Tapping

With limber wrists, employ the motions of the entire forearm and hand to tap the patient's body lightly and rapidly. The hands are used in succession, and the tapping must be rhythmical

For large areas or for parts of the body with hard, big muscles, use your fists

For small, tender parts of the body, employ cutting motions of the fingertips or of the four fingers

Cup the palm of the hand for tapping soft areas like the abdominal region

Though, in its rhythmical nature, this method resembles the vibration technique, it is more forceful. A-short period of tapping treatment stimulates the nerves and the muscles; a longer period of the same treatment retards their functioning. You must not tense your shoulders, elbows, and wrists as you tap. Furthermore, you must not strike the patient hard. This is especially important in treating a person suffering from high blood pressure. In such instances, light, quiet tapping is essential, for the wrong kind of treatment can have the harmful effect of raising the patient's blood pressure. The pressure of each tapping action should be about one kilogram. A skilled masseur can tap from thirteen to fourteen times a second. Properly executed, tapping treatment can affect the motor nerves of the blood vessels and in this way can stimulate circulation. It helps remove fatigue-causing materials from the system, improves metabolism, and brings relief from muscular fatigue. Light tapping with the fingertips or palms on the chest relieves asthma. Tapping on the abdomen restores vigorous activity to the stomach and intestines and relieves gastroatonia and gastroptosis