Chinese Self-Massage Therapy: The Easy Way to Health (Paperback)

by Ya-Li Fan (Author), Fan Ya-Li (Author) "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..." (more)
Key Phrases: Shen Shu, San Yin Jiao, Guan Yuan (more...)

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Product Description
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.

From the Back Cover
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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Product Details

• Paperback: 154 pages
• Publisher: Blue Poppy Press; 1st edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936185740
• ISBN-13: 978-0936185743
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #266,731 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful But Hard to Follow, August 15, 2004

By	Juliana Volcheck - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From a wonderful healer, June 23, 2008

By	S. Costonis "Earth Acupuncture" (Sarasota, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chinese Self-massage, March 14, 2007

By	Guilherme Botelho "Amoreluz" (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.