How to massage a child’s cough with phlegm

When a child has a cough with phlegm, it is divided into wind-cold cough and wind-heat cough, and the tui-na technique is different. In the case of wind-cold cough, the child will have a cough, cough phlegm, thin white phlegm, fever, fear of cold, and no sweat. The basic tui-na technique is to push San Guan 300 times, then push Feng Ji and Hegu points 100 times each, and then push the solar plexus 300 times. If the child has a wind-heat cough, he or she will have a cough, cough up yellow phlegm, cough up phlegm poorly, have a sore throat, have fever, sweat, and have a thin yellow tongue coating. The treatment is the basic technique plus pushing the lung meridian 300 times, pushing the six internal organs 300 times, then rubbing the dazhi point for 2 minutes, using the thumbs to do the pressing and rubbing method on the shoulder well point 10 times, and finally using the thumbs and index and middle fingers of both hands to pinch and hold 5 times. If the child has a cough with white and abundant phlegm, use the basic technique plus tonic spleen meridian 300 times, then pinch and knead the four transverse lines for 4 minutes and transport the inner bagua 100 times.