The Self-Cultivation of a Reborn Massage Therapist

Chapter 39 Traditional Chinese Medicine Internal Massage
(Real-world research on the "Six Healing Sounds" includes: 2021 *Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine* - respiratory system improvement; 2019 *Complementary Therapies in Medicine* - hypertension management; and 2020 Beijing University of Chinese Medicine controlled trial - anxiety relief. This book exaggerates its effects. The Six Healing Sounds are simple to perform; readers may want to learn more about them. Wishing you good health.)

This time, he used very little heat. After a while, the old man stopped groaning, and Zhao Xiaochui stopped and got up.

He stood behind the old man and guided him to place his palms on his lower back, specifically the Shenshu acupoints.

"Uncle Qian, press your lower back with both palms, while simultaneously using your thumbs to gently massage forward and your other four fingers."

Zhao Xiaochui held the old man's arm with his left hand and placed his right hand on his back, while giving instructions:

"You should squat down at the slowest speed, and when you want to make a sound, say 'blow' in a normal volume."

The old man earnestly agreed and, with Zhao Xiaochui's help, slowly squatted down. As his knees bent slightly, he suddenly felt a surge of heat rush to his throat from his back.

"Blow~"

The onlookers around: "..."

Zhao Xiaochui let go and laughed, "Do it a few more times yourself, just like before."

"Blow~" "Blow~" Without anyone helping him up, the old man squatted down and spoke to everyone's surprise.

"It's all set now. How does it feel?"

Grandpa Qian rubbed his lower back, walked around twice, and didn't say anything.

"Do this exercise twice a day, four times a set, shouting seven times each time, for a week."

Zhao Xiaochui picked up the prepared work order from the front desk and wrote down the precautions for the old man: "In addition to these, there is also medical advice. Uncle Qian, you have osteoporosis, so you need to pay more attention to your health. Otherwise, a sprain is a minor matter, but if it causes a misalignment of the facet joints in your lumbar spine, it will be a big problem. Go to a top-tier hospital and see a rheumatologist or orthopedist, get a blood calcium test, and find a doctor to customize a calcium supplementation plan."

"I'm not going to the hospital, I'm going to find you."

"Uncle Qian, it's not worth it for you to come to me. You have medical insurance, so you can get some medicine and recover your losses quickly."

“I have a pension, I’m not afraid to spend money, so I’ll come to you.”

"Uncle Qian, I don't treat illnesses."

The old man was very stubborn. Before Zhao Xiaochui could refuse again, he quickly walked to the front desk, picked up his phone, and scanned the QR code.

Fat receptionist: "...Old Qian, I don't issue cards here."

"Keep it in first, and deduct a little more each time."

After paying the bill impulsively, and under the glare of the chubby receptionist, Grandpa Qian cautiously smiled and asked, "Little Hammer, was that the Six-Syllable Mantra just now?"

Zhao Xiaochui nodded: "The 'blowing' sound in the Six-Character Formula replenishes kidney qi, strengthens the waist and knees, and consolidates the foundation and nourishes the vital energy."

Grandpa Qian was very happy to hear that: "That's good. I'll sign up for Lao Zhou's class and practice with him from now on."

Old Zhou?

Zhao Xiaochui frowned. Was he about to be scammed again?
The chubby receptionist explained, "Old Zhou was worried that those people would bother you, so he set up an exchange class. He said it was a fee, but it wasn't really a fee. My little second floor is going to be renovated, and Old Zhou insisted on covering part of the hard decoration materials and future wear and tear on massage materials, saying it was to thank you."

So that's how it is. After thinking about it, Zhao Xiaochui accepted the other person's offer.

I tore off another sticky note, wrote down: milk, tofu, dark green vegetables, less salt, and handed it to Grandpa Qian.

The old man carefully put it away and left happily.

This concludes the entire massage service, which took 10 minutes and cost 120.

Before moving on to the next customer, the chubby receptionist gestured for Zhao Xiaochui to go to his workroom. He couldn't let him work in the lobby anymore; all the customers lying on the beds were sitting up to watch the spectacle. If he continued, how could they continue doing business?

The work area is the original cupping room, but one of the two massage beds has been removed and replaced with a new set of tables and chairs.

When we sat down, the chubby receptionist brought us a glass health pot. You can boil anything in it, but 19-year-old Zhao Xiaochui certainly wouldn't use it to boil tea; he's not old enough to drink tea yet.

"Auntie, are you feeling unwell?"

"Stiff neck."

How high is the pillow?

"Normal height."

Zhao Xiaochui examined the old woman's neck but couldn't see anything wrong, so he used both hands to take her pulse.

The older woman had never met Zhao Xiaochui, who was taking pulses, but the trust from her regular customer made her very patient and even happy, because she felt she was being treated with great respect.

The pulse diagnosis took a long time; this was actually Zhao Xiaochui practicing and learning.

After comparing what he had learned in the book and reflecting on it, he wrote down on a sticky note:

When wind and cold invade the neck and back, the local meridians become disordered.

This is not a diagnosis, but Zhao Xiaochui's answer to this question.

What if there are no teachers around?
Zhao Xiaochui placed his right hand on the old woman's back, and the accumulated evil energy circulated with a wisp of heat, returning to Zhao Xiaochui's body and strengthening itself slightly.

Correct! Zhao Xiaochui mentally put a checkmark on his phone.

So he began to select a burial site at Fengchi.

Push flat with your thumb.

This time, Zhao Xiaochui used his left thumb, a genuine traditional Chinese medicine internal energy massage.

The penetrating power of the Six Healing Sounds is unmatched by ordinary massage therapists. His right hand rested on the old lady's back, and the heat he released was like that of an old expert who taught by example, pointing out the most central acupoint with the most precise pressure to his left thumb.

Three minutes later, the woman walked away, shaking her head.

Isn't that amazing?
Near Happy Valley, just one stop away from the massage parlor, there is a traditional Chinese medicine clinic with a middle-aged doctor who can cure an adult's severe cold with just one dose. Several terminally ill patients also follow him. Isn't that amazing?

Unfortunately, the doctor will disappear soon because of his affair with a woman.

Therefore, capable men are always favored by beautiful women, just like Zhao Xiaochui, who didn't receive any special treatment from women before his rebirth.

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The next customers were a large family.

Looking at the unfamiliar young man and woman and their child, Zhao Xiaochui appeared conflicted:
"Uncle Xie, I don't treat patients here."

Seeing the suspicious looks on his son and daughter-in-law's faces, Uncle Xie, a regular customer, smiled ingratiatingly at Zhao Xiaochui. What else could be the reason for this retired cadre's humble attitude? Zhao Xiaochui sighed inwardly.

"We're not here for medical treatment, but this child has been using his eyes too much lately, and we'd like you to do some eye exercises for him."

Listen to this, listen to this level of rhetoric. Just based on this sentence, plus the camera above his head, Zhao Xiaochui had no reason not to take action.

Carefully observe the child's eyes: "Don't they look quite energetic?"

Grandpa Xie took out a medical report and placed it on Zhao Xiaochui's desk. Coincidentally, the report was flipped to the last page of the diagnostic report, making it easy for Zhao Xiaochui to read without having to touch it.

"I just came back from a private ophthalmology clinic, and they insisted that my child has some eye strain."

"What nonsense about eye strain!" Zhao Xiaochui scratched his head and glanced at the problem, looking just like a medical student stumped by a question. This made the young couple's expressions even worse.

The farsightedness reserve is depleted, the axial length of the eye is growing too fast, and the age is 10, which is a bit young.

This child is going to become nearsighted.

He glanced at the young couple, the mother and father both wearing glasses. The mother had an intellectual beauty that Zhao Xiaochui rarely saw in his social circle.

At this moment, Grandpa Xie also looked expectant.

Zhao Xiaochui thought for a moment, then made a gesture to signal to the child's parents.

The child's parents hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

After obtaining consent, Zhao Xiaochui picked up the child's left hand, used his internal energy cultivation technique, and gently scraped the back of the child's hand with his left thumb.

The back of her hand slowly turned slightly red, and after a short while when the color stopped changing, Zhao Xiaochui looked at the child:

"Does it hurt?"

The child was very quiet and obediently shook his head.

Zhao Xiaochui then gestured for the child's father to take off his glasses and come closer, pressing his two thumbs on the man's Qingming, Zanzhu, and Sibai acupoints on both sides of his body a few times.

"I'll use this pressure and these acupoints to do a set of eye exercises for the children. You can try it out first."

After only ten or so strikes, Zhao Xiaochui stopped.

After glancing at the child's mother, Zhao Xiaochui looked at the man with a questioning gaze.

Seeing that he didn't react, she waved her hand in front of him again, and the bespectacled man, who had snapped out of his daze, quickly nodded.

So Zhao Xiaochui pressed the head of the young woman with glasses a few more times.

For the young couple, Zhao Xiaochui's technique was different from ordinary massage. His fingers seemed to carry a gentle force, not brute force, but slowly penetrating along the meridians.

A moment later, the eye strain that the young couple had developed from work disappeared completely.

Then what is there to doubt!

Ten minutes later, the family left happily.

This time, Zhao Xiaochui did not use heat at all; he only used the least intense traditional Chinese medicine internal massage, yet he achieved very obvious results.

This made him realize that his "Six Healing Sounds" technique had reached a high level, and with the help of the heat flow, his traditional Chinese medicine internal massage had truly entered the realm of mastery.

A long time ago, the author had been hiccuping incessantly. At first, he didn't take it seriously, but then his body gave him a warning, and subconsciously he felt he needed to go to the hospital. That guy cured him with just one dose. When he took the author's pulse, he even found out that the author had undergone surgery. His child's cold and fever were also cured with just one dose. Later, that guy disappeared, and he never met someone like that again.

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