”This is a proverb handed down from ancient times and known to the common people as a summary of experience in raising children. The word means that to ensure the health and safety of the child, you should not give the child too much food and wear too thick.
(A) Physiological characteristics of children
Chinese medicine believes that because children are in the process of growth and development, among the five organs of the human body, namely the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, three organs are deficient in children, namely the spleen, lungs and kidneys. It is because of the imperfect development of the spleen and stomach in children, the digestion and absorption function is weaker than that of adults, and once overfed, food accumulation can easily occur, which leads to illness in children. Modern medicine also believes that children who overeat and eat too much not only increase the burden on the child’s gastrointestinal tract, but also affect the child’s gastrointestinal peristalsis and secretion of digestive juices, often appear some abdominal distension, abdominal pain, constipation, sleep disturbance symptoms, and even long-term overeating, is to make the child’s digestive function overload work, and over time the gastrointestinal strike, thus appearing food accumulation, and even develop into The appetite loss and anorexia. Furthermore, we therefore advocate that children should not eat too much, especially not too much for dinner. Some children eat in kindergarten, and when they go home, they follow the adults to eat another meal, which leads to children over-eating and not digesting, they will accumulate food, and children will have bad breath, constipation, restless sleep, rolling over, clenching and grinding of teeth, thick and greasy tongue, and a sour smell in the mouth in the morning. Chinese medicine says this is a symptom of dampness and heat stagnation due to overeating. When the child’s body is in this internal environmental state of food stagnation and heat, and then infected by viruses and bacteria, it is easy to get sick.
This is also the case with clothing, wearing too thick, not only the child’s activities are restricted, and because the child’s metabolism is more vigorous, it is easy to sweat, cold, but easy to get sick, especially many of the older generation of grandparents, grandmothers, grandma, grandpa, from a sense of self, their own fear of cold also give the child covered tightly. In fact, we just need to feel the child’s little hands to not be cold for the degree.
(2) What should I do if my child has symptoms of food stagnation?
Once a child has accumulated food, he or she should use some food therapy or medicine to eliminate the problem.
1.Commonly used Chinese medicine for children to help digestion: such as children’s food pills, large hawthorn pill, etc.
2.Food therapy methods
①Eating elimination tea: 10g orange peel, 10g lotus leaf, 10g fried hawthorn, 10g fried malt, boil with water for 30 minutes, take the juice and drink as tea.
②Sanxian Soup: Take 30g of Jiao Sanxian (Jiao Shen, Jiao Ma Ma Ma Ma, Jiao Shanzha, which are available in pharmacies), add water and boil it, then take the juice and drink it.
3.External treatment methods.
Tuina: clearing the stomach meridian, rubbing the Panmun, transporting the internal Bagua, rubbing and pressing the middle and large intestines.
① Clear the stomach meridian
Location: the radial side of the large fissure of the hand, thumb to the heel of the palm.
Operation: Push the thumb from the root of the palm to the thumb 100-300 times.
②Knead Panmen
Location: The plane of the large fissure of the hand.
Operation: Use the thumb to push from the root of the finger to the transverse wrist 100-300 times.
③Run the inner bagua
Location: The circle formed by taking the palm of the hand as the center, from the center of the circle to about 2/3 of the horizontal stripe of the root of the middle.
Operation: knead and transport 100-300 times clockwise with the thumb.
④Knead the middle epiglottis
Location: 4 inches above the umbilicus, from the lower end of the sternum to the midpoint of the navel connection.
Operation: push and knead 100-300 times.
⑤ Clear the large intestine.
Location: radial edge of index finger.
Operation: push from the hand tiger mouth to the direction of the finger tip, push 100-300 times.
⑥Pediatric pinching
Pinching is a special treatment applied to digestive system diseases in pediatrics in Chinese medicine. It is characterized by internal disease and external treatment, less medicine and specialized power, easy operation and strong practicality. Because the benign stimulation produced by pinching the skin tissue on the back of a child’s spine to treat a certain disease, so called pediatric chiropractic, also known as chiropractic.
[Main effects]
(1) Promotes growth and weight gain in children.
(2) Active hematopoietic function.
(3) Improve malnutrition and hypoproteinemia in children.
(4) Promote digestive function with recovery and improve digestive dysfunction.
(5) Regulating the meridians and adjusting the functions of the internal organs.
[Operation principles]
The site of pinching: the middle of the backbone, both sides of the Governor’s vein from the large vertebrae to the end of the tailbone.
Pinching position: remove the child’s shirt and lie prone on the bed, exposing the entire back. You should strive to lie flat and upright.
Basic Technique: Pinch from the indentation of the tailbone, and pinch upward to the neck, usually from the bottom to the top. At the beginning, do not exceed 5 times each time, the technique should be light; when the child slowly adapt to it, and then gradually add more force to the hand, increase the number of times, but each time the maximum should not exceed 10 times. Pinch accumulation of two specific techniques, you can choose one: (1) hands of the middle finger, ring finger, pinky finger into a half fist, index finger half flexed, thumb straight, thumb finger aligned with the second knuckle radial side of the index finger, tiger mouth forward, both hands of the index finger against the skin and push forward to push the skin up, and then both hands of the thumb, index finger pinch up the skin. (2) with the thumb of the radial side of the top of the skin, the middle index finger pressed forward, the thumb, index and middle fingers hold the end of the skin and pinch up, while lifting slightly harder to take, alternating hands move forward. After the completion of chiropractic, the child’s back muscles are more tense, then use the palm of the hand from above, along the spine to the two sides of the sub-push; and then finally along the child’s armpits gently down the wipe 5 times, to play the role of broad chest and Qi.
The following is a breakdown of the chiropractic technique.
①Push The operator’s palm upwards, with the dorsal side of the second and third index finger of both hands against the skin of the child’s back in the middle of the spine, from the bottom up evenly and quickly push forward. Note that the pushing force should not be too violent, if the force is too violent, it is easy to slip off.
On the basis of the above pushing method, the operator cooperates with both thumbs and index fingers to pinch and hold the skin of the child’s mid-back spine. Note that the area and force of the skin pinching should be moderate. If the pinching area is too large and the force is too violent, the child will feel pain, and if the pinching area is too small and the force is too light, the child’s skin will be easily loosened, and there will be little stimulation, which will affect the healing effect.
③ twisting The operator pinches the skin of the child’s back in the middle of the spine based on the thumb and index finger cooperation, twisting the child’s skin forward, moving the part of the operation, alternating between the left and right hands. Note that the left and right hands should be coordinated, do not deviate from the median spine when twisting forward, the twisting force should be even and moderate, do not pause in the middle and do not let go, and operate from the tailbone to the large vertebrae point in one go.
④ Release It is after the combined action of the above three techniques of pushing, pinching and twisting, the pinched skin returns to its original state as the pinching part is pushed forward.
⑤ Lift The operator, from the fifth time of pinching, lifts the skin of the internal organs at the dorsal Yu points of the foot sun bladder meridian (large intestine Yu, kidney Yu, Sanjiao Yu, stomach Yu, spleen Yu, liver Yu, diaphragm Yu, heart Yu and lung Yu) on both sides of the governor vein of the child, using the thumb and index finger of both hands to cooperate to lift the skin of the internal organs at the dorsal Yu points respectively, with a heavier force on the basis of pinching and pulling backwards and upwards, in order to strengthen the stimulation of the internal organs points on the back and adjust the internal organs of the child This will strengthen the stimulation of the internal organs of the back and adjust the function of the internal organs of the child. Note that the lifting force should vary from person to person, depending on the child’s age and nutritional status. In the process of heavy lifting some can make a crisp sound. If the child is also irritable and restless at night, the Heart Yu and Liver Yu should be lifted; if the child has a distended abdomen, undigested milk and food in the stool, constipation and sour breath, the Sanjiao Yu should be lifted.
(6) Rubbing and pressing These two techniques are applied at the same time. After the operator has finished kneading the child’s spine, he uses the thumbs of both hands to rub at the child’s Kidney Yu point, while applying a certain amount of pressure downward with the thumbs as appropriate, that is, there is pressure in the rubbing and rubbing in the pressing. Note that the downward pressure of the thumbs should not be too strong, otherwise the child will feel pain.
[Caution]
(1) Children with boils on the back, trauma or certain serious skin diseases with broken skin on the back are forbidden to be treated with pinch accumulation.
(2) Children with certain serious heart diseases, which may be aggravated by the crying of the child during the operation or may even have an accidental danger, are prohibited to be treated by pinching.
(3) Children with certain congenital neurological disorders, or acquired central nervous system due to infection, trauma and obvious damage, manifesting as obvious mental retardation, are prohibited to pinch treatment.
(4) The child suffers from certain bleeding disorders. Because of the chiropractic back or because the child cries, may aggravate the local or systemic bleeding tendency, prohibit chiropractic treatment.
(5) The child is suffering from some acute febrile diseases, also not suitable for simultaneous chiropractic treatment.
(6) Avoid eating kidney beans, vinegar, crab and indigestible food during the treatment period.
(7) Avoid eating greasy and cold foods during the treatment period.
[Mechanism of action]
Chinese medicine believes that the human body is a whole, the various components of the human body through the meridian system in the tissue structure, physiological function, pathological changes in the existence of a unified and complete connection, pinch accumulation therapy to stimulate specific parts of the body surface and acupuncture points, can stimulate and guide the meridian system, regulate the physiological and pathological state of our body, so as to achieve the purpose of treatment. To summarize, pinch accumulation has the following functions.
1, balance yin and yang
Chinese medicine considers yin and yang, a generalization of the positive and negative aspects of things interrelated in nature that are in opposition to each other. The unity of our body with the external environment and the balance and coordination of the body’s internal environment is the basis of human health, and if various reasons lead to the disorder of the body, it can cause the occurrence and development of disease. The principle of TCM treatment is to adjust the body’s yin and yang to a state of relative balance. This is precisely the role of the pinch therapy. The back and abdomen of the human body are divided into yin and yang, with the back of the human body being yang and the abdomen being yin. The back of the human body is Yang, and the abdomen is Yin. The back of the human body is Yang, and the abdomen is Yin.
2, reconciliation of Qi, blood and fluids
Chinese medicine believes that qi, blood and fluids are the material basis for the composition of the human body and the maintenance of normal life activities of the body. Qi has the role of promoting, warming, etc.; blood, fluid, has the role of nourishing, moistening. The physiological activities of our body’s organs, meridians and tissues depend on the normal function of qi, blood and fluids, so abnormal function of the body’s qi, blood and fluids will lead to the occurrence of human diseases. There are many important acupuncture points in the middle of the back of the body, such as the lung, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidney, large intestine and small intestine, etc. The direct action of pinching therapy on these acupuncture points can achieve the effect of nourishing the innate kidney essence, nourishing the acquired spleen and stomach, as well as regulating the lungs and the intestines, thus promoting the production of qi, blood and fluids. This can promote the production of qi, blood and fluids and harmonize them.
3.Adjust the function of the internal organs
Chinese medicine believes that the internal organs are the important organs of human life activities. The human body is centered on the five viscera, together with the six internal organs, with qi, blood and fluid as the material basis, forming the five functional systems of the human body, which are inseparable in form and structure, coordinated with each other in physiological function activities, interconnected in material metabolism, and mutually affected in pathology. The body surface of human body is closely related to the internal organs, and the lesions of the internal organs can directly reflect the corresponding symptoms on the body surface, while the stimulation of certain parts of the body can have certain effects on the functional activities of the internal organs. If the function of the internal organs is damaged, it will lead to the development of diseases. Pinching therapy can improve and adjust the functional activities of the internal organs by stimulating the back of the human body surface, so that the dysfunction of the internal organs can reach a balanced state again, thus achieving the purpose of treatment.
4.Regulate meridians
Chinese medicine believes that the human body meridians are spread throughout the body, with the function of running qi and blood, communicating between inside and outside, connecting the limbs and internal organs, and contacting all the organs, organs, orifices and skin, tendons and bones of the human body. When the physiological function of the meridians is impaired, the qi and blood will be out of balance and disease will occur. Through manipulation, we can improve the function of the meridians, adjust the function of the organs and tissues of the body, promote the production and operation of Qi and blood, thus making the five organs of the body peaceful and harmonious, unblocking all the veins and preventing the occurrence of diseases in the body.
Pinching therapy works on the middle part of the back of the body, where the Directing Vessel and the Foot and Sun Meridian of the Bladder flow. Pinching therapy works on the Directing Vessel and the Foot and Sun Meridian of the Bladder to promote the growth and development of the child and improve the body’s defense against disease.
①Du chakra
According to Chinese medicine, Yang energy has the functions of warming, gasification and defense, and is the driving force of the body’s material metabolism and life activities, and is the determining factor of human growth and development. The rapid growth and development of children, vigorous vitality and strong yang energy can promote the growth and development of organs and organs and improve the body’s defense against diseases. Pinching and accumulation therapy acts on the back of the body right in the middle acting on the Directing Vessel, which can invigorate and promote the Yang energy of the body, encourage the flow of Qi and blood, and the vaporization of fluids, promote the growth and development of the child, eliminate food accumulation, phlegm and dampness and other pathological products, and achieve the purpose of treatment.
②Foot Sun Bladder Meridian
The foot solar bladder meridian is the longest circulating meridian in the body [4], is the main table of the sun, is known as the giant yang, and is the body’s first barrier against disease. In addition, the foot solar bladder meridian travels to the back and is distributed with many dorsal points of the internal organs. The dorsal points are located on both sides of the Directing Vessel, and their main function is to support the vital organs, regulate their functions, and mainly treat diseases of the internal organs. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the backbone of the body, and the spleen and stomach acupoints regulate the digestive and absorption functions of the spleen and stomach to promote appetite and food digestion and absorption in children. The body’s qi is smoothly lifted and lowered, so the diet is normal and the food is tasty; the lung acupoint and large intestine acupoint are in charge of descending, which together promote the smooth flow of the six internal organs and the smooth flow of the digestive tract, so the bowel movements are normal; the heart acupoint and liver acupoint are in charge of calming the mind, so the child does not cry at night and is anxious; the kidney is in charge of bone and marrow production and growth and development, which is the origin of the innate nature; the kidney acupoint adjusts the function of the kidney, so growth and development are normal. At the same time, the spleen and stomach and the kidney have the physiological basis of mutual supplementation and support. The spleen and stomach are the sea of water and grain, and the production of qi and blood can enrich the kidney essence; the kidney harbors essence and is the master of the true fire of the vital gate, and the warmth of the kidney yang can strengthen the spleen yang. Pinching therapy works on the middle of the back to regulate the qi of the foot solar bladder meridian, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidney and adjusting the function of the internal organs.
In summary, pinching therapy is guided by the theory of Chinese medicine, through the back skin pinching to stimulate the Governor’s vein and the foot solar bladder meridian, regulate the meridians, balance yin and yang, adjust the internal organs, so as to achieve the purpose of prevention and treatment.
[Kneading therapy for the range of diseases]
1. Applicable diseases
At present, with the continuous research and development of Tui Na discipline in Chinese medicine, the treatment scope of pinching accumulation is also expanding, and in recent years, there are more and more reports of pinching accumulation treating various systems of pediatric diseases. The treatment of chancre was originally used to treat children’s chancre, but with the progress of society and the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, the incidence of chancre in children is becoming less and less. In addition, it is also effective in treating diarrhea, constipation, nocturnal cry, abdominal pain, iron deficiency anemia (weak spleen and stomach), feeding intolerance and gastroesophageal reflux cough in premature infants; it is also effective in preventing mood disorders, enuresis, non-acute attacks of recurrent respiratory infections, remission of asthma in children. It is also effective in the improvement of pediatric allergic rhinitis and pediatric qi deficiency physique.
2.Preventive health care
Pinching therapy can also help to promote the growth and development of healthy children, improve physical quality and enhance the ability to resist diseases, and can play a role in strengthening the spleen and stomach, consolidating the lung and guard, reassuring the mind and benefiting the heart.