Tui Na: A Manual of Chinese Massage Therapy

Description

By Sarah Pritchard
Trade paperback book
ISBN 9781848192690
200 pages, 8.50 x 11.00″

With detailed and clearly illustrated descriptions of Tui na techniques, how to practice them, their clinical applications and their therapeutic effects, this manual provides everything students and practitioners need to know about Tui na. The book features:

• Over 120 photographs clearly illustrating the techniques
• The application of the ancillary therapies of cupping, gua sha and moxibustion
• The application of external herbal media
• ‘Tips for Practice’ easy reference to support the learning of techniques
• Case histories illustrating the treatment of common clinical ailments
• Treatment foundation area routines
• Yin and yang styles of practice
• Demonstration of how to combine Tui na and acupuncture in practice
• An accompanying series of videos (available online) showing how to apply all the major technique

About the author:

Sarah Pritchard, Lic Ac., MBAcC., Dip Tui na (Nanjing) MRTCM, was one of the first Westerners to practice Tui na in the UK. She trained in both the UK and in Nanjing, China, and has been working as a professional Tui na practitioner and acupuncturist since 1994. She is the Tui na course co-ordinator and senior lecturer at the City College of Acupuncture, and the founder and director of Blackhealth Complementary Health Centre, London. She is the chair and a founding member of the UK Register of Tui na Chinese Massage.