In general hospitals or Chinese medicine hospitals, there are no massage departments, only Tuina departments. Are Tuina and massage really different? What is the difference between the two? 1, from the historical evolution of change: massage is the ancient name, in China in the Ming Dynasty on the name of the massage changed to Tui Na, when the “pediatric Tui Na formula pulse live baby secret purpose of the book”, “pediatric Tui Na secret” and other writings on the massage renamed Tui Na, this is not just a change in the name, but rather that the development of this therapy and people’s understanding of the improvement of the technique. Early massage therapy is only used for the treatment of a few diseases, the types of techniques are also very few, commonly used is to press and mo two kinds of techniques, according to the method is simple downward force, that is, the so-called “according to the stay of”, mo law is in the body surface for the circular friction, belong to the scope of the flat movement. Later, with the expansion of the therapeutic scope, the technique has developed accordingly, in addition to the common techniques such as the press method, Mo method, and so on, and the emergence of the push method. Push method also belongs to the flat movement category, but it is a kind of directional choice of linear friction, so the treatment of the disease is more targeted. In practice, people have found that different directions of force have a certain effect on the therapeutic effect, thus producing a variety of different directions of force. In addition to downward pressure, there are also upward lifting force and relative force of extrusion and so on. The categorization of manipulation is also gradually reasonable, the indications are also gradually expanding, the name of massage is gradually replaced by a clearer concept of tui na. It can be said that the change of the name from massage to tui na marks a great leap in the history of development of tui na. First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Tui Na Wan Zhigang 2, changes in techniques to see: massage only four or five techniques, the primitive only press and mo, the techniques of more than 30 kinds of massage, in the Qing Dynasty on the treatment of injurious diseases Tui Na techniques for a more systematic summary, such as the “Medical Zong Jinjian” book, touch, catch, end, lift, press, mo, push, take the injury as the eight methods. Massage practitioners have always remained in the basic techniques. 3, pediatric massage to see: the Ming Dynasty not only has a massage section, and massage in the treatment of pediatric diseases, has accumulated a wealth of experience, the formation of a unique system of pediatric massage, such as pediatric acupoints a little bit, there are also lines (such as forearms of the “three customs”, “six internal organs “) and the face (such as the finger finger face “spleen”, “liver”, “heart”, “lungs “, “heart”, “lung”, “kidney”, etc.). On the basis of pediatric massage clinical practice, there are a number of pediatric massage monographs came out, such as “pediatric massage scripture”, “pediatric massage pulse live baby secret purpose book”, “pediatric massage secret”, etc., of which “pediatric massage scripture” can be considered China’s earliest surviving massage books. It is from this time that the name of pediatric massage began to evolve. In the book, it is written that “if you are sick, you can always be cured by touching your hand, and people call you Mr. Touch”. Here, Mr. Touch refers to the good results of folk tui na doctor. 4, the scope of treatment: massage is only health care and eliminate fatigue, and massage is the treatment of disease. Contemporary massage treatment of diseases: low back pain, tenosynovitis, bursitis, colds, constipation, diarrhea, gastroptosis, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, paraplegia, hypertension, asthma and so on. 5, practitioners to see: due to the role of the two purposes are different. The name of its service venues and the composition of the staff are also different, health care massage is to blind masseurs as the main body, or after a short period of training masseurs, massage or called therapeutic massage to medical institutions, clinics as the main body. (1), blind health care massage approval authority in the Commerce and Industry Bureau and the Disabled Persons Federation, its masseurs only need to be professionally trained, and obtain the Labor Bureau issued by the induction certificate can be, are generally non-medical personnel; clinic approval authority is the Bureau of Health, massage practitioners need to be specialist qualifications, most of them are medical colleges, medical schools, Chinese medicine school graduates of the Bachelor’s Degree, as well as Master’s Degree, doctorate, post-doctoral degree, and among them there are attending physicians, chief physicians, professors. They are attending physicians, chief physicians, and professors. But also through the national licensing examination, to obtain the qualification to practice medicine. (2), massage therapists have the ability to health care, but it is difficult to diagnose and treat diseases, even if the massage can be found in the guest body on the existence of disease, but also does not provide treatment, but should tell the patient to go to the hospital for further examination and treatment, massage therapists and their institutions can only be regarded as a kind of health care service venues, not medical institutions. (3), the purpose and method are completely different. Health massage is to use massage techniques to achieve health care purposes, is one of the health care methods of traditional Chinese medicine, fitness and disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries as a supplement. Tui na (therapeutic massage), including injury massage, is one of the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, is the application of massage techniques to achieve the purpose of treatment of physical therapy, one of the oldest of mankind is the treatment of disease, to diagnosis and treatment of disease, fitness and prevention of disease as a supplement. (4), there is a clear difference between its techniques: ①, tui na is to push or pinch tui na belongs to the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, it is mainly through the power of manipulation, with the meridian system to play the role of adjusting to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. Tui na as an important part of Chinese medicine, belongs to the external treatment method. Its treatment scope is wide, involving internal, external, gynecological and pediatrics, such as pillow, sprain, frozen shoulder, lumbar and leg pain, cold, chronic diarrhea, insomnia and so on. Manipulation includes rolling, kneading, scraping, moxa, rubbing, etc. There are many methods, not simply pushing or pressing and pinching with hands. The requirements of Tui Na techniques are soft, even, powerful and long-lasting, targeting acupoints to achieve deep penetration. For different diseases, different parts of the body have different massage techniques and skills. Tui na has the effect of relaxing the meridians and channels, promoting the operation of qi and blood, adjusting the function of internal organs, lubricating the joints and enhancing the body’s ability to resist diseases. It is very effective in the treatment of common diseases of the locomotor system and nervous system. For some chronic diseases can also be used as an adjunctive therapy, such as indigestion, constipation, gastric diseases. Requirements massage practitioners should have a complete general knowledge of medicine such as anatomy, physiology, radiology and professional knowledge, not everyone can do. ②, massage parlors or street massage stalls of massage is prevention or health care or eliminate fatigue, the method is to use the hands or other parts of the muscle body contact with the human body, to carry out skillful mechanical movements. The technique is simple, mainly press, moxa, kneading, popping, knocking, knocking. Family members can learn to massage each other as well to achieve health care results.