What are the massage techniques for cough with phlegm

When treating cough with phlegm through tuina, it is necessary to meet certain treatment indications, that is, this kind of symptom is not caused by foreign bodies in the airway, tumor, tuberculosis, etc. When using tuina to treat the lungs and stop cough (to promote the lungs to stop coughing and calm wheezing), the commonly used tuina techniques include pressing tian tu, rubbing the danzhong, rubbing the windgate, and pressing the lungs, etc., and the specific tuina techniques need to be added or subtracted according to the disease. The basic massage techniques for treating cough with phlegm are divided into two types: supine position and prone position, the former presses and kneads the tianchu and nipple root 50 times each, and presses and kneads the danzhong 100 times; the latter presses and kneads the bilateral windgate and the bilateral lung yu 100 times each, and then gently rubs the spine from top to bottom 3-5 times. Depending on the disease, if it is wind-cold cough, on the basis of the basic massage method, add the techniques of dispelling wind and dispersing cold (dispelling wind and dispersing cold), such as taking the wind pool and the Hegu 5 times each, and taking the shoulder wells 10 times, etc.; if it is wind-heat cough, knead the danzhong 100 times for 50 times, and then add the techniques of promoting the lungs and clearing up the heat, such as pushing the bilateral lung yu for 100 times, and pushing the spine for 100 times. If for phlegm-heat cough, change the basic massage method of rubbing the bilateral lung Yu 100 times for 100 times to push the lung Yu, and then increase the heat and phlegm massage techniques, such as pushing the lower seven bones 100 times, rubbing the turtle’s tail 100 times, etc.; if for phlegm-dampness cough, you need to increase the phlegm dampness massage techniques, such as rubbing and pressing the two points of the Fenglong, the foot Sanli for 30 seconds each. Before using massage to treat cough, you need to go to a regular hospital for examination to clarify the cause of the disease, so as to carry out targeted massage. If the symptoms are serious, other methods of treatment should be combined, do not delay the condition.