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| | Tui Na: Chinese Medical Massage |
 | | Tui Na, as practiced in China, encompasses a great breadth of healing work, which in Western medicine would be compartmentalized into the various specialties of orthopedics, chiropractic care, physical therapy, massage therapy, sports medicine and energy work. |
 | | Tui Na has a long history and dates back to ancient times, as early as 2700 B.C. The oldest written medical text, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic (compiled between 500-300 B.C.), mentions the wide use of various techniques that are now considered Tui Na. |
 | | Tui Na, acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are all based on the doctrines of Yin-Yang, the Five Elements, the Zang-Fu (a uniquely Chinese concept of the function of the internal organs), and the acupuncture channels. |
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