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  2. Traditional Thai massage - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Thai massage or Thai yoga massage is a traditional therapy combining acupressure, Indian Ayurvedic principles, and assisted yoga postures. [1] In the Thai language, it is usually called nuat phaen thai ( Thai: นวดแผนไทย, pronounced [nûa̯t pʰɛ̌ːn tʰāj]; lit. 'Thai-style massage') or nuat phaen boran ...

  3. Cupping therapy - Wikipedia

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    Cupping therapy is a form of pseudoscience in which a local suction is created on the skin with the application of heated cups. As alternative medicine it is practiced primarily in Asia but also in Eastern Europe, the Middle East , and Latin America .

  4. Acupressure - Wikipedia

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    Acupressure is an alternative medicine technique often used in conjunction with acupuncture or reflexology. It is based on the concept of life energy ( qi ), which purportedly flows through "meridians" in the body. In treatment, physical pressure is applied to acupuncture points, or ashi trigger points, with the aim of clearing blockages in ...

  5. Gua sha - Wikipedia

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    e. Gua sha, or kerokan (in Indonesia), is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice in which a tool is used to scrape people's skin in order to produce light petechiae. Practitioners believe that gua sha releases unhealthy bodily matter from blood stasis within sore, tired, stiff, or injured muscle areas to stimulate new oxygenated blood ...

  6. Shiatsu - Wikipedia

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    Alternative medicine. Shiatsu ( / ʃiˈæts -, - ˈɑːtsuː / shee-AT-, -⁠AHT-soo; [ 1] 指圧) is a form of Japanese bodywork based on concepts in traditional Chinese medicine such as qi meridians. Having been popularized in the twentieth century by Tokujiro Namikoshi (1905–2000), [ 2] shiatsu derives from the older Japanese massage ...

  7. Tui na - Wikipedia

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    Tui na is a hands-on body treatment that uses Chinese Daoist principles in an effort to bring the eight principles of traditional Chinese medicine into balance. The practitioner may brush, knead, roll, press, and rub the areas between each of the joints, known as the eight gates, to attempt to open the body's defensive qi ( wei qi) and get the ...

  8. Rosen Method Bodywork - Wikipedia

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    Rosen Method Bodywork (or Rosen Method) is a type of Complementary and alternative medicine. This bodywork, described as 'psychosomatic', claims to help integrate one's bodily and emotional/mental experience. In the tradition of sensory awareness methods, Rosen Method Bodywork focuses clients' attention onto internal sensations and emotions ...

  9. Infant massage - Wikipedia

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    Infant massage. Infant massage is a type of complementary and alternative treatment that uses massage therapy for babies. Evidence is insufficient to support its use in either full term or preterm babies to achieve physical growth. [1] [2]

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