The target of pediatric tui na is generally children under 6 years old, especially infants and toddlers under 3 years old. Its treatment scope is relatively wide, such as diarrhea, vomiting, chancre, constipation, prolapse, fever, cough and wheezing, frightening wind, urine loss, myxomatous squint, strabismus, pediatric paralysis and other evidence. Pediatric massage – treatment of respiratory system diseases
I. Cold
Cold, commonly known as wind, is the most common disease in children. The disease can occur throughout the year, but the highest incidence occurs in the autumn and winter, when the climate changes and the incidence of hot and cold alternates with that of winter and spring. Children’s internal organs are delicate, and after getting sick, they are prone to phlegm, stagnation, shock and heat into wheezing, which are the characteristics of children’s cold and should be noted clinically.
Some common infectious diseases in children can also be manifested as cold symptoms in the early stage, so we must be alert and pay attention to avoid delaying treatment.
(Etiology) The occurrence of this disease is closely related to climate change, and is usually most likely to develop when the temperature is low, or suddenly becomes cold. External wind and cold are the main causes of cold. Once the external climate changes suddenly, when the cold and heat are not normal, it is easy to be invaded by external evil and cause disease.
The lung is the main respiratory organ, the larynx, the nose and the skin. The wind evil enters from the nose, mouth and skin, and is guest of the lung guard, resulting in the loss of regulation of the surface guard, loss of lung qi promotion and the appearance of vicious cold, fever, headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, etc. The lung loses its purification, and the fluid condenses into phlegm, which blocks the airway and leads to lung closure and phlegm asthma.
In children, the spleen is often deficient, and after feeling the wind evil, it will affect the function of the spleen and stomach to transport and transform, resulting in vomiting and diarrhea due to stagnation of milk and food. If the evil heat does not subside, it disturbs the mind and induces liver wind resulting in irritability and convulsions. (Clinical manifestations) Pediatric colds, according to the performance of clinical symptoms, are divided into two types of wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds.
1, wind-cold cold
Fever, fear of cold, no sweating, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, head and body pain, itchy throat, cough, clear and thin sputum, light red tongue, thin white coating, floating and tight pulse, light red fingerprints.
2.Fractional heat cold
High fever, slight cold, little sweating, sneezing, nasal congestion, yellow snot, headache, red face, red throat, cough with yellow sputum, slightly red tongue, thin white moss or both yellow and white, floating pulse, red and purple fingerprints.
Treatment
Clearing heat and relieving symptoms, dispersing external evil. Prescription Push Zanzhu, push Kanguang, rub the sun, clear the lung meridian and clear the river water. For wind-cold, add pushing San Guan, pinching and rubbing Er Fan Men, and taking Feng Chi; for wind-heat, add pushing the spine.
Meaning of the formula
To clear the lung meridian, clear the river water to promote the lung and clear heat; push the Tianmen (Zanzhu), push the Kanguang, rub the Sun to dispel the wind and relieve the exterior evil; for wind-cold, push the Sanguan, pinch and rub the Erfanmen, and take the Fengchi to dispel the wind evil and dispel the surface sweat; for wind-heat, push the spine and push the Qingheshui to clear heat and relieve the surface.
If you have cough, phlegm and asthma, add pushing and rubbing Tanzhong, rubbing Lung Yu, rubbing Fenglong, and transporting the inner eight trigrams; if you also see distention and fullness in the abdomen, do not think of milk and food, belching and vomiting, add rubbing Zhonggui, pushing and rubbing Panmen, pushing Yin and Yang in the abdomen, and pushing Tianzhu; if you also see restlessness and sleeplessness, add clearing the lung meridian, pinching and rubbing the intersection of fish, and pinching and rubbing the five knuckles.
Cough
With sound without phlegm is called cough, with phlegm without sound is called cough. In fact, cough is not all without cough, and cough is not all without cough, so it is generally called cough.
Cough is a common symptom of pediatric disease that can develop throughout the year, and is especially common in winter and spring. The causes of cough vary and there are many different types of coughs. Coughs can be caused by external evil attacking the lungs, and coughs can also occur when other internal lung diseases involve the lungs. Therefore, it is important to conduct a comprehensive examination and carefully analyze the correct diagnosis and treatment. Clinically, coughs are generally divided into two categories: external coughs and internal coughs, with external coughs being more common in children.
1. Extrinsic cough
This disease is most often caused by the inability of the body’s external function and the invasion of external evil such as wind and cold during the cold season or sudden climate changes.
The lungs are the main organ of the body’s gas flow, and they are the main organ of the five viscera. Once the human body is attacked by external evil, either from the mouth and nose, or from the skin and hair, the lungs will be the first offender. When the lung is congested and not pronounced, the clearing and purifying order is out of order, affecting the purging and lowering of the lung qi, which leads to coughing.
2. Internal injury cough
This disease is most often caused by an external sensation, a cough that has not been cured for a long time or has been transformed by failure to treat it; or a weak lung or a disease of the spleen or kidneys that affects the lungs. If the lung loses its moistening effect, the lung Qi will rebel and cough with less phlegm; if the lung Qi is insufficient, the cough will be short of breath. The spleen is the source of phlegm, and the lung is the reservoir of phlegm. If the lung is insufficiently aerated and affects the spleen, the spleen loses its health and fluid cannot be transformed into essence, but instead produces dampness and accumulates as phlegm. If phlegm accumulates in the lungs, it affects the flow of Qi and causes coughing. Cold injures the kidneys for a long time, and a deficiency in the kidneys prevents them from absorbing qi and affects the transmission and transformation of fluids and the lift of lung qi. If the body’s qi-transformation function is not normal, water and qi will not follow the normal pattern and accumulate as a problem, which will cause the lungs to rebel, resulting in shortness of breath and a weak cough.
1. External cough
Wind-cold cough
Initial cough without sputum or with little sputum, stuffy nose and clear runny nose, head and body pain, cold without fever or slight fever, no sweating, thin white fur, slow or tight floating pulse, and light red fingerprints.
Wind-heat cough
Cough with thick yellow phlegm, unpleasant phlegm, fever and wind, sweating, thirst, dry lips, yellow snot, dry and painful throat or itching, constipation, yellow urine, red tongue with yellow moss, pulse count, and bright red fingerprints.
2.Cough with internal injury
Yang deficiency cough
The cough is unpleasant, with white sputum, loose stools, banging white face, easy sweating, fatigue, cold in the extremities, loss of appetite, shortness of breath when moving, thin white moss, light red tongue, and slow and weak pulse.
Yin deficiency cough
Dry cough with no or little sputum, sticky sputum, dry throat, dry stool, or even bitter mouth, low fever or no fever, red tongue without moss, thin or fine pulse.