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  • Tui Na: A Manual of Chinese Massage Therapy
  • Written by author Pritchard, Sarah
  • Published by Elsevier Health Sciences, 2010
  • Tui na: A manual of Chinese massage therapy is a comprehensive handbook for the 21st century student and practitioner of Tui na working in the West. The book describes the roots and development of Tui na, how it works therapeutically wit
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Preface

Section One Foundations

Chapter 1 Foundations and development of Tui na 3

A brief history of Tui na 3

The famous schools of Tui na 4

How Tui na works 5

Becoming an effective Tui na practitioner - training requirements and practitioner cultivation 6

Section Two Techniques and methods

Chapter 2 Introduction to Tui na techniques 17

Chapter 3 Basic techniques 19

Gun fa rolling 19

Yi zhi chan tui fa one-finger meditation pushing technique 22

Tui fa pushing 24

Rou fa kneading 27

An fa pressing 30

Ya fa suppressing 32

Mo fa round rubbing 34

Ma fa wiping 36

Na fa grasping 37

Nian fa holding twisting 39

Ji dian fa finger striking 40

Ji fa chopping 42

Pai fa patting/knocking 44

Zhen fa vibrating 46

Che fa squeezing tweaking 48

Tan bo fa plucking 49

Cuo fa rub rolling 52

Dou fa shaking 54

Gua fa scratching/scraping 55

Ca fa scrubbing 57

Chapter 4 Compound techniques 59

Compound techniques using Na fa 59

1 Holding-grasping 59

2 Pinching-grasping 60

3 Grabbing-grasping 61

4 Nipping-grasping 62

5 Plucking-grasping 62

6 Lifting-grasping 64

7 Pulling-grasping 64

Compound techniques using Rou fa 66

1 Kneading-grasping 66

2 Kneading-pinching 67

3 Kneading-nipping 67

4 Kneading-vibrating 68

Other compound techniques 69

1 Pushing-pressing 69

2 Whisking-sweeping 70

Chapter 5 Coordinated techniques 73

1 Gun fa and Rou fa 73

2 Gun fa and An fa or Ya fa 75

3 Gun fa and Pai fa 76

4 Gun fa and Yi zhi chan tui fa 76

5 Gun fa and Tui fa 78

6 Forearm Rou fa and pinching-grasping 78

7 Elbow Rou fa and Ji dian fa 79

8 Loose fist Pai fa and pinching-grasping 80

9 An fa and Mo fa 81

10 Whisking-sweeping and Pai fa/Ji fa 81

11 Pai fa/Ji fa and Ji dian fa 82

Chapter 6 Passive movements 85

Ba shen fa stretching/traction 85

Yao fa rotating 90

Ban fa pulling-twisting 95

General tips and contraindications for passive movements 101

Chapter 7 Area foundation routines 103

Head and face 104

Neck and nape 105

Back 105

Upper limb 106

Lower limb 107

Chest and hypochondrium 108

Abdomen 109

Chapter 8 Ancillary therapies 111

Cupping 111

Gua sha 113

Moxibustion 115

Chapter 9 External herbs Andrew Croysdale Croysdale, Andrew 119

Introduction 119

Contraindications 119

Oils 119

Juices 120

Herbal compresses 121

Gaos (ointments) 122

Tinctures 123

Herbal plasters 124

Section Three Tui na treatment - general principles for creating and planning treatments

Chapter 10 Introduction to Section Three 129

Creating a Tui na treatment 129

Nourishing Xu Deficiency and clearing Shi Excess 133

Working with breath and visualization 135

Treatment length and frequency 136

Contraindications and cautions 136

Chapter 11 Muscular skeletal ailments 139

Bi syndrome (painful obstruction syndrome) 139

Channel sinews 140

Case studies 142

Chapter 12 Digestive disorders 151

Case studies 152

Chapter 13 Gynecological problems 157

Case studies 160

Chapter 14 Headaches and hypertension 165

Headaches 165

Headache case studies 166

Hypertension 169

Hypertension case study 170

Chapter 15 Coughs, colds and asthma 173

Common cold and coughs 173

Coughs and colds case studies 175

Asthma 177

Chapter 16 Combining acupuncture and Tui na in practice 179

Applying Tui na while the needles are retained 179

Applying non-retained acupuncture during Tui na treatment 180

Resources and further reading 181

Index 183


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