What should I do about pediatric fall diarrhea?

  Autumn is a high season for diarrhea in infants and children, and this period is characterized by enteritis caused by viral gastrointestinal infections, of which rotavirus is the most typical, most like to invade infants and children between 6 months and 2 years old. Chinese medicine believes that diarrhea is mainly caused by external leakage, internal injury to milk and food, spleen and stomach weakness and spleen and kidney Yang deficiency.  ”Tui Na method can achieve the goal of strengthening the spleen and warming Yang, enhancing the function of intestinal tract to separate the turbidity, promoting the absorption of water in the large intestine and stopping diarrhea through slow and soft manipulation stimulation, which is suitable for self-learning operation at home. For mild diarrhea, massage should be done 1-2 times a day for 5 days as a course of treatment; for severe diarrhea, medication should be given as the main treatment, together with massage treatment, twice a day. The baby should be comfortable and happy when being pushed.  The first part of the operation: hand operation Tonic spleen: with the child sitting or lying on his back, hold the child’s thumb with the index and middle fingers and push the thumb in a circular motion about 300 times on the threaded surface of the end of the thumb. When pushing, the force surface is spiral, and the movement should be even, not unstable from side to side; Tonic Large Intestine: push the tip of the child’s index finger along the radial side of the index finger to the root of the index finger in a straight line about 200 times; Part 2: abdominal operations Navel and Tianshu rub: with the child lying on his back and legs slightly bent, use the index, middle and ring fingers to place them on the three acupuncture points and do circular rubbing 200 times. The technique should be light to heavy, moderate in strength, not rubbing on the surface; abdominal massage: use the palm of the hand or four fingers to do counterclockwise circular motions throughout the abdomen of the child for 5 minutes. The action should be gentle, coordinated and relaxed, with force on the surface of the body; Part III: lower limb operations One hand to hold the lower leg of the child, one hand with the end of the thumb to rub the foot three points for 1 minute; Part IV: back operations Rub the tail of the turtle: the child lying prone, with the end of the fingers of one hand force, the end of the tail vertebrae obliquely upward to rub 200 times. The nails should be clipped and the movements should be gentle, avoiding the anus; pushing the upper seven bones: use the radial side of the thumb to push the end of the caudal vertebrae of the child along the spine in a straight line up to the 4th lumbar vertebra 200 times. When pushing, the force surface is a straight line in a single direction, the action should be fast; pinch the spine: pinch the skin of the back of the child’s spine, from the tail of the turtle up along the midline of the spine straight pinch to the neck, pinch while moving upward, every pinch three times and then lift the pinch upward once, repeat the operation 10 times. The action should be consistent, the force should be uniform, not twisted.