The finger flat pushing and pulling method (referred to as the "finger allocation method") of "taking pain as a stomach and not using pain" is gradually explored in the medical practice of facing the countryside, opening doors to run schools, and serving the vast number of poor and lower-middle-class peasants, under the inspiration of the conditioning principle of "taking pain as a stomach" and taking Chairman Mao's philosophical thought as the guide. This therapy is simple and easy to learn, and has different degrees of efficacy for soft tissue injuries and diseases such as sprains, pillow drops, missing shoulder wind, hand numbness, chest contusion, shoulder and back local pain points, and low back pain, which are more common in rural areas. Because the patient suffers less when the operation is performed, it is accepted by the poor and lower middle peasants.
The basic principle of the fingering method - "take pain as a stomach, do not use pain and force"
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right"> 1． "Pain as a stomach":</h1>
Due to external force injuries, improper positioning when exerting force, excessive fatigue of local limbs, feeling cold and wet, etc., some parts of the body produce pain, numbness and other feelings, so that the movement is limited to a certain extent. Pain is often the main symptom. Its pathogenesis is believed by the medicine of the motherland to be due to the obstruction of meridian circulation, stasis of qi and blood, and "pain if it is not clear". Modern medicine generally believes that it is caused by injurious inflammation, spasm of muscles and ligament fibers, tendon misalignment, and the formation, traction, and compression of protective membranes (i.e., fibrous membranes). It can be seen that the pain point is the place where the meridian qi and blood are not connected, which is the main contradiction of the disease. The basic principle of "taking pain as a stomach" summed up by the broad masses of working people and medical personnel in our country in their long-term medical practice is to grasp the main contradiction of the disease. They perform massage and other conditioning methods at the pain point to achieve the purpose of eliminating inflammation, relieving spasms, destroying protective membranes, and dredging meridians, turning "no pass" into "pass" and "pain" into "no pain". Practice has proved that the conditioning principle of "taking pain as a stomach" is effective. To this day, the conditioning of many diseases continues to follow the principle of "pain point force", plays a unique role, and the scope and efficacy of conditioning are constantly expanding and improving.
However, there are still some problems with the conditioning method of "pain point force". Mainly when the operation is administered, some patients feel severe pain, or even unbearable, especially some elderly and infirm and hyperalgesic people, often have to stop tuina. Therefore, in the case of no pain or less pain, exploring new therapies to relieve patients' pain is not only an urgent requirement of patients, but also the need for the in-depth development of the medical education revolution. In the process of opening the door to run the school, after repeated practice and continuous summarization, the massage method of "taking pain as a stomach and not using pain and not using force" has gradually emerged - the fingering method.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right"> 2． "No pain":</h1>
The fingering method of "no pain and force" is carried out on the basis of "pain as a stomach". First of all, the most painful point when finding a certain position in the affected area, the doctor holds this point with a thumb ribbed face. Subsequently, rotate the affected limb, in the process of exercise, find and maintain the pain point under the finger surface from pain to painless new position, with gentle, uniform finger force, in the original pain point that has been converted into painless, make a flat push or buckle, in order to achieve the effect of reducing or eliminating pain, numbness and other discomfort.
In patients with soft tissue injury, the limbs of the affected part often maintain a passive position to avoid the occurrence and aggravation of pain; various normal tissues around the lesion, such as muscles and ligaments, often maintain a certain passive state to prevent the lesion from being stimulated again and producing pain. Therefore, under the guidance of the principle of "taking pain as a stomach", insisting on "exerting force" when the "pain point" is painful, it is necessary not only to overcome the resistance caused by the release of spasms and the destruction of the protective film, but also to overcome the various resistances that play a protective role outside the lesion. In this way, not only does it increase the pain of the patient, but also increases the physical strength required by the doctor for conditioning.
Because the fingering method adheres to the principle of "pain as a stomach" under the guidance of the principle of "no pain", so that in the process of moving from "pain points" to "painless", the external resistance of these lesions of the body is reduced, and even becomes non-resistance, which creates favorable conditions for the operation, is conducive to the use of various massage techniques, and can give full play to the enthusiasm of patients and doctors. Therefore, the fingering method adheres to the principle of "taking pain as the stomach, not painful force", and it is precisely to grasp the weak links exposed by the good position and favorable timing of changing from "pain points" to "painless", and to make breakthroughs, so that the treatment of certain diseases can achieve satisfactory results with less chemical force, less pain, and fast results.