@@Kennypowers51haha, it most definitely does not. But it does have connections with the liver in the sense of the portal venous system. His explanation though was the spleen would grind against the stomach, which I assure you does not happen. We have teeth to do that for us.
That foot massage sure is satisfying to watch. There's something about it that makes you relaxed as well as make you feel the inner peace from deep within.
I hope Ari told him about it. A lot of people just don’t know what smoke detectors are or can’t hear it either due to deafness or just getting used to the sound.
Phenomenal that he mentioned both neigong and qigong in these videos, the bubbling well point (YongQuan) and how yoga and qigong are similar. I learned self qigong massage several years ago, and have done these types of massages on acupressure points and it's absolutely crazy how much it has helped me feel so much better. I hope you continue down this path that youre going,. perhaps you could do well from studying Chinese martial arts too. Taijiquan, just as he showed you at the end, would be an excellent place to start. There are several styles, Yang and Chen styles are the most popular, each having their own qigong practices associated with them
When you have cold feet and they come into contact with hot water, the pain you experience is called 'allodynia'. This is just a term that means pain stimulus that isn't caused by something typically painful. The idea behind it is when you do have some kind of injury (for example a broken bone) where movement or touch can have a negative affect on it (such as slowing healing) the body sends pain signals there to basically say "hey don't do that". Another condition this happens frequently is sunburns. In the case of cold feet, the body detects that they are cold and that same reaction occurs to say 'hey something is going on please be easy on that area'. This is partially the reason why when someone is suffering from extreme hypothermia, you should not dip them into a hot bath, but slowly warm them with something like a blanket; as this may cause extreme pain and subsequent shock. I know noone asked but I saw Xiaoma's response at the start and I thought about it, and who doesn't like learning something new. :)
Thank you for mentioning this. My acupuncturist said I have cold feet, which isn’t normal. When I get a pedicure, the water is extra hot for me but normal for others.
The reason why hot water feels hotter for cold feet is because human sensory cells don't actually measure absolute temperatures. Instead, they measure changes in their environment. When your extremities are cold for a longer time, there is little activity going to your brain except a baseline "coldness" that you are experiencing. This is the reason why you mostly don't notice the temperature you are in for longer periods of time during the day, except for when the body is overheating or becoming extremely cold. When you are used to your feet being cold, your brain expects the temperature to stay consistent. When you dip your cold feet in hot water, the difference between the water and your feet is very big, causing your sensory cells to fire far more rapidly than if your feet were warmer, causing you to perceive the water as very hot. This adaptive effect is also the reason why, after being in the hot water for a while, you no longer experience the hotness. In fact, after you leave the hot water, the normal room temperature will feel cold, even after drying your feet, as now your sensory cells perceive the difference of the outside being colder than your feet. The experience of extra heat or cold is exactly the way your body is supposed to experience it, and is not a health condition of any kind. Allodynia is a well defined health condition involving neuropathic pain that is absolutely unrelated to what's described above. The sensation of things being warmer than they are due to your body being cold is actually a very normal and expected sensation. Allodynia is pain caused by things that you don't usually experience as painful. This could be for example someone stroking over your arm eliciting pain. It is an experience of pain that shouldn't happen, but does due to an underlying cause in your nervous system. In fact, none of your examples qualify as Allodynia.
@@drakesilmore3760When I was a young girl and would run a high fever, I would get what my mother always called sore skin. Anything brushing against my skin would be painful. I always wondered what that was.
@@spaniard8753Hate to burst your bubble, but their understanding of this shit dates back centuries. It's traditional methods and styles. If you can't understand that then you're just ignorant
@@Coach_Shinerold doesn’t mean good, lol. Old usually means obsolete, in fact. This is bullshit. If it wasn’t bullshit it would be taught to real doctors, and studied as a science and not a massage technique.
@@Coach_ShinerI mean it’s a disrespectful way to put it but the effectiveness of treatments like this seems to be rather low when investigated using the scientific method
So I came from the NYC street massage, and I swear, both guys have the same ideas, it's fascinating. Also both are taught like directly through instructors, not necessarily schools big classroom settings, and both seem to value practice over book learning to really get to know a thing. Wild.
That’s the difference between commercialized and public knowledge and being raised with oral and hands on education from the elders as indigenous groups have always done people used to learn their gifts/jobs in childhood
wow, this is amazing...glad i found it. I have been doing Qi Gong since August 2022, though not consistently, and i can testify that it helped me heal my Psychosomatism! which exhibited like rheumatoid arthritis over 4years and my ulcers! I had a checkup through my feet(reflexology) and results came with advise of what i could do and eat to help my body, that's where i saw tai chi and looked it up. That's how i started doing Qi Gong and never looked back. I feel great, i have a clearer mind and i am just working on doing it consistently and properly. I use youtube videos but I wish I could find a master in Uganda! I would love to have this foot massage. Greetings from Uganda
Psychosomatism... well i suppose that makes sense. you had nothing wrong with you, you just thought you did, so then you thought you were cured, so you were. Ha. Wouldn't it be wonderful if actual illness was this simple?
10 years ago I developed an odd condition that gave me all over body tremors, especially internal tremors. I constantly felt as though I was shaking everywhere. It was affecting everything in my life!! Out of desperation I went to a Chinese Medicine doctor and he was a medical doctor as well as a master acupuncturist. Long story short: the Chinese doc fixed that condition for me. He told me my “liver meridian” needed treatment (just like in this video) except he used needles not massage. It took a few months of treatment, but the condition went away and never came back! Before that I had been to 5 or 6 doctors, including neurologists at two of the most prestigious hospitals in the US. None of those western doctors could help me. Chinese doc saved me from that awful condition. 🙌🙌
@@staticcharm3808 it may have legitimately done something as it was acupuncture, on the contrary, since it wasn't a legitimate doctor I'm sure this will lead to other problems later.
The way he exsplained everything , with such passion, was so interesting. Im a western nurse , and he is right in his observation abouth us. We would never talk energy. Its a whole different teaching.🙏🌹🇩🇰
Yeah, that is bc "energy" is not science, there is no scientific evidence for this energy talk, so for all intents and purposes this is pure mysticism. It kind of concerns me that a western nurse, who should in theory treat people based solely on knowledge taken from serious extensive scientific research and tests, considers that this pseudo-medicine could somehow benefit the treatment of Ill people. As an example, bc of his beliefs in a kind of pseudo-medicine, Steve Jobs (founder of Apple) took too long to treat his cancer by traditional western treatment, and then by the time he finally decided to be treated by real doctors, it was already too late for him.
Same. It's possible to do sponsors and make them bearable. The crap creator's throw at me is just annoying and way to much like the commercials we used to have to watch on tv before cable came around. Like at least try to sell me something that has something to do with the content I'm viewing
I was in Thailand and got massages every other day. After the first one I was uncertain whether I was going to return again and the woman said “first we break you and then we out you back together”. Made perfect sense
Had to laugh at the massage guy's explanation of what the spleen does ("grinds food"), um no, that's not what the spleen does, it filters old red blood cells from the blood and plays a role in the immune system.
Right. They are different medicines. It doesn't mean that TCM is wrong about the spleen. In any case, if you don't agree with it, don't use TCM. There are many different medicines in the world. They have worked without the need for the others. And if it doesn't help you, you are free to try another system, or not, you choose what you feel will help you. In the meantime people use TCM and other types of medicines when the ones they were used to didn't find any solution. And vice versa.
Oof, foot massaging. Im so sensitive with my feet that I have to physically prepare myself by writing this comment before venturing forwards! I wish I could enjoy things like that I love how much info this guy explains and even gives a citation. I question the efficacy, as you do it seems, but I love learning about other cultures and their interpretations on concepts ranging from medicine to life itself
How interesting would be to have this conversation with this guy in Mandarin while lerning from the source about Chinese medicine and having a painful but liberating foot massage; your hard work took you to an incredible place and I’m genuinely happy watching your video.
Your videos are just the best because of your reactions! I love when you make faces and laugh. It's so good to see someone actually reacting to what's happening. I love going to Chinese massage places because they understand how everything in the body is connected.
I think alot of the pathway stuff actually sounds decently realistic. Like your bodies nervous system is pretty interconected I could see some spots being connected with acupuncter etc.
@@thebritishtwat1317 I won't disagree there blood flow over all is healthier with massages and the like. Definitely proven. Just seems more traditional in some practices rather than practical.
I loved every bit of this video, Xiao-ari, sir! I have a question, though: have you ever gone to a Chinese establishment in NY, and recorded up the entire history, how they got there, how the business got there, etc?
I went and had a similar massage at 34w pregnant. He was asking me if I was ready to deliver and I jokingly was like yes. Bc I felt massive. My legs hurt and he was like yeah I can tell you need this. Blah blah blah. I went into labor the next day.
Hello. I am a reflexologist. This person may have been able to tell, or not, however, what usually happens is that the woman goes into labour when it is time, it is not due to reflexology. Reflexology on pregnant women makes them feel a lot of relief from different things, and it may be that due to that women then go into labour soon after. But it is not because reflexology provokes it, it can't, it is the body that decides, and in fact reflexology only supports the body to access whatever needs rebalancing but it is the body that decides. Impressive that this person could tell you were about to deliver your baby.
Oh man you’re not supposed to get massage when you’re pregnant. Did nobody tell you? 34 weeks is too early to give birth man. INSANE that the massage therapist didn’t know that!
I’d actually be worried about this person & who gave them their license. The first and last thing they crammed into us was the dangers of massaging pregnant women’s feet. I thought even regular people knew this honestly
Bro you look like a brand new person. You're standing so much better. in the beginning your shoulders are hunched and after you standing with purpose and confidence. Amazing!
Xiao Long Kan was one of the reasons I learn chinese now. I reserved a table 2 times, and both times they didn't register my registration, probably because they didn't understand a word I said (I'm german) ... So, now I will learn to speak chinese and then reserve my table in chinese ... ;-)
I’m part Indonesian and part Singaporean Chinese, here in Indonesia we call this reflexology, which is traditional eastern meds. I’ve suffered from nephrotic syndrom since 2018, and late 2023 I had to be admitted to the ICU. My symptoms and kidney condition have been very poor but I stuck with my meds, which is a catch-22. B/c the meds that I take also ruins my stomach lining, therefore I’m very prone to gastrointestinal condition, and right enough, my doctor thankfully caught ulcers in my stomach early, but still lost a lot of blood of intestinal and stomach bleeding. A month ago I started doing the chinese foot message (obv for my kidney condition). On the day of my message, I told my therapist I have neprotic syndrome, he then pointed out symptoms that I was experiencing including irregular urine, little thereof, pancreas had a slight problem so had to watch my carb intake (i take medicated steroids and my doctor actually told me in 2018 “watch your carb intake”). After two message sessions, I’m seeing improvement, finallyy!!! So, if you havee the chance, give it a try and get it from someone like the guy in the video, they’re more than happy to explain. Cus we’ve been so dependant on meds our whole lives that we dont even take notice that it’s slowly killing us. For example, the excess prescription of antibiotics that’s creating the phenomena of super virus.
Your brain and your nerves are all connected down to your toes and allows you to feel that pain in those spots. What he’s saying is definitely real deal💪🏾💪🏾
Its interesting because when the body doesn't understand where pain is coming from it can cause phantom pain in other parts of the body. Nerves and the psyche are very interesting things in massages and these sorts of situations.
Asian holistic medicine is so BS, but I love the hustle and the good feelings with a decent massage. Even if it hurts, it feels very nice after the session.
I thought the spleen controls blood cells like white count and helps fight germs off and filter out damaged red blood cells. I didn't know that the spleen was a grinding mechanism to turn the food into powder. The more you know 🌈 🌟 Edit: in all seriousness this was actually very interesting I wouldn't mind trying but I have a lot of injuries and this kinda of manual therapy makes me nervous. The Chinese medicine is very interesting I think there is actually something to it.
I have tried accupuncture for weight loss and low energy. It worked, i saw the toxins that left my body. I just couldnt afford to continue at that time. Chinese have been doing their type of medicine thousands of years..there is no doubt there are a lot of truths and cures they can do
The word he uses (pi) in the context of Chinese medicine refers to the set of muscles that contract and relax to crush food in the stomach rather than just the single organ called spleen. It's usually translated as spleen but it's misleading and lost in translation
Many terms in traditional Chinese medicine are completely different from those in modern medicine, which is actually a translation error. For example, 脾胃(Pi and Wei, spleen and stomach) do not just correspond to the spleen and stomach, but generally refers to the whole digestive system, 胆(Dan, Bile) corresponds to the whole endocrine system, 肝(Gan, Liver) corresponds to the metabolic system, 心(Xin, Heart) The heart corresponds to the nervous system, 肺(Fei, Lung) corresponds to the engine system, 肾(Shen, Kidney) corresponds to reproductive system and gonad. Xiaoma is a little overweight for his age, he has some endocrine and metabolic problems, the master said that he had liver and gallbladder problems, it was true.
After being on the Internet for a while, watching a foot massage makes me feel weird, but as someone who has experienced one firsthand, it's one of the most relaxing massages there is
Honestly, how did you feel after the massage? Relaxed? Comfortable? Calm? Did you felt any pain afterwards? I have never been to such place. But I have watches movies portraying such places as a go-to place to destress and sooth aching muscles.
This is pretty easy to test out, take a guy who has early stage cirrhosis and see if they can identify the problem. And if he is able to cure the man or improve. Then you will know if this works or not.
"Be careful with him." They are afraid they are going to break you. I do love the faces. I am not sure I fully understand everything. When they say problems with the liver, do they mean some kind of damage or is it more figurative. In either case, it might be worth a mention to your doctor at the next visit. Believe in it or not, they have enough personal experience to at least consider it.
Before I proceed, know that I'm not going to be disrespectful to either camp. I just want to spread facts. Yes, Chinese medicine, Qigong, Ayurveda, these are all pseudoscience with no basis in fact. The joke saying is if Chinese medicine worked, it would just be called "medicine". With no prior research, if you want to know if something is rooted in facts, ask yourself if the person has to explain to you the results of what they're doing for you to feel them. A key aspect of science is ruling out the placebo effect specifically by determining the outcome of what a person experiences without bias. If you tell someone that rubbing their calf will get rid of their headache, the placebo effect may actually inform that feeling. And on the more extreme side, if someone massages your calf and suggests you have a bad liver, you can't validate their assessment because you wouldn't otherwise know that information without a liver function blood test. Now that I've said that, I have--and continue to see--a reflexologist, have had acupuncture, and seen Chinese medicine practitioners. My acupuncturist has been a friend of mine for going on 15 years. Do I see them because they provide medicine that treats symptoms or illnesses in a way that is measurable and rooted in science or fact? No. No I don't. Do I debate any of these individuals telling me about the health of my spleen or the "toxins" in my blood that they're nonsense and invalidated by my regular physicals, which I take very seriously? No, that's rude. I don't visit them to have philosophical or scientific debates. There's a time and a place and I went to them. It's my responsibility to research and choose. I visit them because I enjoy the experience, I feel better after, I enjoy the history behind the practice. Aside from spreading misinformation, they aren't only not harming anyone, they do make people feel better, not unlike a massage therapist. :) I should add however that acupuncture has not been definitively disproven as of yet. It's in a gray area and until it has been factually ruled out in peer-reviewed studies, I prefer not to say it does or does not factually work. So...give it a shot if it sounds interesting! Don't get me wrong, I don't like misinformation of any kind or people who use anecdotal evidence to say something as widely varied as Chinese medicine "works". But in this respect, peer-reviewed data is readily available these days and every human should know not to believe everything they see or read without looking up the data themselves. We're all just makin' it through life and this guy is trying to do it his way. I'm certain you'll at the very least have very nice feeling feel after a reflexology session. Plus, these guys aren't out here making a boat load of money or scamming people, so I'd venture the majority of them truly believe what they practice and want to help in their own way. There's positivity in that, and I respect that. Variety is the spice of life, after all. Best wishes y'all! Stay happy and healthy!
That was really interesting. I noticed it wasn't meant to cure as anything, but to diagnose problem areas in your body. My husband went to a Chinese massage/reflexologist DG or chronic arthritis as ND fibromyalgia pain. He thought it helped a lot. He told him to eat beets every day (?).
I am a very skeptical person, and don't believe in the internal medicine/energy aspect of Chinese medicine. But I do have major respect for their ability to use simple solutions for complex issues, such as massage for muscle pain and injury, something still done today in modern medicine, as well as their ability to find so many effective treatments via food, nutirtion, and herbs. Though I do wish they were more willing to let certain things go like using ivory and rhino horns as erection medicine, or pangolin scales for lactation. If all of traditional Chinese medicine was food recommendations like beets and massage I would have zero issues because at worst people feel better unlike chiropractors who can actually kill you by doing it wrong and at best its no better than a massage.
@@EphemeralDust I agree. same thing really with beliefs in general. i'm an atheist myself but i find it very interesting how effective the placebo effect can be. its basically tricking your own mind into thinking something else. quite interesting
And it’s not a filter for your food it’s more of filter for your blood and the most important lymphoid organ in your body. I’m like this guy is so confident and yet so wrong.
Mad respect for you bro :D much love happy holidays and new years . wish you great health too . Need me a foot massage like you got but for now a triggerpoint foot roller will do >~
the disclaimer at the start of this video makes it so much more enjoyable to watch than half the 'asmr' channels out there pretending rubbing dirt in their back will fix cancer
I have had these type of massages on my feet many times in Sydney Australia and the Chinese woman I go to is very knowledgeable. The massage hurts like hell but afterwards you feel like a new person. I normally sleep 2-3 hours after my foot massage. I would love to see how he focuses on your back :)
I studied some Chinese medicine many years ago. I find it made much, much more sense than most western medicine, because it deals with the whole body, not parts of it in isolation like western medicine. To hear that Indian and Chinese medicine systems are very close is no surprise to me - but nice to hear. Very educational. Thank you
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Bring this guy back. The intonation in his voice naturally makes him sound wise haha. Cool vid.
That's half the job.
He's so wise he thinks the spleen digests food. Haha
@@Kennypowers51 Mofo thinks we have gizzards lmaoo GIMME SOME ROCKS
@@Kennypowers51haha, it most definitely does not. But it does have connections with the liver in the sense of the portal venous system. His explanation though was the spleen would grind against the stomach, which I assure you does not happen. We have teeth to do that for us.
I agree, that is a very calming video. like the conversation and reactions.
This guy should be a narrator/reader for Chinese audiobooks. His voice and tones are perfect for that.
This!!!
The massager has a really nice voice, it is loud but weirdly soothing
Yeah, the tones of his voice is very calming, oddly
That's every martial master for you
Like a dictor
I feel like he should narrate a movie or opening to a movie
It's a shame he's talking bullshit
That foot massage sure is satisfying to watch. There's something about it that makes you relaxed as well as make you feel the inner peace from deep within.
I think its his voice. Very soothing, like an asmr
You explained asmr lol but yea it is quite nice
Exactly. Who cares if there is no western scientific backing. The way he explains it and his soothing voice is therapeutic enough.
@@pewpewpower The fact that there is no western Big Pharma research or therapies involved makes me trust this treatment modality more.
When Xiaoma starts swearing in English , you know its painful because he's forgotten how to swear in chinese
I love that you immediately asked about the 5 point exploding heart technique. B/c that was 100% where my mind immediately went.
Why? That was just cringe.
@@MeanOldLadyWell arent you a bundle of sunshine you ‘cranky old lady’ 😂
I want a foot massage now
Can tell Xiaoma has liver problems but can’t tell the smoke alarm needs a new battery.
I thought it was the alarm battery in my house 😂
Now I have two going off. The one in my house and the one on the video. Fml
😅 Not fda approved and not fire safe
I hope Ari told him about it. A lot of people just don’t know what smoke detectors are or can’t hear it either due to deafness or just getting used to the sound.
Island capability this is called young padawan.
Phenomenal that he mentioned both neigong and qigong in these videos, the bubbling well point (YongQuan) and how yoga and qigong are similar.
I learned self qigong massage several years ago, and have done these types of massages on acupressure points and it's absolutely crazy how much it has helped me feel so much better. I hope you continue down this path that youre going,. perhaps you could do well from studying Chinese martial arts too. Taijiquan, just as he showed you at the end, would be an excellent place to start. There are several styles, Yang and Chen styles are the most popular, each having their own qigong practices associated with them
3:31
Xiaoma: "Wow."
Masseuse: "Wow."
Underrated. 😂😂😂
Ahahahha
this is why lego bricks hurt so much, one wrong step and it could hit your heart meridian and explode your heart
Thank God I never played with Legos as a child.
Omgg frfr
This was amazing. Absolutely love this guy. We need a repeat visit!!!
I was glued from start to finish.. Xiaoma's facial expressions are golden.
I love how seriously he took your kill bill question
Xiaoma couldn’t help but take the piss a little bit 😂
@@TheKilopoo I was thinking that, no way he wasn't trolling xD
I mean, don’t we all want to know? Haha😊
When you have cold feet and they come into contact with hot water, the pain you experience is called 'allodynia'. This is just a term that means pain stimulus that isn't caused by something typically painful. The idea behind it is when you do have some kind of injury (for example a broken bone) where movement or touch can have a negative affect on it (such as slowing healing) the body sends pain signals there to basically say "hey don't do that". Another condition this happens frequently is sunburns.
In the case of cold feet, the body detects that they are cold and that same reaction occurs to say 'hey something is going on please be easy on that area'. This is partially the reason why when someone is suffering from extreme hypothermia, you should not dip them into a hot bath, but slowly warm them with something like a blanket; as this may cause extreme pain and subsequent shock.
I know noone asked but I saw Xiaoma's response at the start and I thought about it, and who doesn't like learning something new. :)
Thanks for teaching me the word for that! I get it when I have cold feet in the shower.
Thank you for mentioning this. My acupuncturist said I have cold feet, which isn’t normal. When I get a pedicure, the water is extra hot for me but normal for others.
The reason why hot water feels hotter for cold feet is because human sensory cells don't actually measure absolute temperatures. Instead, they measure changes in their environment. When your extremities are cold for a longer time, there is little activity going to your brain except a baseline "coldness" that you are experiencing. This is the reason why you mostly don't notice the temperature you are in for longer periods of time during the day, except for when the body is overheating or becoming extremely cold. When you are used to your feet being cold, your brain expects the temperature to stay consistent. When you dip your cold feet in hot water, the difference between the water and your feet is very big, causing your sensory cells to fire far more rapidly than if your feet were warmer, causing you to perceive the water as very hot.
This adaptive effect is also the reason why, after being in the hot water for a while, you no longer experience the hotness. In fact, after you leave the hot water, the normal room temperature will feel cold, even after drying your feet, as now your sensory cells perceive the difference of the outside being colder than your feet. The experience of extra heat or cold is exactly the way your body is supposed to experience it, and is not a health condition of any kind.
Allodynia is a well defined health condition involving neuropathic pain that is absolutely unrelated to what's described above. The sensation of things being warmer than they are due to your body being cold is actually a very normal and expected sensation. Allodynia is pain caused by things that you don't usually experience as painful. This could be for example someone stroking over your arm eliciting pain. It is an experience of pain that shouldn't happen, but does due to an underlying cause in your nervous system.
In fact, none of your examples qualify as Allodynia.
@@drakesilmore3760When I was a young girl and would run a high fever, I would get what my mother always called sore skin. Anything brushing against my skin would be painful. I always wondered what that was.
This practitioners crystal clear pronounciation makes me want to learn the language. It sounds so good!
His description of the spleen sounds more like a bird gizzard than the spleen 😂
Yeah, the spleen is connected to the immune system and is for filtering out dead blood cells and creating white blood cells, not to grind down food...
Yeah doesn’t the spleen fight infections in the blood.?
@@oscarcarrier3314 Yeah, the spleen is part of the lymphatic system, not the digestive system. It's heavily involved in the body's immune systems.
Made me question his medical acumen a bit, but I'm sure the massage felt nice at least.
@@rusinoe8364 well 99% of chinese "medicine" is bs so...yeah
The way he described about the Indian and Chinese ayurvedic traditions is so true and accurate he is smart and talented 👍
i really loved the way you could communicate with the masseuse and laugh with him .He clearly has much knowledge and you could see the mutual respect!
yeah, knowledge of bullshit.
@@spaniard8753Hate to burst your bubble, but their understanding of this shit dates back centuries. It's traditional methods and styles. If you can't understand that then you're just ignorant
@@Coach_Shinerold doesn’t mean good, lol. Old usually means obsolete, in fact. This is bullshit. If it wasn’t bullshit it would be taught to real doctors, and studied as a science and not a massage technique.
@@Coach_ShinerI mean it’s a disrespectful way to put it but the effectiveness of treatments like this seems to be rather low when investigated using the scientific method
@@Coach_Shiner If their knowledge is so good then why isn't it more common around the world? There is no science behind this type of treatment.
Please do another video with him! Maybe massaging your back or more stretching. Very interesting and relaxing to listen and learn.
So I came from the NYC street massage, and I swear, both guys have the same ideas, it's fascinating. Also both are taught like directly through instructors, not necessarily schools big classroom settings, and both seem to value practice over book learning to really get to know a thing. Wild.
That’s the difference between commercialized and public knowledge and being raised with oral and hands on education from the elders as indigenous groups have always done people used to learn their gifts/jobs in childhood
Absolutely Brilliant Excellent job, your extremely blessed to have had such a man message you.👊❤
wow, this is amazing...glad i found it. I have been doing Qi Gong since August 2022, though not consistently, and i can testify that it helped me heal my Psychosomatism! which exhibited like rheumatoid arthritis over 4years and my ulcers!
I had a checkup through my feet(reflexology) and results came with advise of what i could do and eat to help my body, that's where i saw tai chi and looked it up. That's how i started doing Qi Gong and never looked back. I feel great, i have a clearer mind and i am just working on doing it consistently and properly. I use youtube videos but I wish I could find a master in Uganda!
I would love to have this foot massage.
Greetings from Uganda
Dont look around, you are now the master of Uganda
Psychosomatism... well i suppose that makes sense. you had nothing wrong with you, you just thought you did, so then you thought you were cured, so you were. Ha. Wouldn't it be wonderful if actual illness was this simple?
10 years ago I developed an odd condition that gave me all over body tremors, especially internal tremors. I constantly felt as though I was shaking everywhere. It was affecting everything in my life!! Out of desperation I went to a Chinese Medicine doctor and he was a medical doctor as well as a master acupuncturist. Long story short: the Chinese doc fixed that condition for me. He told me my “liver meridian” needed treatment (just like in this video) except he used needles not massage. It took a few months of treatment, but the condition went away and never came back! Before that I had been to 5 or 6 doctors, including neurologists at two of the most prestigious hospitals in the US. None of those western doctors could help me. Chinese doc saved me from that awful condition. 🙌🙌
BS 😂 That is no different than thinking prayer can cure you. It's not science
@@staticcharm3808 it may have legitimately done something as it was acupuncture, on the contrary, since it wasn't a legitimate doctor I'm sure this will lead to other problems later.
@@isnow6584what's a doctor an MD ? Mine is a OMD doctor of oriental medicine.
@@staticcharm3808But prayer can cure you. Where have you been?
@@staticcharm3808 You should try opening your mind, it just might help you
5:35 Something tells me that’s not what the spleen does 😂
common sense, a middle school anatomy class, a 5 second google search. any of those?
One time I got shin splints in Taiwan and went to get a leg massage. It's a miracle I'm still alive.
Dead...literally did not expect that. Thanks for the laugh!
HAHHAHA
This looked like it was absolutely fantastic. Definitely need to return to see this dude again...
The way he exsplained everything , with such passion, was so interesting. Im a western nurse , and he is right in his observation abouth us. We would never talk energy. Its a whole different teaching.🙏🌹🇩🇰
Yeah, that is bc "energy" is not science, there is no scientific evidence for this energy talk, so for all intents and purposes this is pure mysticism. It kind of concerns me that a western nurse, who should in theory treat people based solely on knowledge taken from serious extensive scientific research and tests, considers that this pseudo-medicine could somehow benefit the treatment of Ill people. As an example, bc of his beliefs in a kind of pseudo-medicine, Steve Jobs (founder of Apple) took too long to treat his cancer by traditional western treatment, and then by the time he finally decided to be treated by real doctors, it was already too late for him.
yeah, trouble is that's really not what the spleen does...
The spleen most certainly does not aid in digestion, let alone "crush your food into a powder" 😂
I actually watched the full sponsor spot just because it seems like a really lovely hotpot place.
I'd love more hotpot places in America...
Same. It's possible to do sponsors and make them bearable. The crap creator's throw at me is just annoying and way to much like the commercials we used to have to watch on tv before cable came around. Like at least try to sell me something that has something to do with the content I'm viewing
I was in Thailand and got massages every other day. After the first one I was uncertain whether I was going to return again and the woman said “first we break you and then we out you back together”. Made perfect sense
That jelly jiggling sound at 10:20 really got me 😂
You should make this a series with more masters of different Chinese medicine modalities . Would be interesting and informative.
Had to laugh at the massage guy's explanation of what the spleen does ("grinds food"), um no, that's not what the spleen does, it filters old red blood cells from the blood and plays a role in the immune system.
Google spleen Chinese medicine
Well then someone's got some 'spleenin to do. 😉
@@philpalmer4877 🥁
Right. They are different medicines. It doesn't mean that TCM is wrong about the spleen. In any case, if you don't agree with it, don't use TCM. There are many different medicines in the world. They have worked without the need for the others. And if it doesn't help you, you are free to try another system, or not, you choose what you feel will help you. In the meantime people use TCM and other types of medicines when the ones they were used to didn't find any solution. And vice versa.
@@mercelo6882 If they think the spleen "grinds food" like a bird's gizzard then yes they are 100% wrong, it's not what the spleen does, full stop.
this guy is amazing his knowledge is incredible and his voice is relaxing like the Bob Ross of Chinese massage.
"I thought this is just a foot massage" lol 🤣
That's what she said 😂
It looked like he was going to rip his body in half, rip off his leg head arm
"Anyway, give me your feet" LOOOOOLLLLLLLL. Made my day
This guy is the living proof that if you sound smart and confident enough you could be waffling nonsense all day long
True, can't believe people still buy this reflexology craps as a legit tool to cure their liver, heart, eyes etc.
@rmp5640 the alternative take pills all day
@@rmp5640 Are you saying the spleen _doesn't_ grind food in the stomach into powder?!
If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance you have to babble them with bullshit.
@@rmp5640i hope people don't do it because they truly believe in it but because massages r just fun in general 🙏
This looks like one of those massages that is 90% uncomfortable or even painful, but the other 10% makes it worth it.
Those are the best ones. Horrible while it’s going on but immediate relief likeYou never had anything to begin with
Oof, foot massaging. Im so sensitive with my feet that I have to physically prepare myself by writing this comment before venturing forwards! I wish I could enjoy things like that
I love how much info this guy explains and even gives a citation. I question the efficacy, as you do it seems, but I love learning about other cultures and their interpretations on concepts ranging from medicine to life itself
As an RN for 14 years, i finally know what the spleen TRULY does. 😂
@acme2402 heck yeah 😂 apparently we're just like birds and have gizzards 😂
TIL white blood cells are used in digestion 😏😏
@@GrammeStudio 🫥
@GrammeStudio I mean. They digest micro organisms. So I guess in a round about way, you're .2% correct
Edit I forgot the . Before the 2
That dude has no idea what spleen does. Just making shit up and I'm here for it
How interesting would be to have this conversation with this guy in Mandarin while lerning from the source about Chinese medicine and having a painful but liberating foot massage; your hard work took you to an incredible place and I’m genuinely happy watching your video.
Your videos are just the best because of your reactions! I love when you make faces and laugh. It's so good to see someone actually reacting to what's happening. I love going to Chinese massage places because they understand how everything in the body is connected.
I feel like 80% of stuff like this is "a long time ago some guy found a stone he liked and now its a holy stone with magic properties"
maybe. but chinese culture is thousands of years old, and the chinese are not stupid
@joaquinferrazzi923 Smart people believe in tones of stupid things.
I think alot of the pathway stuff actually sounds decently realistic. Like your bodies nervous system is pretty interconected I could see some spots being connected with acupuncter etc.
@@thebritishtwat1317 I won't disagree there blood flow over all is healthier with massages and the like. Definitely proven. Just seems more traditional in some practices rather than practical.
@@joaquinferrazzi923just because it's old doesn't mean it's right...
I loved every bit of this video, Xiao-ari, sir! I have a question, though: have you ever gone to a Chinese establishment in NY, and recorded up the entire history, how they got there, how the business got there, etc?
Imagine talking shit to your masseuse and he goes, “You know, I could make your heart explode rn…”
"Ah my liver, Ah my spleen" lol I burst out laughing when he cries this out.
The pain you go through so your viewers don't have to ;-)
This experience would be amazing but the smoke alarm chirping would drive me crazy.! 😂
I went and had a similar massage at 34w pregnant. He was asking me if I was ready to deliver and I jokingly was like yes. Bc I felt massive. My legs hurt and he was like yeah I can tell you need this. Blah blah blah. I went into labor the next day.
Hello. I am a reflexologist. This person may have been able to tell, or not, however, what usually happens is that the woman goes into labour when it is time, it is not due to reflexology. Reflexology on pregnant women makes them feel a lot of relief from different things, and it may be that due to that women then go into labour soon after. But it is not because reflexology provokes it, it can't, it is the body that decides, and in fact reflexology only supports the body to access whatever needs rebalancing but it is the body that decides. Impressive that this person could tell you were about to deliver your baby.
Oh man you’re not supposed to get massage when you’re pregnant. Did nobody tell you? 34 weeks is too early to give birth man. INSANE that the massage therapist didn’t know that!
I’d actually be worried about this person & who gave them their license. The first and last thing they crammed into us was the dangers of massaging pregnant women’s feet. I thought even regular people knew this honestly
Bs who told you that. Absolutely untrue. @@MGS.037
@@MGS.03734 weeks is literally only 2 weeks shy of 9 months. How is that "way too early?"
Bro you look like a brand new person. You're standing so much better. in the beginning your shoulders are hunched and after you standing with purpose and confidence. Amazing!
your arms look bigger and so does your shoulders
Xiao Long Kan was one of the reasons I learn chinese now. I reserved a table 2 times, and both times they didn't register my registration, probably because they didn't understand a word I said (I'm german) ... So, now I will learn to speak chinese and then reserve my table in chinese ... ;-)
The masseuse needs an asmr show where he gives massages to all sorts of people and diagnosis their meridians like this
I love how he starts off by saying get a nice normal massage for all the ones that are never normal
I’m part Indonesian and part Singaporean Chinese, here in Indonesia we call this reflexology, which is traditional eastern meds. I’ve suffered from nephrotic syndrom since 2018, and late 2023 I had to be admitted to the ICU. My symptoms and kidney condition have been very poor but I stuck with my meds, which is a catch-22. B/c the meds that I take also ruins my stomach lining, therefore I’m very prone to gastrointestinal condition, and right enough, my doctor thankfully caught ulcers in my stomach early, but still lost a lot of blood of intestinal and stomach bleeding. A month ago I started doing the chinese foot message (obv for my kidney condition). On the day of my message, I told my therapist I have neprotic syndrome, he then pointed out symptoms that I was experiencing including irregular urine, little thereof, pancreas had a slight problem so had to watch my carb intake (i take medicated steroids and my doctor actually told me in 2018 “watch your carb intake”). After two message sessions, I’m seeing improvement, finallyy!!! So, if you havee the chance, give it a try and get it from someone like the guy in the video, they’re more than happy to explain. Cus we’ve been so dependant on meds our whole lives that we dont even take notice that it’s slowly killing us. For example, the excess prescription of antibiotics that’s creating the phenomena of super virus.
Okay he got the function of the spleen spot-on, sounds legit
Your brain and your nerves are all connected down to your toes and allows you to feel that pain in those spots. What he’s saying is definitely real deal💪🏾💪🏾
Its interesting because when the body doesn't understand where pain is coming from it can cause phantom pain in other parts of the body. Nerves and the psyche are very interesting things in massages and these sorts of situations.
"Internal dampness"
The human body is 90 something % water.....
The food looked aawsuum ❤
Foot massage is good, and as usual most of the old oriental 'medicinal' theories are outdated.
Westerners can't understand ! Why do you think your body produces earwax and scalp oil on your head ?
I see the weight loss! You look good my friend :) keep up the hard work
Asian holistic medicine is so BS, but I love the hustle and the good feelings with a decent massage. Even if it hurts, it feels very nice after the session.
I love this guy, so calm and understanding. I need to come here...
When Xiaoma starts a video off shirtless you know it's gonna be a wild one
With how stiff and sore my legs get from running, my man would tell me I have ebola or something.
I thought the spleen controls blood cells like white count and helps fight germs off and filter out damaged red blood cells. I didn't know that the spleen was a grinding mechanism to turn the food into powder. The more you know 🌈 🌟
Edit: in all seriousness this was actually very interesting I wouldn't mind trying but I have a lot of injuries and this kinda of manual therapy makes me nervous. The Chinese medicine is very interesting I think there is actually something to it.
If you actually believe that bs you must be very gullible
I have tried accupuncture for weight loss and low energy. It worked, i saw the toxins that left my body. I just couldnt afford to continue at that time. Chinese have been doing their type of medicine thousands of years..there is no doubt there are a lot of truths and cures they can do
@@MetroidHunter100 thank you for proving my point 👏🏽
The word he uses (pi) in the context of Chinese medicine refers to the set of muscles that contract and relax to crush food in the stomach rather than just the single organ called spleen. It's usually translated as spleen but it's misleading and lost in translation
Many terms in traditional Chinese medicine are completely different from those in modern medicine, which is actually a translation error. For example, 脾胃(Pi and Wei, spleen and stomach) do not just correspond to the spleen and stomach, but generally refers to the whole digestive system, 胆(Dan, Bile) corresponds to the whole endocrine system, 肝(Gan, Liver) corresponds to the metabolic system, 心(Xin, Heart) The heart corresponds to the nervous system, 肺(Fei, Lung) corresponds to the engine system, 肾(Shen, Kidney) corresponds to reproductive system and gonad. Xiaoma is a little overweight for his age, he has some endocrine and metabolic problems, the master said that he had liver and gallbladder problems, it was true.
"A spleen grinds your food into powder form" 😂😂😂
Xiaoma looking quite soft and supple like a dumpling. I hope your holidays have been nice 😅
he plump :3
Weird part of the internet found on 10282023 :)
After being on the Internet for a while, watching a foot massage makes me feel weird, but as someone who has experienced one firsthand, it's one of the most relaxing massages there is
Honestly, how did you feel after the massage? Relaxed? Comfortable? Calm? Did you felt any pain afterwards? I have never been to such place. But I have watches movies portraying such places as a go-to place to destress and sooth aching muscles.
What an honor to receive a massage from a master like this.
Just hearing Arieh screaming at the top of his lungs is enough to get a laugh out of anybody.
The master speaking about pressure points, i felt it was soothing to watch.
I laughed all the way through. Best video yet! I sorta wished that massage dude was in my town.
5:30 - the moment he realized it's just some dude rubbing my legs.
this is one relaxing massage damn let him do a body massage he got a lot of knowledge
This is pretty easy to test out, take a guy who has early stage cirrhosis and see if they can identify the problem. And if he is able to cure the man or improve. Then you will know if this works or not.
ASMR and Chinese medicine knowledge 🤩 thankyou Xiaoma
"Be careful with him." They are afraid they are going to break you. I do love the faces.
I am not sure I fully understand everything. When they say problems with the liver, do they mean some kind of damage or is it more figurative. In either case, it might be worth a mention to your doctor at the next visit. Believe in it or not, they have enough personal experience to at least consider it.
A lot of this sounds like pseudo science to me, but, I never tire of watching massages, or listening to Xiaoma speak excellent Chinese.
I had a reflexology treatment once, and while she was doing my meridians, she actually discovered an issue that I already had a diagnosis for.
A broken clock is right twice a day@@chrismazz75
You're right! Reflexology like this is pseudoscience, with no actual scientific or medical data to back it up.
That's because it's VERY MUCH pseudoscience.
Before I proceed, know that I'm not going to be disrespectful to either camp. I just want to spread facts.
Yes, Chinese medicine, Qigong, Ayurveda, these are all pseudoscience with no basis in fact. The joke saying is if Chinese medicine worked, it would just be called "medicine".
With no prior research, if you want to know if something is rooted in facts, ask yourself if the person has to explain to you the results of what they're doing for you to feel them. A key aspect of science is ruling out the placebo effect specifically by determining the outcome of what a person experiences without bias. If you tell someone that rubbing their calf will get rid of their headache, the placebo effect may actually inform that feeling. And on the more extreme side, if someone massages your calf and suggests you have a bad liver, you can't validate their assessment because you wouldn't otherwise know that information without a liver function blood test.
Now that I've said that, I have--and continue to see--a reflexologist, have had acupuncture, and seen Chinese medicine practitioners. My acupuncturist has been a friend of mine for going on 15 years.
Do I see them because they provide medicine that treats symptoms or illnesses in a way that is measurable and rooted in science or fact?
No. No I don't.
Do I debate any of these individuals telling me about the health of my spleen or the "toxins" in my blood that they're nonsense and invalidated by my regular physicals, which I take very seriously?
No, that's rude. I don't visit them to have philosophical or scientific debates. There's a time and a place and I went to them. It's my responsibility to research and choose.
I visit them because I enjoy the experience, I feel better after, I enjoy the history behind the practice. Aside from spreading misinformation, they aren't only not harming anyone, they do make people feel better, not unlike a massage therapist. :) I should add however that acupuncture has not been definitively disproven as of yet. It's in a gray area and until it has been factually ruled out in peer-reviewed studies, I prefer not to say it does or does not factually work.
So...give it a shot if it sounds interesting! Don't get me wrong, I don't like misinformation of any kind or people who use anecdotal evidence to say something as widely varied as Chinese medicine "works". But in this respect, peer-reviewed data is readily available these days and every human should know not to believe everything they see or read without looking up the data themselves.
We're all just makin' it through life and this guy is trying to do it his way. I'm certain you'll at the very least have very nice feeling feel after a reflexology session. Plus, these guys aren't out here making a boat load of money or scamming people, so I'd venture the majority of them truly believe what they practice and want to help in their own way. There's positivity in that, and I respect that. Variety is the spice of life, after all.
Best wishes y'all! Stay happy and healthy!
Internal dampness... I'd interpret that as inflammation. Modern processed foods really hurt us in that fashion.
Dampness? The body is mostly water, for Pete's sake
Could be interpreted as water retention or something else
@@orls9068 could be interpreted as a scam.
Xiaoma speaks their language but laughs in agony in American.😂
I’ve had numerous foot massages before but none close to where this man has understood the… (couldn’t think of the word for) reflexology.
Reflexology aka "flimflamerry" I'm sure Dr. Horace Apples here would love to walk you through the process for a modest fee
@@Michael-el8nuYeah reflexology is nonsense
the amputated dude be like: well, my liver does not exist anymore lol
Pressure points are amazing, I know the headache relief ones very well. 😅
What a great interaction!
definitely do this one again, maybe with less giggles lol, this guy was great
You have really good conversation skills. You could ask interesting questions and make jokes without making him feel disrespected
Please be aware, massages don't fix livers or spleens. And relying on such medicine for severe liver issues could lead to your early death.
Quackery
Make your own video
@@Kaiparamudflats make your own original comment
"Ah! My liver!!!!" Is the greatest subtitle I've ever read
That was really interesting. I noticed it wasn't meant to cure as anything, but to diagnose problem areas in your body. My husband went to a Chinese massage/reflexologist DG or chronic arthritis as ND fibromyalgia pain. He thought it helped a lot. He told him to eat beets every day (?).
Beets increase blood circulation.
I am a very skeptical person, and don't believe in the internal medicine/energy aspect of Chinese medicine. But I do have major respect for their ability to use simple solutions for complex issues, such as massage for muscle pain and injury, something still done today in modern medicine, as well as their ability to find so many effective treatments via food, nutirtion, and herbs. Though I do wish they were more willing to let certain things go like using ivory and rhino horns as erection medicine, or pangolin scales for lactation.
If all of traditional Chinese medicine was food recommendations like beets and massage I would have zero issues because at worst people feel better unlike chiropractors who can actually kill you by doing it wrong and at best its no better than a massage.
@@EphemeralDust I agree. same thing really with beliefs in general. i'm an atheist myself but i find it very interesting how effective the placebo effect can be. its basically tricking your own mind into thinking something else. quite interesting
This was SO interesting! Would love to see more videos like this if possible 🙏
5:32 The spleen isn't a grinder - it doesn't have teeth - It's a filter!
And it’s not a filter for your food it’s more of filter for your blood and the most important lymphoid organ in your body. I’m like this guy is so confident and yet so wrong.
well you have to admire the guys confidence even if he doesn't have any idea how the human body works
14:42 This doesn't look right. You do not have spare shoulder joints. Be careful
He got the spleen and the gallbladder functions mixed up but he’s got the spirit
Mad respect for you bro :D much love happy holidays and new years . wish you great health too . Need me a foot massage like you got but for now a triggerpoint foot roller will do >~
the disclaimer at the start of this video makes it so much more enjoyable to watch than half the 'asmr' channels out there pretending rubbing dirt in their back will fix cancer
The way he said "im twisted like a pretzel" was sus as hell 😂
I have had these type of massages on my feet many times in Sydney Australia and the Chinese woman I go to is very knowledgeable. The massage hurts like hell but afterwards you feel like a new person. I normally sleep 2-3 hours after my foot massage. I would love to see how he focuses on your back :)
Can you actually feel anything in your organs? It's pretty hard to believe
Oh im in Sydney as well, any places you recommend? This looks extremely relaxing
That Looks AMAZING !!
I Want A Massage Next.
I studied some Chinese medicine many years ago. I find it made much, much more sense than most western medicine, because it deals with the whole body, not parts of it in isolation like western medicine. To hear that Indian and Chinese medicine systems are very close is no surprise to me - but nice to hear. Very educational. Thank you
All of these claims are totally wrong
Don’t need to be a Podiatrist to distrust this wizardry.
Why do they even have western medicine if they have this 😂 apparently much more effective than western medicine