Massage refers to the method of operating with hands or other parts of limbs at specific parts of the body or acupuncture points and Ashi points according to various specific skills for the purpose of treatment and health care.

Some of them are mainly based on pressing, such as pressing, pressing, pointing, holding and rubbing. Some are mainly friction, such as pushing, rubbing, rubbing, rubbing, rubbing, etc. Some mainly vibrate limbs, such as flapping and shaking; Some are mainly active limb joints, such as shaking, pulling and stretching. There are about a hundred kinds. According to the situation, can choose or comprehensive application.

The basic requirements of massage techniques are persistence, strength, uniformity and softness. "Perseverance" means that the technology can be used continuously for a certain period of time to keep the consistency of action and strength. "Powerful" means that the manipulation must have a certain strength, and it changes according to the object of treatment, constitution, deficiency and excess of disease and syndrome, treatment site and manipulation nature.

"Uniformity" means that the rhythm, frequency and strength of manipulative movements should be determined. "Softness" refers to the softness and flexibility of manipulations and the relaxation of strength. We should not use stagnant brute force or sudden violence, but be "light but not floating, heavy but not stagnant" The above requirements are closely related and complement each other.

Persistence can make the technique deeper and stronger, even and coordinated movements can make the technique softer, while the combination of strength and skill makes the technique both rigid and flexible, which is called "combining rigidity and flexibility". In the mastery of manipulation, strength is the foundation, and manipulation skill is the key, and the two must be combined.