark of Podocarpus macrophyllus (Thunb.) D. Don or Podocarpus macrophyllus (Thunb.) D. Don var. maki Endl., plants of the Podocarpaceae family. Podocarpus is distributed in southwestern China as well as in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi.Short-leaved Podocarpus is cultivated in southwestern China as well as in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi, where it is used as an ornamental garden tree; it is also grown in pots in Beijing. It has the therapeutic effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling wind and dampness, and killing parasites and relieving itching. It is commonly used to treat contusions and sprains, rheumatic pain, and tinea infections.

Back Muscle Grasping and Twisting Massage for Wind-Cold Relief

During prone position massage, the patient lies prone with both lower limbs straightened. A small pillow is placed beneath the ankle joints, and both hands are positioned under the chin or in front of the head, allowing for free breathing. Technique & Patient assumes a prone position for massage, with the massage therapist standing on … Read more

Back and Waist Separate Pushing: Dispelling Wind & Regulating Qi

During prone position massage, the patient lies prone with both lower limbs straight, a small pillow placed beneath the ankle joints, and both hands positioned under the chin or in front of the head, breathing freely. Technique: The patient assumes a prone position for massage, and the massage therapist stands on the patient’s left side. … Read more

Two Spinal Pinching Techniques for Dispelling Wind and Digestion

During prone position massage, the patient lies prone with both lower limbs extended straight, a small pillow placed beneath the ankle joints, and both hands positioned under the chin or in front of the head, breathing freely. Technique & Patient assumes a prone position for massage, with the massage therapist standing on the patient’s left … Read more

Overlapping-Palm Kneading: Prone Full Body Massage Technique

During prone position massage, the patient lies prone with both lower limbs straight, a small pillow placed beneath the ankle joints, both hands positioned under the chin or in front of the head, and breathes freely. Technique & Patient assumes a prone position for massage, with the massage therapist standing on the patient’s left side. … Read more

How to Perform Whole-Body Stroking and Pushing Massage

During prone position massage, the patient lies prone with both lower limbs straight, a small pillow placed beneath the ankle joints, both hands positioned under the chin or in front of the head, and breathes freely. Technique & Patient assumes a prone position for massage, with the massage therapist standing on the patient’s left side. … Read more

Seated Massage Techniques for Carotid Health and Brain Nourishment

1. Dredge the carotid artery and promote cerebral blood supply – Neck Rubbing Method Manipulation Technique: The patient assumes a seated massage posture, and the massage therapist stands to the front right of the patient. Manipulation: The masseur supports the patient’s left head with the left hand, and uses the index and middle fingers of … Read more

Seated Massage Techniques: Opening Meridians and Nourishing the Brain

During seated massage: The patient sits upright on a stool with both arms hanging down naturally, eyes looking straight ahead, the whole body relaxed, and breathing freely, waiting for the masseur to start the massage. Seated massage techniques include: Tianmen Opening Method, Zhengding (Middle Vertex) and Du Meridian Vertex Pushing Method, and Pianding (Lateral Vertex) … Read more

Zhang Rulin’s Complete Set of Medical Massage Techniques Overview

This “Complete Set of Medical Massage Techniques” is a comprehensive and unique massage therapy method developed based on Zhang Rulin’s extensive clinical experience in massage. It has the following characteristics: Firstly, it represents the clinical crystallization of Zhang Rulin’s more than 30 years of efforts in medical massage, possessing special clinical significance and therapeutic effects. … Read more

Six Regulatory Massage Techniques to Balance Yin and Yang

In nature, there are distinctions between heaven, earth, sun, and moon; in the human body, there are differences between qi, blood, yin, and yang; wellness vary in deficiency, excess, mildness, and severity. Regulating manipulation techniques have the functions of harmonizing qi and blood, regulating zang-fu organs, smoothing the flow of qi, and balancing yin and … Read more