Abs and Stomach Massage

by Dawn H.
(Dearborn Heights, MI)

Mr. Matthew Scott,
I read your entire page on the Abs and Stomach Massage technique and I'm not clear on one thing. In what direction do you rub the circles on your abdomen for diarrhea and for constipation? On your page, for one you say anti-clockwise and for the other you say counter-clockwise. Don't those both mean the same thing?
My father is suffering from terminal liver cancer and he is taking medication that gives him painful diarrhea. Nothing so far has helped to relieve this, so I wanted to try your Ab Massage. Which way do I rub his abdomen to relieve his diarrhea? Do I massage around his belly button first and then slowly make wider circles?