Pressing
The pressing is fingertip or fingerplate rising and falling rhythmically on proper position of the patient's body, which usually can be done by one hand or both hands.
Generally, one-hand or two-hand pressing is applied below ribs or on abdomen in clinic. While on back or other muscle-thick parts, one-hand pressing with added pressure is applied, that is, the right hand presses the finger back of the left hand placing on the body with gentle strength and vice versa.
Rubbing
Rubbing means touching -- touching softly on the proper part of the patient's body with the finger or palm, which is often used cooperatively with pressing and bunting. There are one-hand rubbing used for upper limbs and the shoulder end, and two-hand rubbing used for the chest.
Bunting
Driving in force ahead is called bunting. Clinically, two frequent methods include one-hand and two-hand bunting. Bunting and rubbing cannot be separated and often are utilized together because rubbing is involved in bunting. Bunting and rubbing should be used on muscle-thick parts, such as arms and legs.
Seizing
Seizing is taking up the skin of proper part slightly with fingers.
The usually used method in clinic is one-hand seizing on legs or muscle-thick places. In case of sudden choke with chest jam like asphyxia due to tenderness and exasperation, one-hand seizing could be applied. Concretely, at the joint part of the shoulder and the back above clavicle, the doctor should grab the muscle and then set down, repeat twenty times at a speed of twice per second and take a rest, then repeat twenty times again. After that, breath will become regular gradually.
Kneading
Kneading means that the doctor keeps the hands touching patient's skin and rotates slightly, which is sorted to one-hand kneading and two-hand kneading. Fingers are usually used at some small part such as temples, while palm used at larger parts, e.g. the back. There is one-hand kneading with added pressure also, for example, pressing right hand on the left hand back keeping on the patient's calf and carrying out one-hand kneading with added pressure on the midleg.
Two-hand kneading could be done on the calf of the patient. Kneading can clear up blood stasis and harmonize the circulation of blood, so it is quite effective to cure partial pain.
Pinching
Nipping shin and muscle with fingers at proper parts is called pinching, which is similar with seizing carried out with full force. However, the force is stressed on fingers when pinching, while the seizing is much more forceful. Pinching is a fundamental technique of massage and is usually applied cooperatively with kneading.
Actually, pinching acts accompanied with the effect of finger squeezing. As a result of squeezing muscle slightly, activity of skin and muscle tendon improves, moreover, circulation of blood and lymph ameliorates. Simple pinching can easily remove cold and dissolve gores, while forceful pinching can treat pains of muscle, tendon and joint caused by cold and moist.
Quivering
Quivering, as one of the massage techniques, means vibrating and trembling quickly, hastily and equably. The preferable speed is 10 times per second, or 600 times per minute.
Quivering cannot be separated from movement, thus quivering is also called as vibrating.
Single-finger quivering means vertically pointing at the patient's pain point with the thumb, and then vibrating with the force of wrist, resulting in dithering of the thumb. Another kind of quivering is called two-finger quivering, which is done by wrist-shaking after placing thumb & forefinger, or forefinger & middle finger, on the patient's pain point or eyebrow.