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Chinese-style medicine in Japan
Published in Vivienne Lo, Michael Stanley-Baker, Dolly Yang, Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine, 2022
Sugiyama Wa’ichi 杉山和一 (1610–1694) relied heavily on palpation, touching and feeling when examining his patients because he was blind. The masseur and acupuncturist is the inventor of a technique that involves using a small tube to direct and stabilise the acupuncture needle. Sugiyama’s ‘guide tube acupuncture insertion method’ (kanshinhō 管鍼法) and other needling techniques such as using very fine needles are widely employed to this day. He founded a school to train the visually impaired in acupuncture and became a doctor of high renown. Before Sugiyama, most visually impaired individuals who wanted to work in the medical field could only train in Chinese-style massage (anma 按摩).
Massage therapy as a complementary and alternative approach for people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2022
Zakieh Heidari, Shahnaz Shahrbanian, Chungyi Chiu
A search of the following electronic databases was conducted by two authors (Z. H. & S. S.) to extract relevant articles: the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Scopus, the Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The search was performed from inception to February 2021 using the following search terms with all the conceivable combinations utilizing "OR" and "AND" within the above-mentioned databases; "multiple sclerosis," "massage," "effleurage massage," "abdominal massage," "reflexology," "SSBM massage," "classic massage," "Chinese massage," "Tuina therapy," "traditional Japanese massage (Anma)," "Thai massage," "Trager massage," "neuromuscular therapy," "tactile massage" and "Therapeutic massage." The bibliography investigation of each relevant article was also conducted to ensure that all related articles on MT applied to PwMS were identified.
Blind and partially sighted physiotherapy in the United Kingdom. A century of development, success and challenge. Will it still belong?
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2021
In Japan, Anma which is thought to be of Chinese origin, refers to “both the practice of traditional Japanese massage and to the practitioners of that art” (Kaneko, 2006). Massage is known to have been used by blind practitioners in Japan (Yoshimoto, 1901) several centuries before there is any record of this skill being taught to, or practiced by, blind masseurs and masseuses in the UK