TCM health care oil for teenagers

Stop guessing that these post-00s who go to health centers every day to push oil are being charged an IQ tax - the so-called "TCM health-preserving oil teenagers" are essentially a new health-preserving method adapted by Generation Z by adapting traditional Chinese medicine's theory of relaxing muscles and unblocking collaterals, external medicated oil techniques, and their own daily pain points of staying up late and sitting for too long.

Last week, I met a typical person in the community health center downstairs of my home that has been open for almost ten years: wearing ripped jeans that have been washed white, wearing half-rimmed glasses, bluetooth headphones hanging on the ears when pushing the shoulders and neck, and humming twice from time to time to reply to the message of the online meeting. The technician frowned as soon as he touched the hand, saying that the shoulders and neck were as stiff as an old carpenter who has been doing heavy work all year round. When asked if he sat in front of the computer for more than ten hours every day, he just hummed without raising his head. I gave him medicated oil mixed with angelica root and ginger root for forty minutes. When he got up, he turned his neck three times and made several clicking noises. He scratched his head and said, "He is more alert than the three glasses of iced Americano I drank this morning. I will come back after working overtime this week."

In fact, the industry's views on this group of young people are quite divided, and there is no unified standard answer.

Master Wang, who has been doing massage for almost 30 years, is a typical old-school guy. He couldn't help but curl his lips when he mentioned these kids. Last week, a kid came over and told him not to use heavy techniques, but to smell the fragrant essential oil. When he pushed it to the trapezius muscle, he said that the pain would stop as soon as he applied a little more force. Finally, he chose lavender essential oil and asked Master Wang to rub it gently for half an hour. Before leaving, he asked if he could get a "TCM conditioning" stamp on him and take it to the company for reimbursement. “Is that also called Chinese medicine oil massage? ”Master Wang wiped the medicinal wine jar in his hand and smiled, "The medicinal oil has to be penetrated through the skin to be useful. He can't even bear the slightest exertion. The two rubs of the aromatic oil can only relax the skin, and it has nothing to do with serious meridians. To put it bluntly, it is just to join in the fun of health care." ”

But young practicing Chinese medicine practitioners don’t think so. I went to a sharing session on TCM rejuvenation a while ago. Dr. Li, who was born in 1996, opened a small studio focusing on health care for office workers. The oil-removing program is all adapted to the schedule of young people: it lasts just 45 minutes and can be done during a lunch break. The medicinal oil is added with peppermint extract. After taking the object, there is no need to change the bathrobe, and you can go back to work directly after the massage. For people who stay up late, massage of the liver meridian circulation area is added, and for people who sit for long periods of time, piriformis muscle relaxation is specially added. The number of times is only more than 80, which saves a lot of time than going to the massage department in the hospital.

“You can't ask a child in his early twenties to accept heavy-handed pressure until he cries, right? ”He said, “First let them be willing to try traditional health care, and know that their shoulders and necks no longer hurt after massage, and they can sleep well. No matter how much meridian theory we talk about, it will be more useful. Many of my customers came here just to join in the fun, and now they have learned to press the Hegu point at home. Isn’t this better than taking ibuprofen when they can’t bear the pain? ”

I specifically asked a few boys who often go for oil massage. Most of them work in the Internet or design. Nine out of ten have taken X-rays and said that the physiological curvature of the cervical spine has become straightened. There are also several early-stage lumbar prolapses. The doctor asked them to exercise more, but how can they find the time? A 1998 boy who works in game operations told me that last year he had shoulder and neck pain to the point where it was difficult to lift his arms to get takeout. He tried acupuncture and cupping but found it troublesome. Later, he accidentally tried oil massage, using calorific ginger root medicated oil. After three massages, he was able to lift his arm normally. "I also know that this cannot be cured. I usually practice Baduanjin, but it can't be so painful that I can't go to work and still carry it, right?" ”

It’s quite interesting to say that many people think wrong when they hear the word “oil pushing”. In fact, there are many rules for traditional Chinese medicine to push oil for health: most medicinal oils are made from Chinese herbal medicines that have the same origin as medicine and food, and the parts to be operated are all based on the meridians. The bladder meridian is carried out on the shoulders and neck, the belt pulse is carried out on the waist and abdomen, and the direction of the massage is also particular. Male and female technicians are available in regular spas. Disposable sheets are laid during the entire operation. Privacy protection is stricter than many spas. It is not a messy item at all.

I myself was busy working on a manuscript a while ago and my back felt tight, so I went to try the Young Pai massage oil. The technician used a medicated oil of mugwort and mint. The strength was just right. It was a little sore when I pushed to the seam between the shoulder blades, but the pain was not unbearable. After the push, my back felt warm. When I went out, I was blown by the wind and sneezed three times in a row. I lay in bed that night and fell asleep without checking my phone for ten minutes. It was much better than when I usually stay up until one or two o'clock.

There is no such thing as "young people who use traditional Chinese medicine for health care". To put it bluntly, they are just a bunch of young people who are hurt all over by work. They don't have that much money and don't have that much time to engage in complicated health care projects. They just find a cost-effective method that can actually relieve pain. There is no need to praise it too highly and say it is the revival of traditional culture, and there is no need to beat it to death with a stick and say it is an IQ tax. When it comes to health care, there is no right or wrong. Whatever suits you is the best.