Pediatric Tuina Massage to Combat Common Diseases

Pediatric massage has a long history, rich in content, significant therapeutic effect, painless, no toxic side effects, easy for children to accept, to develop children’s intelligence, promote growth and development, improve resistance to disease, and to protect children’s healthy growth has a good effect. In addition to the good therapeutic effect of pediatric massage, there is a very good health care function, often using pediatric health massage, can enhance the physical fitness of the child, improve the child’s ability to resist disease, very applicable to the family. Among them, pediatric massage three-character sutra school with its fewer acupuncture points, simple techniques, easy to operate, easy to learn, high therapeutic effect and widely used. The following is a description of several common disease prevention and treatment of massage massage techniques: 1, cold (cold prevention): (1) clear Tianhe Shui: forearm palm side of the center, from the wrist cross stripe to the elbow cross stripe into a straight line, from the wrist cross stripe upward to the elbow cross stripe, 150 to 200 times per minute, push for three to five minutes. (2) Clearing the lung meridian: palm surface of the ring finger, push from the root of the finger to the tip of the finger 150 to 200 times per minute, push for 3 to 5 minutes. (3) Leveling the liver: palm surface of the index finger, push from the root of the finger to the tip of the finger 150 to 200 times per minute, push for 3 to 5 minutes. (4) Chiropractic: pinch the spine 5 times under the tailbone and up the spine to the large vertebrae point (when the head is bowed, the most raised point of the cervical vertebrae, which is called the seventh cervical vertebrae in medicine). (5) Rub Yingxiang point: 0.5 inches next to the nose, 1 minute. 2, cough: (1) transport gossip: palm surface, palm of the perimeter. Palm as the center of the circle, from the center of the circle to the middle finger root transverse lines of about 2/3 as a radius, draw a circle, pinch the fingers of the child with the left hand, with the right thumb in the palm of the child to do a clockwise circle movement push transport for 3 to 5 minutes. (2) Clearing the lungs: 3 to 5 minutes. (3) Calming the Liver: 3 to 5 minutes. (4) Clearing Tianhe Shui: 3 to 5 minutes. (5) Wind-cold type plus kneading a nest of wind: dorsal side of the wrist, in the depression in the center of the transverse carpal stripe, kneading for 3 to 5 minutes. (6) Wind-heat type plus retreating the six viscera: the ulnar side of the forearm, pushing from the head of the elbow horizontal stripe to the head of the wrist horizontal stripe, 3 to 5 minutes. 3, anorexia: (1) kneading plate door: under the thumb, palmar surface of the intertriginous muscles in the middle point, gently knead for 5 minutes. (2) clearing and tonifying the spleen and stomach: thumb fingertips to the transverse lines of the wrist, push back and forth for 3 to 5 minutes. (3) Transporting Bagua: 3 to 5 minutes. (4) Chiropractic: 3 to 5 times. (5) Mo Abdomen: four fingers or palm on the abdomen of the child around the umbilicus to do circular movements, clockwise Mo Abdomen 3 ~ 5 minutes. 4, diarrhea: (1) tonifying spleen meridian: 3 to 5 minutes. (2) Rubbing the door of the plate: 3 to 5 minutes. (3) Transport Bagua: 2 to 3 minutes. (4) clearing and tonifying the large intestine: the radial edge of the index finger. Push back and forth from the fingertip to the tiger’s mouth for 3 to 5 minutes. (5) Mo Abdomen: Use the palm or four fingers or the whole hand to gently press against the abdomen, slowly move counterclockwise and make circular movements around the umbilicus, 30-50 times. (6) Rubbing the Turtle’s Tail: The Turtle’s Tail point is located in the lower depression of the end of the tailbone. The end of the middle finger touches the point inwardly and upwardly, and the kneading method is performed for 3-5 minutes. (7) Pushing the seven bones: the fourth lumbar vertebrae to the end of the tailbone in a straight line. Take the prone position, push from the bottom upward, 200-400 times. Pediatric Tui Na is generally 7 days for a course of treatment, 1-2 times a day, rest for three days can be the next course of treatment. As Chinese medicine focuses on evidence-based treatment, pediatric massage also needs to identify the evidence, if the baby’s condition is complex, you need to go to the hospital to find a doctor’s guidance. Moms and dads do a massage for the baby every day, not only can enhance the baby’s physical fitness, but also can enhance the parent-child relationship.