In 1950s, the book about massage therapy was Tuina of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which was compiled by Tuina Medical College affiliated to Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It introduced 70 indications in 6 categories in detail. Including 12 rheumatism: rheumatic fever, scapulohumeral periarthritis, knee arthritis, sciatica, rheumatic lumbago, rheumatism of the back and limbs, stiff neck, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis of hip joint, hypertrophic spondylitis, arthritis gout, and cheek pain; There are 32 kinds of medical diseases: headache, cold, heatstroke, epilepsy, hypertension, hemiplegia, paralysis of encephalitis sequela, facial paralysis, median nerve paralysis, limb spasm, gastrocnemius spasm, tuberculosis, emphysema, chronic diarrhea (including colon allergy), constipation, abdominal pain, gastric and duodenal ulcer, gastroptosis, epigastric pain, gastrospasm and nervous vomiting. Six gynecological diseases: pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine prolapse, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, breast addiction, habitual abortion; There are three kinds of pediatric diseases: sequela of poliomyelitis, convulsion and dyspepsia; Orthopedic diseases 10 kinds: traumatic low back pain, disc herniation, various joint sprains, cervical subluxation, stenosing tenosynovitis of radial styloid process, shoulder crush injury, sequelae of thoracic surgery, traumatic aphonia, gas injury and concussion; There are seven kinds of surgical diseases: salivation, filariasis, scrofula, carbuncle, ophthalmia (blepharitis), tonsillitis and uvula prolapse. Among them, tuberculosis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, carbuncle, lymphadenopathy, filariasis and so on. Those who were previously listed as contraindications to massage were all included in this textbook on the basis of affirming the clinical efficacy.

In addition, the representative works of massage therapy published in this period include: Introduction to Massage Therapy (Jiang Jingbo, 1955), A New Edition of Massage (Qu Zuyi, 1959) and Massage Therapy (Lu et al., People's Health Publishing House, 1959). 1959), simple massage therapy (Tuina School affiliated to Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 1960), massage therapy (Chinese Medicine Hospital affiliated to Anhui Medical College, People's Health Publishing House, 1960), massage therapy (Haiyang Branch of Rushan County People's Hospital, Shandong People's Publishing House).

Since 1970s, the development of massage medicine has obviously accelerated. The clinic, teaching and scientific research of massage are in full swing. Most Chinese medicine hospitals have massage departments or massage programs, and the number of massage practitioners has greatly increased. There are more than 20 medical colleges and universities in China with massage (massage) specialty. Tuina academic activities are becoming increasingly active. He has published many unique monographs on bone injury massage, such as Massage Therapy and Medical Exercise, Li Massage Therapy, Manipulation of Bone Songs, Practical Manual of Bone Setting Massage, Massage Therapy for Neck, Shoulder, Lumbago and Leg Pain, Color Atlas of Soft Tissue Injury Treatment Techniques, Massage Therapy for Dislocation of Injured Tendons, Prevention and Treatment of Periarthritis of Shoulder, Massage Therapy for Lumbago and Leg Pain, etc. At the same time, it also published monographs on gynecology and infantile tuina, practical internal medicine tuina, infantile tuina therapy, infantile tuina, three-character classic of infantile tuina seeking truth and China infantile tuina.

In this period, in addition to the above-mentioned massage works, other important massage therapies and comprehensive massage works include Massage Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Massage Therapy, Yang Qingshan Massage Experience Collection, Qilu Massage Medicine, Massage Therapy, Practical Massage Therapy, Practical Acupuncture Massage Therapy, Zang-fu Meridian Massage, Massage of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Massage of China, etc. Tuina Therapy, Tuina Therapy for All Diseases, China Tuina, China Tuina Therapy, Tuina Masterpieces, China Tuina Masterpieces, Hundred Tuina Experience Collections, Practical Tuina Manual, Practical Tuina, Tuina Brochure and Application and Research of Modern Chinese Medicine.