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2. Reflexology - Wikipedia

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   Reflexology, also known as zone therapy, is an alternative medical practice involving the application of pressure to specific points on the feet, ears, and hands. This is done using thumb, finger, and hand massage techniques without the use of oil or lotion.

3. Massage - Wikipedia

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   Massage (video) Massage is the rubbing or kneading of the body's soft tissues. [1] Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device. [2] [3] The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain.

4. Manicure - Wikipedia

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   A manicure is a mostly cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and hands performed at home or in a nail salon. A manicure usually consists of filing and shaping the free edge of nails, pushing and clipping (with a cuticle pusher and cuticle nippers) any nonliving tissue at the cuticle and removing hangnails , treatments with various ...

5. Effleurage - Wikipedia

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   Effleurage, a French word meaning 'to skim' or 'to touch lightly on', is a series of massage strokes used in Swedish massage to warm up the muscle before deep tissue work using petrissage. [1] [2] This is a soothing, stroking movement used at the beginning and the end of the facial and/or body massage.

6. Tui na - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Shiatsu - Wikipedia

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   Another student of Namikoshi, Hiroshi Nozaki founded the Hiron Shiatsu, [27] a holistic technique of shiatsu that uses intuitive techniques and a spiritual approach to healing which identifies ways how to take responsibility for a healthy and happy life in the practitioner's own hands. It is practiced mainly in Switzerland, France and Italy ...