Why can pediatric massage prevent diseases?

Pediatric massage is a health care method based on the holistic concept of Chinese medicine.

It is guided by the theory of the five elements of yin and yang, the meridians of the viscera and other theories, and uses various techniques to stimulate the acupuncture points, so that the meridians are smooth and the qi and blood circulate, so as to achieve the purpose of adjusting the function of the viscera, preventing diseases and health care.

Pediatric massage emphasizes lightness, gentleness, stability and solidity in the operation method, pays attention to laxative techniques and operating procedures, has a good effect on common diseases and frequent diseases, and has the best effect on the conditioning of digestive tract diseases.

21 pediatric massage techniques

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1. Tonify the spleen meridian

Location: The spleen meridian is located on the threaded surface of the distal segment of the thumb, at the radial border of the thumb, and the fingertip is in a line from the tip of the finger to the root of the finger.

Function: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish qi and blood, clear away heat and dampness, dissolve phlegm and stop nausea.

Indications:

1. Treatment of indigestion, loss of appetite, muscle wasting, etc. caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach

2. Damp heat fumigation, yellowing of the skin, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, etc.;

3. Treatment of dietary stagnation, stomach stuffiness, acid swallowing, vomiting and diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach disharmony;

4. When children are weak, lack of righteous qi, and suffer from spotted fever, they can push and supplement this acupoint.

Technique:

1. Bend the child’s thumb with one hand, and push the thumb from the end of the finger to the root of the finger with the other hand along the radial edge of the thumb, or rotate the ribbed surface of the distal part of the thumb, which is called the spleen meridian.

2. Push straight from the root of the finger to the end of the finger, which is called the spleen meridian.

3. The spleen meridian and the spleen clearing meridian are collectively referred to as the spleen meridian, and the round-trip push is the flat supplement and the flat diarrhea, which is called the spleen meridian.

Notes:

Children with weak spleen and stomach should use more tonic laxatives, and those who are strong and evil should use the Qing method.

2. Good luck gossip

Location:

On the palm surface, take the palm (Lao Gong acupoint) as the center of the circle, and take the inner 2/3 and the outer 1/3 of the junction point from the center of the circle to the root of the middle finger as the radius, draw a circle, and the Bagua point is on this circle.

Function:

Shunyun cures cold, opens the chest and diaphragm, and the five internal organs; Reverse luck to cure heat, reduce stomach gas, and eliminate food and lodging. It is mainly used for cough, phlegm and wheezing, chest tightness, hiccups, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite and other symptoms.

Technique:

The doctor uses the right hand to pinch the child’s thumb with the index and middle two fingers, and then the doctor uses the thumb to transport from the Qiangong to the Kan Palace to the Duigong Palace, which is called the Shunyun Inner Bagua or the Right Yun Inner Bagua; If it is rotated in a counterclockwise direction from the Gen Palace to the end of the earthquake palace, the cycle of rotation is called the Bagua in the reverse luck.

In addition, in clinical application, according to the specific disease and the correspondence between the eight palaces and viscera, the smooth or reverse kneading operation can be carried out on a certain palace. Frequency 100-300 times.

Note: In the process of gossip, avoid the “leaving the palace” of the baby’s palm. Leaving the uterus is connected to the heart, and excessive massage of the uterus will harm the baby’s heart.

3. Pinch the five knuckles

Location: Located on the back of the hand, at the first interphalangeal joint of the five fingers.

Function: Calms and calms the nerves, dispels wind and phlegm, and clears customs.

It is mainly used for the treatment of irritability, convulsions, chest tightness, phlegm wheezing, cough, wind phlegm, spitting, abdominal pain, poor qi and blood, dyspnea, etc.

Technique: generally use pinching, kneading, etc.

pinching; Pinch 3-5 times with your thumb nail, called pinching the five knuckles.

Kneading method: Rub 30-50 times with your thumb and index finger, called kneading the five knuckles.

Twisting method: Pinch the knuckles with the thumb and index finger and twist 30 times. It can treat joint swelling and pain caused by sprains and contusions, and unfavorable flexion and extension. Frequent knuckle twisting is conducive to children’s intellectual development and can be used for pediatric health care.

Flexion and extension method: Pinch the knuckle with the thumb and index finger for about 3-5 flexion and extension activities.

4. Knead the spring

Location:

It is located at the bottom of the foot, at the depression of the anterior part of the foot when curling the foot, about the intersection of the anterior 1/3 and the posterior 2/3 of the line between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsophalangeal sutures of the soles and the heel line.

Function:

Yongquan acupoint is one of the commonly used acupoints of the Zushao Yin and Kidney Meridians, which mainly treats pulmonary diseases, difficult to defecate, unfavorable to urination, and dolphin gas.

Technique: Put the finger end of the thumb or index finger on the spring point in the center of the foot, and rub it back and forth, 100 times a day.

5. Pound the small heart of heaven

Location: In the depression at the junction of the large and small thenar areas of the palm.

Function: Clears the meridians of the whole body, cleanses the heart and fire, sweats and dispels evil, calms the nerves, stops convulsions, promotes sleep, etc.

Technique: Rub clockwise for 3~10 minutes.

6. Flattening the liver meridian and clearing the lung meridian

Location: The acupuncture point of the liver meridian is on the threaded surface of the distal part of the index finger. The acupuncture points of the lung meridian are mainly on the threaded surface of the distal part of the ring finger.

Function: It is used to prevent respiratory sensation.

Technique: Use the pads of the index and middle fingers to push from the base of the fingers to the tips of the fingers along the ventral surface of the index and ring fingers of the child’s left hand.

7. Rub the abdomen clockwise

Location: Centered on the navel, one circle on the outside.

Function: Indications for constipation, food accumulation, internal heat, bad breath, irritability, yellow and thick tongue, etc.

Technique: Massage clockwise with the umbilicus as the center. Each session lasts 5-10 minutes.

8. Take the wind pool

Location: Between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and trapezius muscle, a depression 0.5 inches above the hairline on the back of the flatten.

Effects: cold and sweating, headache, fever

Technique: The massager uses the thumb and index finger to pinch and lift the acupoints on both sides of the wind pool at the same time, which is called taking the wind pool. Take 5-10 times. You can also use the thumb thread surface to wipe from top to bottom.

9. Retreat from the six intestines

Location: Ulnar aspect of the forearm, in a straight line from the elbow to the wrist.

Function: Cool blood, stop bleeding, detoxify, reduce fever caused by solid fire, reduce inflammation, reduce swelling, dissolve heat and phlegm, etc. This acupoint is cold, and it is contraindicated by those who have a deficiency of cold.

Technique: Centrifugal push 100-300 times.

10. Pinch and squeeze the large vertebrae

Location: In the dorsal spine region of the neck, between the spinous processes of the 7th cervical vertebra and the 1st thoracic vertebra.

Efficacy: Clear the pyrolysis surface, activate the meridians. It is mainly used for the treatment of fever without sweating, cold, sore throat, Xiang Qiang, cough, whooping cough, asthma and other diseases.

Technique: Use the thumb or middle finger to knead the acupoint, which is called rubbing the large vertebrae. Use the thumbs and index fingers of both hands to pinch the skin and squeeze it into the acupuncture points 30-50 times each time.

11. Break up yin and yang

Location:

The root of the palm, starting from the small Tianxin acupoint, is pushed to both sides, which is the yin and yang acupoint. Only push to the thenar side of the thumb for the yang point, and only push to the thenar side of the little finger for the yin point.

Function:

Balance yin and yang, eliminate food accumulation, dissolve phlegm, help digestion, etc. The Yang Acupoint is suitable for those who are “cold” in the body; The Yin Acupoint is suitable for those who are “fired” in the body.

Technique:

Push the yin and yang separately, use the thumbs and fingertips of both hands to push from the Xiaotianxin acupoint to both sides, and operate for 2~5 minutes.

(1) Push the Yang Acupoint: Start from the small Tianxin Acupoint and push it to the big fish for 2~5 minutes.

(2) Push the yin acupoint: start from the small Tianxin acupoint and push it to the small fish for 2~5 minutes.

12. Clear the large intestine

Location: Radial margin of index finger, straight line from the tip of the index finger to the tiger’s mouth.

Function: Antidiarrheal, clear colorectal heat.

Technique:

Push back and forth (clear method) for 3 ~ 1 5 minutes, for those who have some intestinal heat, but the intestinal heat is not obvious; Centrifugal push (laxative) 3 ~ 1 5 minutes, for intestinal fever is obvious.

13. Pinch the four seam points

Location: volar esopha, media, annulus, and striated interphalangeal joints of the proximal little finger. (also known as the four horizontal stripes).

Effects: Abdominal distension, accumulation, indigestion in children, etc.; Tui Si horizontal stripes are mostly used for the treatment of indigestion and chancre accumulation, and can be combined with the spleen meridian, kneading the middle belly and other acupoints;

Technique:

(1) The four fingers are pushed from the index finger to the little finger striation, which is called pushing the four striae;

(2) Use the thumbnail to pinch the horizontal stripes between the food, middle, ring, and proximal interfingers of the little finger respectively, which is called pinching the four horizontal stripes.

Push 100~300 times; Pinch 5 times.

14. Rub your lungs

Location: The lung Yu point is located on the back of the human body, when the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra is 1.5 inches (two finger widths) apart.

Function:

1. Stop phlegm, relieve cough, wheezing, vomiting blood, night sweats, etc.;

2. Alleviating and treating bronchial asthma, bronchitis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, etc.;

3. Relieves and treats skin itching, etc.

Technique: When coughing up phlegm, exhale while pressing the lung Yu acupoint for 6 seconds, repeat three times, and you will feel the foreign body in the throat disappear. The child should not press too hard and should increase the number of times.

15. Push down the seven bones

Location: Located in the midline of the back, from the depression at the lowest point of the waist to the tail vertebrae.

Function: Lift the spleen and stomach, regulate the second stool

Technique: Let the baby lie on his stomach, the doctor uses the thumb or the middle three fingers, from top to bottom, from the bottom of the baby’s waist to the depression of the lowest point of the tail vertebrae, about a second, a total of 2 minutes, 100-300 times.

16. Massage shoulder well

Location: The acupuncture point is below the shoulder, in the anterior straight breast, when the midpoint of the line between the large vertebra and the acromial end.

Function: Promote qi and blood, sweat and relieve the surface. It is mostly used to prevent and treat colds, convulsions, upper limb movement restriction and other diseases.

Technique: Pinch the tendons on the shoulders with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands, about 5~10 times.

17. Divide the abdomen into yin and yang

Location: Abdominal yin and yang, that is, the soft flesh under the middle navel acupoint and the two ribs.

Function: It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, regulate qi and eliminate food. It is mainly used for the treatment of abdominal pain, bloating, bowel sounds and other digestive diseases. Rubbing the abdomen clockwise can be laxative, and counterclockwise rubbing the abdomen can stop diarrhea.

Technique: along the edge of the costal arch angle or from the middle navel to the umbilicus, push to both sides, and weigh the abdominal yin and yang, and the abdomen yin and yang; Rubbing the palm or four fingers is called rubbing the abdomen.

18. Rub small horizontal lines

Location: Small striae at the metacarpophalangeal joints of the palmar index, middle, ring and little fingers.

Function: Open the chest and dispel depression, dissolve phlegm and salivation. It is mainly used for spleen and stomach heat knots, fever reduction, bloating, dispersion, mouth sores, cleft lip, irritability and other diseases.

Technique:

1. Pinching and kneading method: use the thumbnail to pinch and knead the acupoints one by one (can be pinched 1 time, rubbed 3 times), called pinching and kneading small horizontal lines.

2. Pushing method: use the thumb surface to push the acupoint up and down vertically one by one, or make the child’s four fingers together, and push the acupoint back and forth horizontally, which is called pushing small horizontal lines.

19. Rubbing the board door

Location: Thenar Majority below the base of the thumb.

Function: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate food and stagnation. It is mainly used for the treatment of diarrhea, abdominal distention, belching, loss of appetite, vomiting, nausea, dyspepsia, anorexia, vomiting, night sweats and other diseases.

Technique: Place the thumb at the child’s thenar midpoint, first clockwise 100 times, then counterclockwise 100 times.

20. Rub your feet for three miles

Location: On the outside of the calf, 3 inches below the calf’s nose, on the line between the calf’s nose and Jiexi.

Function: Dry the spleen and dampness, and generate stomach gas.

Technique: During the massage, use the thumb and finger tips of both hands to press the Zusanli acupoints of the legs respectively, the finger end position does not move, and the force gradually increases from light to heavy, and presses continuously and evenly.

21. Qingtian River water

Location: Median of the volar aspect of the forearm, in a straight line from the midpoint of the wrist stria to the midpoint of the elbow stria.

Function: Diarrhea heart fire, calm the nerves, remove annoyance, diuretic, dissolve heat and phlegm, reduce fever caused by heart fire, etc. This acupoint is cold, and it is contraindicated by those who have deficiency and cold syndrome.

Technique: Push centripetally, from the wrist stripe to the elbow stripe for 1~10 minutes.

In the following cases, do not give the baby massage

After learning these 21 massage techniques, we can’t immediately apply them to the baby. Before doing massage, be sure to confirm that the baby does not have the following 5 conditions before you can do massage.

1. If the skin is burned, scalded, abrased, lacerated and has scabies, it is not suitable for local massage.

2. Patients with certain acute infectious diseases, such as cellulitis, bone tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, erysipelas, etc., should not be massaged.

3. Patients with various malignant tumors, trauma, fractures, bone dislocations, etc. should not be massaged.

4. Patients with certain acute infectious diseases, such as acute hepatitis and tuberculosis, should not be massaged.

5. Patients with severe heart disease, liver disease and mental illness should be treated with caution.

Technique light important attention!

After confirming that the baby can be massaged, in the actual massage process, you should also pay attention to the severity of the technique, especially the following 4 aspects:

1. The strength of the massage technique itself is divided into light and heavy;

2. Different children have different tolerances to manipulation;

3. Different diseases require different methods of severity;

4. With the deepening of treatment and the change of the condition, even the severity of the technique should be different for the same child. In this way, the massage techniques can be “each in its own way, without its own way”.

There is also a point to be reminded that the pathological characteristics of pediatric diseases determine that children have easy onset and rapid transmission, and improper or untimely treatment will affect the prognosis of the disease.⊙ Copyright Notice: The article originates from the Internet. The copyright belongs to the original author. We aim to share better, if there is any improper reprinting, please feel free to contact us to delete.