Thursday, July 17, 2008

Traditional Chinese Medicine And Life -Cosmetics and Health Care

People may first think of plastic surgery and making double-fold eyelids and high nose bridges when they think of cosmetology. Of course, some people find it necessary to improve their appearance. However, for the vast majority of people cosmetology means only maintaining a natural and a good constitution, full of energy and vitality.
As we have said, the hand and foot are closely related to the head. It is common sense that people with normal and proportional hands and feet may correspondently have a health and proportionate body, handsome and charming. So the hand and foot are closely related to cosmetics and health care, and a regular and persistent application of hand and foot massage can improve the looks and maintain the health.
1. Procedures for massage and hand exercise
Procedures for hand massage:
1) Mutually rubbing both hands
The palms of the hands are placed face to face and then rub against each other from low to high speed and again to low speed, repeatedly, until a hot sensation is produced; the fingers of both hands are interlaced and then rub against each other, with the fingers sliding over the web borders from low speed to high speed, and again to low speed, repeatedly; and finally, one palm is used to rub the dorsum of the other hand and wrist and then the hands are switched alternately.
2) Pushing fingers and palm:
The pad or radial corner of distal phalanx of the thumb of one hand is used to rub the fingers of the other hand from radial to ulnar side and from palmar to dorsal side; and then is used to rub the radial border, ulnar border, and proximal of the palm, palmar interosseous spaces, proximal of dorsum of the hand, and dorsal interosseous spaces, sequentially.
3) Twisting and pressing joints:
All joints of the hand and wrist on one side are separately twisted and pressed by the other hand according to the sequence from radial side to ulnar side, and from distal end to proximal end, and then the manipulation is alternately performed on both hands.
4) Pulling and rotating fingers and wrist:
The wrist and all fingers from radial side to ulnar side of one hand are pulled and rotated by the other hand, and then the manipulation is performed alternately on both hands.
5) Pinching and kneading tips of fingers:
The tips and nail roots of all fingers of one hand are pinched and kneaded by the other hand; and the pads of all distal phalanx are kneaded. The manipulation is alternately and repeatedly applied to both hands.
6) Digit-pressing and grinding central part of palm:
The central part of one palm is digit-pressed and grinded by the other hand until a hot sensation is produced, and the manipulation is performed alternately to both palms.
7) Particular adjustment:
The correspondent reflecting areas of the involved organs are particularly pressed and grinded to adjust the dysfunction of these organs.
8) Rubbing palms for adjustment
Source: TCM Treat disease- Cosmetics and Health Care
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