Tui na for pediatric constipation

  I. Overview: It refers to those who do not have bowel movement for more than two days, the rectum can not be completely emptied, difficult to defecate, little stool, dry and hard, mainly with pediatric habits and improper handling of the diet caused by constipation.  If the stomach and intestines are diseased, or dry heat, fluid dry; or because of milk and food stagnation, conduction is not normal; or because of blood deficiency, intestines lose moisten; or because of qi deficiency, transmission is weak can lead to constipation.  1, over-eating spicy and fried products; overuse of spicy and warm drugs; after heat illness.  2.Improper breastfeeding, improper feeding.  3, congenital deficiency, acquired disorders, weakness after illness.  (1) Clinical manifestations – constipation, distension and fullness of the abdomen, not thinking about eating and drinking, accompanied by bad breath, short red urine, yawning gas, thin yellowish greasy moss, purple fingerprints.  (2) Principle of treatment – smooth qi, move stagnation, eliminate stagnation, and open the stool.  (3) Treatment methods – tonifying the spleen meridian 160, clearing the large intestine 160, rubbing the pancreas 100, rubbing the umbilicus 100 2, dry heat constipation: (1) clinical manifestations – dry stools, abdominal distension, vomiting, accompanied by bad breath and lip sores, red face and body heat, short red urine, yellow dry tongue coating and sunken purple fingerprints.  (2) Treatment principle – clearing heat from the internal organs and relaxing the bowels.  (3) treatment methods – clear the stomach 160 clean large intestine 160 clean small intestine 160 clean Tianhe water 30 four, protection: 1, regulate the diet: two meals among the milk plus a meal of water (calcium powder water); often eat fine less slag food, should eat more vegetable soup, multi-fiber material; early in the morning can give children to eat honey tea, salt boiling water, etc.  2, training good bowel habits: regular; can not sit for a long time, easy to cause prolapse; focus on the stool process.  3, auxiliary drugs: drugs to promote intestinal peristalsis and lubrication of the intestinal tract (fruit guide, yuliyin, fire marijuana).  4, in addition, the single use of “push down seven bones” effect is also very good, can promote intestinal peristalsis; single use of “abdominal” (clockwise direction for 10 minutes); acupuncture Tianshu, branch gou, the second s, long strong, shoulder Yang Chi; anal suppository (open plug, soap head) –First aid, treated with tui na after passing.  5, in addition, pay attention to the difference of constipation caused by systemic systemic diseases: such as constipation at birth, do anal examination (giant colon) combined with surgical treatment; cerebral palsy (scissor gait, thighs inward, fists clenched); appendicitis, etc.