By Sarah Pritchard
Tui na: A guide of chinese language therapeutic massage therapy is a accomplished guide for the 21<SUP>st</SUP> century pupil and practitioner of Tui na operating within the West. The ebook describes the roots and improvement of Tui na, the way it works therapeutically in the context of chinese language medication and the way to turn into a good Tui na practitioner. It includes special descriptions of Tui na thoughts, the right way to perform them, their scientific purposes and healing results. origin sector exercises are supplied to help the advance and fluidity of guide abilities and to provide an preliminary constitution for construction remedies.
The booklet has a special method of developing and making plans Tui na remedies. keeping off the prescriptive procedure frequently hired, Sarah Pritchard discusses the foundations of perform and permits the coed practitioner to make offerings and formulate remedies through bringing jointly their wisdom and abilities. Frameworks are supplied, and strategies, equipment and techniques urged for providing styles of disharmony in the therapy of universal illnesses.
* A DVD displaying find out how to observe all of the significant techniques
* Over one hundred twenty photos truly illustrating the techniques
* the appliance of the ancillary cures of cupping, gua sha and moxibustion
* the appliance of exterior natural media
* 'Tips for Practice' effortless connection with reduction the training of techniques
* Case histories illustrating the remedy of universal medical illnesses
* remedy beginning zone exercises
* Yin and yang kinds of practice
* Combining Tui na and acupuncture in practice.
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Let your hand bounce up and down off your patient’s body. Do not use any muscular strength or force. Think of playing a drum like a conga. If you have got it right, your palm will make a hollow, low sound as it strikes the body. If you hear a high slapping sound, it is not right and your palm is probably too flat. (Fig. 35) Tips for practice • Keep your wrist very pliable – do not stiffen up. • Do not rush it. Work at a moderate pace, in a relaxed manner. • Let your palm or fist bounce naturally off the body.
It is used to activate major points, bring Qi to Empty areas, clear obstructions, or to dredge the channels. Indications for its use are: • • • • • • • • • • Channel sinew and joint problems Lower backache Injuries such as sprains Numbness and hemiplegia Common cold and hay fever Sinusitis Headaches Stiff neck Dizziness Poor eyesight Nian fa holding twisting Nian fa is applied to the fingers and toes. It is applied with the thumb and index finger or thumb, index and middle finger, depending on what feels most comfortable to you.
Imagine your dominant arm is a hollow tube and internally direct your Qi from the pearl in your Dantian up through your body and then down your arm to the palm of your hand. Zhen fa requires both relaxation and tension. To produce the vibration, you need to create some tension in your forearm muscles but you must stay as relaxed as possible or the Qi will get stuck on the way and there will be no vibration. Be very aware of your breathing and do not, at any time, hold your breath. This is very important; if you hold your breath when performing Zhen fa, it will have a draining effect on your Qi over time.