Detailed Explanation of Local Massage Slimming Techniques: Facial Beauty and Neck Shaping Massage Methods

Localized massage for weight loss. Face. Basic techniques: Facial massage mainly uses techniques such as kneading, rubbing, patting, and tapping, as well as basic facial beauty techniques. The massage progresses from light to heavy pressure, starting with the forehead, cheeks, nose, ears, and top of the head in that order. [Main Techniques] Rubbing: The practitioner uses the spiral surface of one or both thumbs, firmly against the patient's skin, to move up and down or left and right alternately. This is called rubbing. The force applied should be light yet firm, and heavy yet not sluggish.

Pressing and kneading: This technique combines pressing and kneading. It can be combined with finger or palm pressing, such as adding slow circular kneading movements to pressing or adding downward pressure to kneading. Tapping: This technique involves patting the body surface with a cupped palm. The practitioner keeps their fingers naturally together, slightly flexed at the metacarpophalangeal joints, and straight at the interphalangeal joints, tapping the affected area steadily and rhythmically. Finger tapping: This technique involves gently tapping the treated area with the fingertips.

The practitioner's fingers are naturally bent, with the index, middle, ring, and little fingers separated into a claw shape. Then, the practitioner performs wrist flexion and extension movements, causing the fingertips to lightly tap the treatment area as if raindrops are falling; or, the practitioner performs flexion and extension movements of the interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints, causing the little, ring, middle, and index fingers to lightly tap the treatment area in sequence. [Common Acupoints and Locations] The face is mainly traversed by the Yangming and Shaoyang meridians. Acupoints on the Yangming and Shaoyang meridians are commonly used for facial slimming or beauty treatments. Commonly used acupoints: Chengjiang, Dicang, Yingxiang, Sibai, Chengqi, Xiaguan, Jiache, Daying, Yintang, Taiyang, Shenting.

[Acupoint Locations](1) Chengjiang: In the center of the nasolabial groove, in the depression below the lower lip. (2) Dicang: 4 fen lateral to the corner of the mouth. (3) Yingxiang: 5 fen lateral to the midpoint of the outer edge of the nasal ala, in the nasolabial groove. (4) Sibai: With eyes looking straight ahead, directly below the pupil, in the depression above the cheekbone. (5) Chengqi: With eyes looking straight ahead, directly below the pupil, between the lower orbital margin and the eyeball. (6) Xiaguan: In the depression between the zygomatic arch and the mandibular notch, there is a hole when the mouth is closed, and it closes when the mouth is open. (7) Jiache: In the depression one finger-width above and in front of the angle of the mandible, at the highest point of the masseter muscle when the teeth are clenched.

(8) Daying: 1.3 cun anterior to the angle of the mandible, at the anterior border of the attachment of the masseter muscle. (9) Yintang: At the midpoint of the line connecting the two eyebrows. (10) Taiyang: In the depression about 1 cun posterior to the outer canthus of the eye, between the eyebrow tip and the outer canthus. (11) Shenting: 0.5 cun directly above the midpoint of the anterior hairline. Procedure: The patient lies supine, and the practitioner sits beside the patient's head. Pressing Yintang: The practitioner uses the pad of the middle finger to press and rub the Yintang acupoint between the patient's eyebrows, repeating 10-20 times. The pressure applied to the Yintang acupoint should not be too great to avoid breaking the skin.

Pushing the Shenting acupoint: The practitioner uses the pad of their thumb to alternately push upwards from the Yintang acupoint to the Shenting acupoint, repeating 10-20 times, followed by pressing the Shenting acupoint 10-15 times. The upward push should not be too forceful; just enough to avoid leaving red marks on the skin. Rubbing and pressing the Taiyang acupoint: The practitioner uses the pads of their middle fingers to rub and press the Taiyang acupoint 10-15 times, then push and press diagonally upwards towards the back of the head 5-10 times. The rubbing and pressing of the Taiyang acupoint can be slightly forceful, while the diagonal push should be light, just enough to slightly move the skin.

Pressing the Xiaguan acupoint: The practitioner uses the pads of both middle fingers to simultaneously knead and press the Xiaguan acupoints on both sides of the patient's face, until a sore and distended sensation is felt, repeating 10-20 times. Pressing the Jiache acupoint: The practitioner uses the pads of both middle fingers to knead and press the Jiache acupoints at the angle of the patient's jaw, to a degree that the patient can tolerate, repeating 10-20 times. Pushing the forehead apart: The practitioner uses the pads of both thumbs to push apart from the midline of the patient's forehead to the sides of the head, repeating 10-15 times.

The forehead-parting motion should not be too fast. Start by parting the forehead above the eye sockets, gradually moving towards the hairline. Use gentle and slow pressure; do not apply too much force. Forehead smoothing: The practitioner uses the middle fingers of both hands alternately on the Yintang acupoint between the patient's eyebrows, and pushes upwards to the hairline, then back to the Yintang acupoint. Repeat this 8-15 times. Side-circling massage: The practitioner places both palms on the patient's cheeks and gently massages upwards in a circular motion to the forehead, then past the ears to the jawline, and finally back to the cheeks. Repeat this 8-15 times. Then, using the same force, massage in the opposite direction 8-15 times.

Five-finger cheek grasping: The practitioner uses the pads of their five fingers to grasp the skin of the patient's cheek with slight force, then pulls it up and releases it, repeating this 10-15 times. Do not use too much force when grasping the skin. Do not use fingernails to scratch, as this may break the skin. Jaw massage: The practitioner uses the pads of their thumb and index and middle fingers to perform kneading and pressing techniques on the patient's jaw. Divide the jaw into 5-6 points, starting from the Xiaguan acupoint and moving towards the tip of the jaw, performing kneading and pressing techniques on each point. The pressure can be slightly stronger, but within a tolerable range.

Tapping the cheeks and jaw: The practitioner uses the index, middle, and ring fingers together, employing the tips of these three fingers to tap the patient's cheeks and jawline. Slight pressure can be applied during tapping, starting with the cheeks and then moving along the sides of the face to the jawline. Rubbing the ear roots: The practitioner uses the index and middle fingers of one hand simultaneously to rub the hairline in front of the patient's ears from bottom to top, repeating 15-20 times on each side. Pushing and pulling: The practitioner uses the index and middle fingers to push and pull up and down from the outer corner of the patient's eye towards the inner corner, repeating 20 times on each side, and also massaging the temples (the hollows at the outer corners of the eyes). Patting: The practitioner uses multiple fingers of both hands to lightly pat or flick the patient's face for 1-3 minutes.