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Then and Now

When mother first touched child to 'make it better' she invented what we in the 21st century know as Shiatsu. An Emperor of ancient China created a technique.

A psychologist in modern Japan organized a protocol.

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And the West institutionalized it.

The First Touch of the Mother-Hand

Huang-Ti (2697-2598 BCE), the Yellow Emperor, codified the theory behind the therapy. Treatment, from acupuncture to herbs, should vary according to lifestyle.

For those "able to obtain a varied diet without great exertion" massage was recommended for spiritual, energetic and physical health by maintaining harmony among the Five Elements: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood. Three millennia later, Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE) research on condemned prisoners confirmed flows of energy through invisible channels.

Modern 'Traditional' Chinese Medicine (TCM) evolved in the 1950s, synthesizing traditional approaches from different regions but purged of their spiritual aspects.

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