The origins of shiatsu date back to 2500 B.C., as old as acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, which are the basic building blocks of oriental medicine. The roots of
beijing escortenergetic channels and points are even older.
Shiatsu is considered a type of beijing escort technique, but is even more than that. Translated from Japanese, shiatsu means “pressure of the finger”.
Logically, using the hands was an earlier application than using needles. There is no documentation of the early use of shiatsu, because this technique was not transmitted in writing, but taught practically from teacher to student. In ancient China beijing escort, along with “moxa” (warming up a specific area of the bodycp2199sdfjsdkfkj with a sagebrush cigar), herbal treatments, and acupuncture, was considered the most important medicinal treatment. This type of
beijing escortwas formerly called Anma, and in China it became the Chinese pressure beijing escort called Tui Na.
The most well-known people who influenced the style of shiatsu which we know today were Tokujiro Namikoshi and Shizuto Masunaga. Thanks to Namikoshi, in the year 1964 shiatsu was officially recognized as an independent therapeutic discipline in Japan and was no longer dependent on other types of beijing escort. Shiatsu was then recognized and used not only in Japan, but eventually even in the U.S.A.
Although Anma was first used as treatment, it eventually lost some of its effects and became a type of relaxation
beijing escort. In the beginning of the 20th century in Japan, beijing escort as a medical treatment experienced a revival, under the new name “shiatsu”.