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Self Massage

1. Prescription
Neck-Nape and Arm: Fengchi (GB20), Jianjing (GB21), Fengmen (BL12), Tianzong (SI11), Jianzhen (SI9), Jiquan (HT1), Quchi (LI11) He-Sea Point, Hegu (LI4) Yuan-Source Point, Neiguan (PC6) Luo-Connecting Point the Eight Confluent Point, Lieque (LU7)Luo-Connecting Point the Eight Confluent Point.
Lumbar and Sacral Vertebra: Pishu (BL20), Shenshu (BL23), Mingmen (GV4).
Leg: Zusanli (ST36) He-Sea Point, Yanglingquan (GB34) He-Sea Point, Influential Point of Tendon, Taichong (LR3) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source Point, Taixi(KI3) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source Point, Yinlingquan (SP9) He-Sea Point, Xuehai (SP10).
Chest and Abdomen: Quepen (ST12), Yunmen (LU2), Danzhong (CV17) Front-Mu Point of the Pericardium, Guanyuan (CV4) Front-Mu Point of the SmallIntestine.


2. Technique of Massage
2.1 Knead-rub shoulder and arm for 2-3 minutes, palm-rub neck and shoulder for 2-3 minutes.
Hollow-fist tap shoulder and back for 1-2 minutes.
2.2 Thumb-press PC6 for 1-2 minutes, thumb press-knead LI4 for 1-2 minutes.
Thumb-press LI11, HT1 for 1-2 minutes respectively.
2.3 Finger-press GB21 for 1-2 minutes respectively, Index finger-press SI9 for 1-2 minutes.
Index finger and middle finger press-knead SI11 for 1-2 minutes, thumb pluck-knead LU2 for 1-2 minutes.
Index finger-press ST12 for 1-2 minutes, thumb-knead GB20 for 1-2 minutes.
2.4 Palm root-rub GV4 for 20-30 times, palm-rub BL23 for 20-30 times.
2.5 Thumb press-knead GB34, KI3, LR3 for 1-2 minutes respectively.
2.6 Hollow-fist tap shoulder and back for 1-2 minutes, palm-rub shoulder and arm for 2-3 minutes.
2.7 Modification according to symptoms:
2.7.1 Blood stagnation type: press-knead SP10 for 1 minute, knead-rub CV17 for 1 minute.
2.7.2 Wind-cold type: knead LU7 for 1 minute, finger-press BL12 for 1 minute.
2.7.3 Damp-heat type: pres-knead BL20 for 1 minute, push-knead SP9 for 1 minute.
2.7.4 Deficiency of nourishment on tendon-meridian type: press-knead CV4 for 1 minute, finger-press ST36 for 1 minute.

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