A Complete Guide to Male Health Massage: Seven Techniques for Strengthening the Body

Single-Handed Stroking Technique

1. Technical Operation Guidelines

Place the fingertips or palm on the skin and stroke back and forth in a straight line, or stroke the patient's body in circular motions.

2. Functions

This technique improves skin function, relieves muscle pain and tension, regulates emotions, warms the meridians and promotes blood circulation, dissipates stagnation and blood stasis, and promotes healthy skin and reduces wrinkles.

3. Locations

Head and face, abdomen, upper and lower limbs.

4. Indications

Headache, abdominal pain, facial wrinkles, joint stiffness, muscle soreness, frozen shoulder, abdominal distension, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, hypersexuality, premature ejaculation due to yin deficiency and excessive fire.

II. Two-Handed Kneading Technique

1. Technical Operation Guidelines

Use the palm, heel of the palm, or fingertips (both hands can be overlapped on the acupoint) to massage the affected area in a circular motion along the acupoint. The skin in the massaged area moves with the movement of the fingers or palm. The pressure, speed, and intensity of the kneading can be varied as needed. The direction of kneading can be clockwise or counterclockwise.

2. Functions

This technique promotes blood circulation, regulates metabolism, and reduces local swelling and pain.

3. Location

All parts of the body.

4. Indications

Abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain caused by intestinal spasms, gastroptosis, diaphragmatic spasm, headache due to colds, chest tightness, cervical spondylosis, intercostal neuralgia, chronic nephritis, frozen shoulder, lumbar muscle strain, lobular hyperplasia of the breast, dysmenorrhea, uterine prolapse, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, prostatitis, sequelae of poliomyelitis, etc.

III. Two-Handed Massage Technique

1. Technical Operation Guidelines

With four fingers together, or index and middle fingers together, or fists clenched, massage the face from bottom to top. For other areas, massage in a back-and-forth, left-and-right motion. Apply even pressure, massaging in straight lines or along the muscle structure.

2. Functions

It has the effects of relaxing meridians and activating blood circulation, harmonizing facial Qi and blood, invigorating Qi and blood in the head, moisturizing the skin, and reducing wrinkles.

3. Locations

Face, chest, back.

4. Indications

Female frigidity, male frigidity, premature ejaculation due to Yin deficiency and excessive Yang, migraine, headache from a cold, memory loss, neurasthenia, chest tightness, cough, intercostal neuralgia, lumbar muscle strain, herniated disc, frozen shoulder, cervical spondylosis, mammary lobular hyperplasia, rough facial skin, and hypertension.

IV. Palm Rubbing Technique

1. Technical Operation Guidelines

Use the thenar eminence, hypothenar eminence, or the heel of the palm to rub the affected area in a straight line, moving up and down repeatedly. The rubbing should be steady, even, and continuous.

2. Functions

This technique promotes blood circulation, strengthens the spleen and stomach, relieves chest tightness and regulates Qi, dispels wind and dampness, and warms the meridians and dispels cold.

3. Location

Chest, lower abdomen, upper limbs, lumbosacral region.

4. Indications

Male frigidity, female frigidity, cough, shortness of breath, chest tightness, liver area pain, intercostal neuralgia, stomach pain due to liver-stomach disharmony, irregular menstruation, uterine prolapse, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, dysmenorrhea, chronic appendicitis, allergic colitis, shoulder arthritis, pain along the posterior medial aspect of the upper limb, night sweats, insomnia, lumbar muscle strain, chronic lower back and leg pain, intervertebral disc disease, sciatica.

V. Two-Handed Pushing Technique

1. Technical Operation Guidelines

Use the index, middle, ring, and little fingers of both hands to firmly press against the skin of the affected area and push outwards. The pressure should be light yet firm, heavy yet not stagnant, performing a uniform and continuous massage.

2. Functions

This technique has the effects of opening the orifices, calming the mind, and improving vision.

3. Location

Head and face, back.

4. Indications

Nocturnal emission, impotence, dizziness, hypertension, migraine, neurasthenia, blurred vision, emotional agitation, back muscle injury, tearing in the wind, nasal congestion and runny nose, neck pain, difficulty urinating, etc.

VI. Hand Kneading Technique

1. Technical Operation Guidelines

Use your hand to grasp the muscles of the area being massaged, kneading firmly while moving centripetally. For example, when massaging the patient's left upper arm, grasp the inside of the left elbow joint with your right hand, separating your thumb and index finger, ensuring close contact between your palm and upper arm. Then, knead the upper arm muscles, moving towards the shoulder while kneading. The palm can move from side to side during kneading, but it is important to ensure that the movement originates from the shoulder joint, not just the wrist. The entire body's strength should be transferred from the shoulder down to the palm.

2. Functions

This technique has the functions of relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation, improving local blood circulation, and relieving pain.

3. Location

Forearm, upper arm, inner and outer thighs, calf, buttocks, chest, back.

4. Indications

Low libido, impotence, muscle injury, rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, frozen shoulder.

VII. Two-Handed Rubbing Technique

1. Technical Operation Guidelines

The two-handed rubbing technique involves massaging with both hands. There are two techniques: ① Rotary rubbing: Use both palms to grasp the muscles being massaged, applying appropriate force, and rubbing back and forth in opposite directions while moving the hands, minimizing the use of the fingers; ② Pulling rubbing: Use the thumbs and index fingers of both hands to pinch and knead the muscles being massaged, applying force in opposite directions along the longitudinal axis of both hands while moving the hands.

2. Functions

This technique improves local blood circulation, harmonizes Qi and blood, relaxes muscles, facilitates joint movement, and relieves pain.

3. Locations

Upper limbs, lower limbs, neck, shoulders.

4. Indications

Female frigidity, male frigidity, muscle injuries of the upper arm, forearm, thigh, and calf, cervical spondylosis, sciatica, etc.