What can we learn from baby massage?

Massage for children is a method based on the overall concept of traditional Chinese medicine and guided by the theories of yin and yang, five elements, viscera and meridians. That is to say, various methods are used to stimulate acupoints, so that the meridians are unobstructed and the qi and blood are running, thus achieving the purpose of adjusting the function of viscera, treating diseases and protecting health.

The therapeutic system of children's massage was formed in Ming Dynasty, which was marked by the publication of monographs on children's massage such as Bao Ying Shen Tuina Jing. The acupoints of children's massage are a little, linear and planar. In terms of operation methods, it emphasizes light, soft, stable and solid, and pays attention to reinforcing and reducing techniques and operating procedures, which has good curative effect on common and frequently-occurring diseases, especially on digestive tract diseases.

Wu Shiji pointed out that "the principle of external treatment is the principle of internal treatment", and the therapeutic principle of massage for children is basically the same as that of internal treatment, so as to observe the pathogenesis, seek the root of the disease, adjust yin and yang, and strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil. Under the guidance of the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it is widely used in children's diarrhea, vomiting, dyspepsia, anorexia, constipation, abdominal pain, rectocele, cold, cough, asthma, fever, enuresis, nocturnal crying, muscular torticollis, stiff neck, convulsion and other symptoms, and the effect is good.

Massage medium refers to applying different kinds of lubricants to the skin of massage points. The medium can play a comprehensive therapeutic role of massage and medicine to achieve the purpose of treating diseases, and can also lubricate and protect the skin, making the manipulation more flexible. Generally speaking, the disease belongs to exterior syndrome, and most drugs are used to relieve exterior syndrome, such as onion juice, ginger juice and mint juice. Belonging to blood stasis, it is advisable to use drugs that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, such as safflower chicken ointment; Cold medicine, such as mint juice, pig bile and herba lophatheri, is selected as the medium for heat syndrome.