How to massage a child with a cold and fever? Detailed description of massage and fever reduction methods

Massage method for fever caused by cold (37.5℃~39℃): ① Pacify the liver 10 minute, and push it from the root of the index finger to the fingertip of the child.

Calming the liver can dispel exogenous pathogenic factors. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold is the evil of wind-cold or wind-heat invading the skin on the body surface By massaging this acupoint, the pathogenic wind-cold and wind-heat invading the body can be radiated out of the body, thus curing the disease.

② Clear lung 10 minute, and push it from the root of children's ring finger to the fingertip.

Chinese medicine believes that when the lungs are covered with fur and foreign pathogens invade the skin, the lungs will be affected and heat will accumulate. Clearing lung can clear lung heat, prevent colds and coughs, and promote skin to eliminate evil spirits.

③ Push Tianhe 15 minutes. Push evenly from children's wrist stripes to elbow stripes.

Pushing Tianhe water can reduce fever, and the symptoms of common cold and fever can be solved by pushing Tianhe water.

④ Pinch the knuckles 2~3 times.

Pinching five fingers can be used for colds and harmonizing qi and blood.

Simple four steps, as long as mom finds the right acupoints and insists on finishing the corresponding time, it will definitely have an effect. The body temperature of many children with high fever will drop within a few minutes.

Massage methods for colds and high fever (39℃~40℃): ① Calm liver and clear lung for 5 minutes each.

Calming the liver and dispelling pathogenic factors, clearing away lung-heat and relieving exterior syndrome.

② Push six fu organs 15 minutes.

The six fu-organs are cool points, and pushing them to remove excess heat has a stronger heat-clearing effect than pushing Tianhe water.

③ Pinch the knuckles 2~3 times.

Pinching five fingers can reconcile qi and blood, resist evil spirits and cure quickly.

④ For those with severe nasal congestion, massage Yangchi 10 minute.

Yangchi point can treat all head diseases including nasal congestion, and headache can be used regardless of cold and heat deficiency.

⑤ Add gossip 10 minute for those with severe cough.

Baguazhang is mainly used to treat cough, excessive phlegm, asthma, chest tightness, food retention and so on caused by poor chest and abdominal qi movement.

Note: Babies from 6 months to 2 years old may have convulsions if their fever exceeds 40 degrees. Please see a doctor as soon as possible.

The basic requirements of children's massage can be summarized as: light, soft, stable and practical.

Because the baby's skin is very delicate and easy to be scratched, you can't use a lot of strength when operating, and you must be light.

If you use less energy, you will move quickly, so that you can exert enough force on the acupoints in a certain period of time. For example, the operating frequency of pushing method is 120- 160 times/min for adults, but 160-200 times/min for children.

In addition, the strength used in the operation should be uniform, and the strength should not be increased for a while, and the speed should not be fast for a while. Only when the operation method is standardized can it play its due role.