推法是推拿手法中的主要手法之一，但由于历史原因和不同的学术流派已将推法衍化出许多不同的动作和名称。按其原意，“推者，一指推去而不返，……”。也就是说用拇指或手掌或其他部位着力于人体某一穴位或某一部位上，作单方向的直线或弧形移动，称之谓推法。推法在成人推拿里应用主要是平推法。在小儿推拿里应用有直推、分推、旋推等多种方法，这有待于在小儿推拿有关章节中学习。成人推法中，有以拇指为力点的，称拇指平推法；有以手掌为力点的，称掌平推法；有以用拳为力点的，称拳平推法；有以用肘尖为力点的，称为肘平推法。平推法是作直线的单向运动，体表受力较大，但推行速度相对缓慢。其意是推动气血的运行。
Tui is one of the main Tui Na techniques, but due to historical reasons and different academic schools, tui FA has evolved many different actions and names. According to its original meaning, "the pusher means to push away without returning,...". That is to say, using the thumb or palm or other parts to focus on a certain acupoint or a certain part of the human body to move in a single direction in a straight line or an arc is called pushing method. Push method is mainly used in adult massage. There are many methods in children's massage, such as direct push, split push, rotary push and so on, which need to be studied in related chapters of children's massage. Among the adult push methods, those with thumb as the force point are called thumb flat push method; those with palm as the force point are called palm flat push method; those with fist as the force point are called fist flat push method; those with elbow tip as the force point are called elbow flat push method. The horizontal pushing method is a one-way movement of a straight line, which bears a large force on the body surface, but its speed is relatively slow. It means to promote the movement of Qi and blood.