How to massage a child with a white thick tongue

A child with a thick white tongue coating is a typical sign of weakness of the spleen and stomach, which often suggests the presence of food stagnation (the accumulation of indigested food in the stomach) or phlegm-dampness, which can be treated by kneading the Panmen, clearing the stomach meridian, clearing the large intestine, pushing the spleen meridian, rubbing the abdomen, and kneading the spine in order to alleviate the symptoms. 1. Kneading the Panmen, Panmen point is located in the middle of the big fissure (i.e., the metacarpal bone where the thumbs are connected to the thick muscle), you can use your thumb to press and knead the Panmen point. 2. Clear the stomach meridian, the stomach meridian is located in the big fish in the red and white meat intersection (i.e., the thumb metacarpal bone of the back of the hand and the heart of the hand at the junction of the skin), from the child’s wrist transverse stripe to the root of the thumb finger push. 3. Clearing the large intestine, the large intestine meridian is located on the radial side of the index finger (against the thumb side), from the root of the finger to the fingertip of the direction of the push and rub. 4. Push the spleen meridian, the spleen meridian is located in the radial edge of the thumb, with the thumb finger from the tip of the finger straight to the heel of the finger, both hands respectively. 5. Abdominal kneading, you can press and knead the child’s abdomen clockwise, with the whole palm or the root of the palm on the child’s abdomen, the force penetrates into the whole abdomen. 6. Chiropractic, hands pinch the child’s spine on both sides of the side of the 1.5-inch open skin, starting from the tailbone, from the bottom up hands alternately pinch. It should be noted that pediatric massage needs to be operated by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, please parents do not operate on their own, to avoid the massage technique is not right, damage to the child’s body.