Asia

🇹🇭Thailand

Thai Massage (Nuad Thai)

タイ古式マッサージ（ヌアッドタイ）นวดไทย / นวดแผนโบราณ

Nuad Thai is the name used for traditional Thai massage. It can combine pressure over clothing and assisted stretching. Sen belongs to its traditional understanding of the body; practice varies by school and setting.

Pressure · Stretch · Herbal

🇮🇩Bali (Indonesia)

Balinese Massage

バリニーズマッサージPijat Bali

A name used for oil massage in Balinese spas and other settings, often combining long strokes, kneading and scent. Local everyday care and tourism-spa menus should not be treated as identical traditions.

Oil · Pressure · Herbal

🇵🇭Philippines

Hilot (Filipino Traditional Healing)

ヒロット（フィリピン伝統療法）

A name for traditional care carried forward in the Philippines. Practices may include manual work, herbs and family care. Knowledge and explanations among practitioners known as manghihilot vary locally; spa wellness massage does not represent the whole tradition.

Oil · Herbal · Heat · Pressure

🇯🇵Japan

Shiatsu

指圧指圧（しあつ）

A practice developed in Japan using pressure with fingers, palms and other forms of contact, often over clothing. Namikoshi and Masunaga traditions illustrate differences in teaching and understandings of the body; no single intensity or benefit defines them all.

Pressure · Stretch

🇯🇵Japan

Anma

あん摩按摩（あんま）

A manual practice carried forward in Japan with historical connections to Chinese anmo. It combines kneading, stroking and pressure, often over clothing. The contributions of practitioners with visual impairments are an important part of its history.

Pressure · Percussion

🇨🇳China

Tui Na

推拿（すいな）推拿

Manual practices developed within Chinese traditional medicine, including pushing, grasping, kneading and rolling. They are described using concepts such as meridians and qi and blood. Introducing those concepts is separate from making medical judgements about symptoms.

Pressure · Stretch · Tool

🇯🇵Japan

Facial Massage and Kobido

フェイシャルマッサージと古美道古美道（こびどう）

Kobido is a name and system associated with Japanese facial manual work, including descriptions of quick finger movements and kneading. It is not a synonym for all facial massage; lineage accounts and use of the name require individual verification.

Face · Head · Lymph

🇮🇳Kerala (India)

Ayurvedic Massage (Abhyanga)

アーユルヴェーダ・マッサージ（アビヤンガ）अभ्यङ्ग (Abhyaṅga)

Oil-based manual work within Ayurveda, involving the spreading of oil, stroking and kneading. Its role differs in household routines, specialist facilities and spas. Concepts such as dosha are presented as explanations within that tradition.

Oil · Herbal · Heat

🇮🇳India

Indian Head Massage

インディアンヘッドマッサージचंपी (Champi)

A name connected with head care in India and seated practices developed in Britain and elsewhere. Work may include the scalp, neck and shoulders. Household champi and taught systems such as Champissage should be explored without assuming they are identical.

Head · Pressure · Face

🏔️Tibet

Ku Nye (Tibetan Massage)

クニェ（チベット伝統マッサージ）བསྐུ་མཉེ་ (bsku mnye)

Ku Nye is the manual therapy of Sowa Rigpa, Tibetan traditional medicine, in three stages: ku, anointing with warm medicated oil or butter; nye, kneading, pressure and joint movement; and chi, wiping the oil away with flour. Recorded in the Four Tantras (Gyud Zhi) compiled between the 8th and 12th centuries, it uses heated stones and herbal compresses alongside the hands, on a theory of balancing the three humours (lung, tripa, beken). It is taught today in Dharamsala, in Tibet and at schools in Europe.

Oil · Herbal · Stone · Heat

🇮🇳Kerala (India)

Four-Hands and Multi-Hands Massage

フォーハンズ／マルチハンズマッサージFour hands massage

A format in which several practitioners work with one recipient at the same time. Two-practitioner work in Ayurveda and contemporary spa menus each have their own contexts. More hands do not imply greater benefit; consent, coordination and comfortable pacing matter.

Oil

🇮🇳Kerala (India)

Chavutti Thirumal

チャヴッティ・ティルマル（足圧オイルマッサージ）ചവിട്ടി ഉഴിച്ചിൽ

Foot · Oil · Stretch