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{{Infobox Chinese |title=''Tui na'' |c={{linktext|推拿}} |p=tuīná |w=t'uei<sup>1</sup>-na<sup>2</sup> |mi={{IPAc-cmn|t|ui|1|.|n|a|2}} |j=teoi<sup>1</sup>-naa<sup>4</sup> |y=tēui-nàah|ci={{IPAc-yue|t|eoi|1|.|n|aa|4}} |l="Push and grasp"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acchs.edu/programs/tui-na-mtcp/ |title=Tui Na MTCP |publisher=Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences |access-date=24 July 2012 }}</ref> |pic=Tuina (Chinese characters).svg |piccap="''Tui na''" in Chinese characters |picupright=0.35 |altname = Min name |c2 = 掠龍 |poj2 =lia̍h-lêng |tl2 =lia̍h-lîng | hangul = 추나 | hanja = 推拏 | rr = chu na | mr = ch'una }} {{Alternative medicine sidebar |traditional}}

'''''Tui na''''' ({{IPAc-cmn|t|ui|1|.|n|a|2}}; {{zh|c=推拿}}) is a form of alternative medicine similar to shiatsu.<ref name="ee150">{{cite book|author=Ernst E|title=Alternative Medicine&nbsp;&ndash; A Critical Assessment of 150 Modalities|publisher=Springer|year=2019|isbn=978-3-030-12600-1|pages=203–204|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-12601-8|s2cid=34148480|authorlink=Edzard Ernst}}</ref> As a branch of traditional Chinese medicine, it is often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, Chinese herbalism, tai chi or other Chinese internal martial arts, and qigong.<ref name = meridians>{{cite web |url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/tui+na |title= Tui na |year=2007 |publisher=Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers |access-date=24 July 2012 }}</ref>

== Background == ''Tui na'' is a hands-on body treatment that uses Chinese Daoist principles in an effort to bring the eight principles of traditional Chinese medicine into balance. The practitioner may brush, knead, roll, press, and rub the areas between each of the joints, known as the eight gates, to attempt to open the body's defensive ''qi'' (''wei qi'') and get the energy moving in the meridians and the muscles.<ref name="meridians" /> Techniques may be gentle or quite firm. The name comes from two of the actions: ''tui'' means "to push" and ''na'' means "to lift and squeeze." Other strokes include shaking and tapotement.<ref name="Claire">{{cite book |last= Claire |first= Thomas |year= 1995 |title= Bodywork: What Type of Massage to Get and How to Make the Most of It |url= https://archive.org/details/00book314233188 |url-access= registration |publisher= William Morrow and Co. |page= [https://archive.org/details/00book314233188/page/171 171] |isbn= 9781591202325}}</ref> The practitioner can then use a range of motion, traction, and the stimulation of acupressure points. These techniques are claimed to aid in the treatment of both acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions, as well as many non-musculoskeletal conditions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tui-na.com/tuina.html |title=Orthodox Tui-Na Treatment |publisher=The World Tui-Na Association |access-date=24 July 2012 }}</ref>

As with many other traditional Chinese medical practices, different schools vary in their approach to the discipline. In traditional Korean medicine it is known as ''chu na'' ({{lang|zh|推拏}}), and it is related also to Japanese massage or ''anma'' and its derivatives ''shiatsu'' and ''sekkotsu.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Park |first1=Tae-Yong |last2=Moon |first2=Tae-Woong |last3=Cho |first3=Dong-Chan |last4=Lee |first4=Jung-Han |last5=Ko |first5=Youn-Seok |last6=Hwang |first6=Eui-Hyung |last7=Heo |first7=Kwang-Ho |last8=Choi |first8=Tae-Young |last9=Shin |first9=Byung-Cheul |title=An introduction to China manual medicine in Korea: History, insurance coverage, education, and clinical research in Korean literature |journal=Integrative Medicine Research |date=1 June 2014 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=49–59 |doi=10.1016/j.imr.2013.08.001 |pmid=28664078 |pmc=5481700 |language=en |issn=2213-4220|doi-access=free }}</ref> ''In the West, tui na is taught as a part of the curriculum at some acupuncture schools.<ref name="Claire" />

== Efficacy ==

A collaborative study between researchers in China and Germany concluded that the use of Tui na techniques can be a safe, low-cost method to reduce back and neck pain.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Tuina for Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Tuina with a No-Intervention Waiting List |year=2018 |doi=10.1089/acm.2017.0209 |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2017.0209 |access-date=14 November 2022|last1=Pach |first1=Daniel |last2=Piper |first2=Mike |last3=Lotz |first3=Fabian |last4=Reinhold |first4=Thomas |last5=Dombrowski |first5=Mirja |last6=Chang |first6=Yinghui |last7=Liu |first7=Bin |last8=Blödt |first8=Susanne |last9=Rotter |first9=Gabriele |last10=Icke |first10=Katja |last11=Witt |first11=Claudia M. |journal=The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=231–237 |pmid=29072931 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==See also== * Chin na * Dit Da * Gua Sha * Naprapathy * Pushing hands * Dim Mak * Varma Kalai * Acupressure

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