Chinese self-massage has many benefits and uses, ranging from maintaining health to treating acne, losing or gaining weight, and preventing wrinkles. This comprehensive overview of the theories and techniques of Chinese self-massage is for both professional practitioners of Chinese medicine and people who are interested in caring for their health. It includes self-massage procedures for treatment and prevention of many common complaints, such as colds and the flu, insomnia, high blood pressure, constipation, diabetes, menstrual pain, tennis elbow, and fibrocystic breast, along with accompanying pictures showing how and where the technique should be done. This book also includes sections on self-massage for sexual dysfunction, beautification, weight loss, maintenance of teeth, prevention of balding, and promotion of better breast health.
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Chinese self-massage is a safe, simple, and extremely effective therapy for both promoting health and remedying a number of disease. It can be used as a part of one's total self-health regime or as an adjunct to other remedial treatments whether Western or Eastern. In particular, Chinese self-massage is a great adjunct to acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, or qi gong.
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Dr. Fan Ya-li has taught both adult and pediatric tui na or Chinese medical massage at the Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital in Jinan. While in China, she published four books on tui na and numerous articles on remedial massage in Chinese medical journals. Currently, Dr. Fan is teaching tui na at the Florida Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Useful But Hard to Follow,
This review is from: Chinese Self-Massage Therapy: The Easy Way to Health (Paperback)
On the plus side, some of the self-massages in this book did seem to help somewhat. On the minus side, this book uses highly technical terminology and instructions. For the AVERAGE person, a description of a location such as, "two body inches lateral to the twelfth thoracic vertebra" is VERY hard to figure out. I must look up words and look at skeleton diagrams to even have a clue what they are talking about, and that still leaves me with a hard time finding the point on my actual body! Most of the time I do not even know if I am doing the massage correctly! The book does contain pictures, but they are not detailed enough to show exactly where some of the points are. Of course not all of the points are this hard to find, but almost all of the massages contain at least one point description that will leave you pulling your hair out! So if you have passed a few college anatomy courses, this should not be a problem for you; but if you are an average person, you are going to need to do some research just to use this book at all.
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This review is from: Chinese Self-Massage Therapy: The Easy Way to Health (Paperback)
I had the fortune of taking a class with Dr Ya Li Fan, and I am the richer for it! She is a great doctor and healer who uses Chinese massage in her practice daily. The excersizes in the book really work. You can Really feel the chi. If you are a TCM practitioner or student you will have no problem understanding the book, and can easily photocopy the appropriate chapter for your patient, explaining where the "twelth thoracic vertebrae" is.
I liked this book so much that I gave it to one of my favorite teachers, and am ordering a second copy for myself. The downside to the book is compliance (of course). Even though I have great results when I use the massage, the sequences can be kinda long for Gen-X attention spans. If your or your patients' conditions aren't that bad, you/they probably won't treat yourself/theirselves daily. However, it's probably OK to use a few of the movements from a protocol instead of all of them while self treating.
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I found the book very complete and easy to follow so as to give my patients some homework and co-responsability for their treatment. As always Dr. Bob Flaws' books are highly recommended, even here in Portugal.
Thank you.
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In China, self-massage is also called health-care massage (bao jian tui na), while in ancient times it was known as dao yin an mo (abducting and leading massage). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shen Shu, San Yin Jiao, Guan Yuan, Feng Chi, Zhong Wan, Chinese Self-massage Therapy, Xue Hai, Yong Quan, Nei Guan, Tai Yang, Shan Zhong, Wei Shu, Fei Shu, Gan Shu, Chang Qiang, Zan Zhu, Bob Flaws, Tian Shu, Jian Jing, Yin Tang, Bai Hui, Feng Long, Hui Yin, Liang Men, Lie Que New!
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In China, self-massage is also called health-care massage (bao jian tui na), while in ancient times it was known as dao yin an mo (abducting and leading massage). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shen Shu, San Yin Jiao, Guan Yuan, Feng Chi, Zhong Wan, Chinese Self-massage Therapy, Xue Hai, Yong Quan, Nei Guan, Tai Yang, Shan Zhong, Wei Shu, Fei Shu, Gan Shu, Chang Qiang, Zan Zhu, Bob Flaws, Tian Shu, Jian Jing, Yin Tang, Bai Hui, Feng Long, Hui Yin, Liang Men, Lie Que New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Arisal of the Clear: A Simple Guide to Healthy Eating According to Traditional Chinese Medicine by Bob Flaws on page 9, and page 96
- The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine by Ted J. Kaptchuk on page 2
- Promoting Health: Knowledge and Practice by Jeanne Sampson Katz in Back Matter
- Easy Way by Christopher E. Long in Back Matter
- The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine by Ted J. Kaptchuk on page 2
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- Curing Insomnia Naturally with Chinese Medicine by Bob Flaws on page 118, and Back Matter
- Managing Menopause Naturally with Chinese Medicine by Honora Lee Wolfe in Back Matter
- Controlling Diabetes Naturally With Chinese Medicine (Healing With Chinese Medicine) by Lynn M. Kuchinski in Back Matter
- Insights of a Senior Acupuncturist by Miriam Lee in Back Matter
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