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(1) Palm pushing method: use the palm to focus on the treatment area and push in a straight line in one direction. When pushing, it should be light but not floating, heavy but not sluggish. This method is mostly used on the back, chest and abdomen, hypochondrium, and lower limbs.

(2) Finger pushing method: use your fingers to focus on the treatment area and push in a straight line in one direction. This method is used on tendons and tendon sheaths

(3) Elbow pushing method: use the elbow to focus on the treatment site and carry out a one-way straight line push. This method is used on both sides of the spine.

(4) Thumb division method: Place the radial side of the thumbs of both hands on the forehead, and push from the midline of the forehead to both sides.

(5) Ten finger thrust method: ten fingers are slightly flexed, and the midline of the chest is pushed along the intercostal space to both sides, also known as open chest shunqi.

(6) Thenar thrust method: focus on the abdomen with the radial side of the thumb of both hands and the thenar of the large hand, and push from the midline of the abdomen along the costal arch to both sides.

Tuina Technique Pushing

Action essentials

(1) The focus part should be close to the skin, the pressure should be moderate, so that it is light but not floating, heavy but not sluggish.

(2) When pushing, the fingers should be in front and the palm root should be behind.

(3) It should be driven with reference to the direction of meridian travel and blood flow.

(4) The speed should be uniform.