Chinese massage, also known as "massage", "according to Rocker," "guidance," "Case sway", "Mount elimination" and so on. Is based on traditional Chinese medicine theory, body surface area to impose a variety of specific practices, or with some physical activity, to restore or improve bodily functions method. Massage Massage therapy is one of humanity's oldest, is an important part of Chinese medicine.
Chinese massage is simple, safe and effective remarkable, has been widely used.
According to historical records, Chinese massage originated in Luoyang, Henan area. Early as the Qin and Han Dynasty have been specifically of "the Yellow Emperor Qi Bo massage Shijuan" indicating the Qin and Han dynasties ago, massage has become a more mature medical treatment. Although the book has already been lost, fortunately the same period to complete the classic "Yellow Emperor" in quite a number of relevant chapters; for massage origins, methods and clinical applications, indications, therapeutic principles are described. Medical St. Zhang Zhongjing in the "typhoid and Miscellaneous Diseases", the first to promote "Plaster Mount" therapy will soon be better prepared smear in the patient's body surface plaster and then ask to work in the friction and rubbing on it, with practices and medicinal dual role,
This will not only improve the efficacy, but also expanded the scope of application of massage.

Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties period, the cream Moldova therapy further development. Wrote in his "acute elbow back side" for the first time prescription for the cream Morocco, dialectical and manufacturing methods to make the system summary. Hongjing again to "keep a record of sexual Enmei", the introduction of the peck teeth, ironing eyes, by eyes, pull ears, hair, Moldova face, brush and other sets of guidance, massage movements. Later to become health care, disease self-treatment of the source of self-massage therapy.
Sui and Tang period was the flourishing Chinese massage. Formally established the Department of the palace imperial doctor massage specialist, and to massage as a massage professional grading, Dr. masseurs, massage workers and so on, the main reason massage teaching and treatment. At this point massage basic theories, diagnostic techniques and treatment have been developed to a certain level can be considered the prototype of modern massage has been formed. In addition, due to economic, cultural, transportation developed, foreign exchange frequent with the Chinese medicine massage is also introduced to the Korean, Japanese, Arab and so on.

Song and Yuan Dynasties, expands the scope of massage. During the war, due to frequent bruises more, gave birth to later manipulation massage Division. In order to better guide the promotion and application of massage methods, doctors began martial arts, on the one hand in order to enhance the physical, but it is also hoped that through the martial arts and provide patients with new content. Massage guide will be combined with the martial arts for future generations has great influence on the development of massage.
Ming massage therapy is very popular. XIII a medical massage is one of the subjects, and too hospital is provided by Moke for internal medicine, pediatrics, bone-setting and other diseases. Treatment in children, when a lot of accumulated experience and theoretical knowledge, the formation of a unique system of pediatric massage. Pediatric massage famous monograph one after another, such as "massage by children", "Infant and child massage secret Zhi square pulse of living book", "child massage secret" and so on. "Massage," the name is from the beginning at this time. In addition, targeted at adults become active civil massage, known as Mr. touch.

In the Qing Dynasty set up the hospital while not massage section, but because of significant effect, both in official and civil society, are still widely used, monographs published a lot. Xiong Ying, such as "child massage broad sense," such as the Long Luo, "David Branch massage secretary", the money Huai village "child massage straight record," Summer gathered in "the protector of massage therapy." "Yi Zong Jin Jian" to manipulation therapy for bone disease, were more systematic summary, which will touch it, then, end, mentioning, according to, Moldova, push, take as Traumatology 8 law, established a branch of orthopedic massage.
Late Qing and Republican period, the development of Chinese medicine, virtually ceased. Massage are more serious than any other traditional Chinese medicine specialist destruction and repression, a number of insightful people do not want to learn massage, massage in many orthopedic physicians educational level is not high, resulting in lack of recognition. Professional massage is more affected by an official boycott, can only be a popular. Even so, massage simple and effective, in civil society continue to have a certain degree of development, resulting in a number of genres. Such as a finger massage, based on the gradual formation of rolling massage; in practice and martial arts based on the development of a ping extrapolation massage massage also known as internal strength.
Since 1949, Chinese massage therapy renewed attention. Many medical institutions, or are being re-equipped by Moke orthopedics, train many professional talents. Collate historical documents began to study the role and treatment principles, using modern methods of massage techniques to explore.