Chinese Qigong Massage: General Massage

Massage (An Mo) is one of the most common practices in Chinese medicine and Qigong. It regulates the Qi and blood circulating in your body and returns them to their normal, healthy state. Massage can maintain health, slow down degeneration that comes with aging, and cure certain types of illnesses. This volume contains an historical survey of massage in China, a review of massage theory, and an introduction to many useful techniques, and it presents a detailed discussion of massage for relaxation. Relaxation massage increases the circulation of Qi and blood in particular areas or in the entire body, and can remove the blockages or stagnation of Qi caused by exercise of aging.