Cough is a common symptom of respiratory diseases, mostly secondary to colds, and is often triggered by climate change. It occurs in winter and spring. Modern medicine considers coughing to be a reflexive movement of the respiratory defense and a protective response of the body. Various diseases such as upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia and whooping cough can cause coughing. Chinese medicine classifies coughs into two main categories: external and internal injuries. Coughs caused by external influenza are mostly caused by wind, which is the longest of all diseases, and is often accompanied by cold, heat, dryness and dampness, attacking the lung meridians through the skin, hair or nose and causing the lung to lose its air circulation and purification, resulting in a cough. Internal coughs are most often caused by a long-standing or untreated external cough, or a weak lung, or a disease of the spleen or kidney that involves the lungs. If the external cough does not heal, the evil spreads to the lungs and turns into heat, which burns the fluid into phlegm, and then the phlegm and heat intertwine and block the lungs, resulting in a phlegm-heat cough. In children, the spleen and stomach are weak and easily injured by diet, and because of the lung disease and the spleen, the spleen loses its health and function, and phlegm and dampness are generated internally and stored in the lungs, resulting in a phlegm-damp cough. If the cough is prolonged and the disease affects the kidneys, the kidney deficiency affects the transmission of fluid and the elevation of lung qi, so the lung and kidney deficiency can be seen. The prognosis for this disease is generally good, but if the disease is not treated properly, or if it is not treated properly, or if it is mistreated, the disease will be difficult to be cured for a long time.
Clinical manifestations
(1) External cough: cough with phlegm, nasal congestion, runny nose, cold, fever, headache; thin coating and floating pulse. If the cough is due to external wind-cold, the cough may be accompanied by sputum and snot of white color, with heavy malignant cold, light fever, no sweating, and thin white fur. If the cough is due to external wind-heat, it may be accompanied by thick yellow sputum and snot, with light malignant cold, heavy fever, slight sweating, thirst and sore throat; thin yellow moss and floating pulse.
(2) Internal injury cough: prolonged cough with slight heat, or dry cough with little phlegm, or cough with much phlegm, banging white face, spontaneous sweating or night sweating, loss of appetite, fatigue, and emaciation; light tongue with white fur or red tongue with little fur, and fine pulse.
[Massage Therapy
(1) Treatment principle: promote the lung to stop cough. If the external wind-cold sensation is present, the wind should be dispersed; if the external wind-heat sensation is present, the heat should be cleared to relieve the symptoms. If the cough is internal, it is advisable to strengthen the spleen and nourish the lung, nourish Yin and benefit the kidneys.
(2) Treatment steps
(1) Clearing the lung meridian: Using the ribbed side of the thumb, push from the end fingerprint on the palm side of the ring finger of the child to the fingertip 200 times.
② transporting the internal bagua: using the thumb surface in the palm of the child’s hand within the bagua point to apply clockwise transport 100 times.
③ press and knead the tiantu: use the end of the middle finger to press and knead the upper sternal fossa 50 times, along the lower part of the sternum when exerting force.
④ push the Tanzhong: use the ribbed surface of the two thumbs to push from the point to the sides of the nipple 100 times.
⑤ press and rub the breast side and breast root: press and rub the breast side and breast root points 50 times each with the end of the middle finger.
(6) Pressing and rubbing the Lung Yu: Use the end of the middle finger to press and rub the Lung Yu point on the back 100 times.
(7) If you feel wind and cold externally
(1) Open Tianmen: With the child lying on his back, use the ribbed surface of both thumbs to push upward from the center of the eyebrows to the hairline of the forehead 50 times alternately.
b. Push the Kan Gong: Use both thumbs to push from the center of the eyebrows to the tips of the eyebrows on both sides 50 times.
c. Knead the high bone behind the ear: use the two thumbs or the end of the middle finger to knead the hairline behind the ear of the child, 50 times in the depression under the high bone at the back edge of the mastoid process.
d. Pushing the three guan: Use the thumb or the two index and middle fingers to apply pressure on the ribbed side, and push from the transverse wrist line to the transverse elbow line 200 times along the radial side of the forearm.
e. Rub the sun: 50 times with the middle fingers of both hands to rub the bilateral solar plexus.
f. Pinch and knead the two fanmen: use the thumb or index finger of both hands to pinch and knead the back of the child’s palm where the index finger and middle finger, and the middle finger and ring finger meet 100 times
(8) If the external wind fever
a. Open the Heavenly Gate: the child is lying on his back, the operator uses both thumbs to push upward from the eyebrows to the hairline of the forehead 50 times alternately.
b. Push the Kan Gong: Use both thumbs to push from the center of the eyebrows to the tips of the eyebrows on both sides 50 times.
c. Rub the sun: use the thumb or middle finger to press and rub the temple after the eyebrow 50 times.
d. Knead the high bone behind the ear: use the two thumbs or the end of the middle finger to knead the depression under the high bone at the back edge of the mastoid process 50 times behind the child’s ear into the hairline.
e. Clear Tianheshui: Apply pressure with the thumb or the ribbed surface of the two index and middle fingers, and push from the transverse wrist line to the transverse elbow line 300 times along the middle of the forearm.
f. Retreating the six internal organs: Using the thumb or the ribbed side of the index and middle fingers, push from the transverse wrist stripe to the transverse wrist stripe 300 times along the ulnar side of the forearm.
⑨If internal injuries cause coughing
a. Tonic for the spleen meridian: Apply pressure with the ribbed side of the thumb and push 300 times on the ribbed side of the thumb of the child.
b. Tonic for the lung meridian: Apply pressure with the ribbed side of the thumb and push 200 times on the ribbed side of the ring finger of the child.
c. Nourishing the kidney meridian: using the ribbed side of the thumb, push 300 times on the ribbed side of the little finger of the child.
d. Pushing the San Guan: Using the thumb or the ribbed side of the index and middle fingers, push from the transverse wrist to the transverse elbow 200 times along the radial side of the forearm.
e. Rub the second horse: use the end of the thumb to rub the depression behind the metacarpophalangeal joint of the ring finger and little finger on the back of the child’s hand 100 times.
f. Knead the Fenglong point: using the ribbed side of the thumb, knead the Fenglong point of the child in a circular motion for 1 minute.
g. Chiropractic: first in the child’s back from top to bottom pushing 2 to 3 times, then use the chiropractic method from the child’s sacral tail to the large vertebrae point, repeatedly lifting 3 to 5 times.
(3) course of treatment: massage 1 to 2 times a day, 20 minutes each time, until the disease is cured.
Note]
(1) usually strengthen the body cold exercise to enhance the ability to resist disease.
(2) pay attention to climate change, prevent cold, especially in autumn and winter, pay attention to the chest and abdomen to keep warm.
(3) Rest properly after the disease, drink more water, and do not force into greasy food.
(4) Pay attention to keep indoor air circulation and avoid stimulation by gas, dust and smoke, oil and gas, etc.