Tongue massage technique for children

Kneading Zusanli positioning: 3 inches below the external knee, near the tibia 1 inch.

Operation: Use the abdomen or thumb tip to exert force, and knead it repeatedly at Zusanli point by kneading method, so that Zusanli point produces slight soreness and pain. 100 times.

Efficacy: spleen and stomach, regulating qi.

Positioning of rubbing Sanyinjiao: Sanyinjiao is located 3 inches above the tip of the medial malleolus.

Operation: press 100 ~ 200 times with thumb or middle finger.

Efficacy: Indications include enuresis, convulsion, dysuria and dyspepsia. This method can dredge blood vessels, activate meridians, relieve lower energizer, promote dampness and heat, and help transport and transform. If it is used to treat urinary system diseases, it is often combined with kneading Dantian and pushing Jimen.

Positioning of cup rubbing: abdomen, front midline, four inches above navel.

Operation: knead the cup with fingertips or palm roots according to the kneading scale; Point to the cup with your palm or four fingers; Pushing the middle epiglottis up to the throat or pushing it down from the throat to the middle epiglottis is called pushing the middle epiglottis, also known as pushing the stomach epiglottis. General 100 ~ 300 times.

Efficacy: Knead with food, digestion and stagnation, and knead the spleen and stomach.

Chiropractic positioning: the spine and coccyx are in a straight line.

Operation: As a health care method, grasp the skin on the child's back with thumb and forefinger every day, and pinch it from the coccyx to the neck. 5-7 times.

Efficacy: It has the functions of dredging channels and collaterals, regulating yin and yang, promoting the circulation of qi and blood, improving the function of viscera and enhancing the body's disease resistance.

Matters needing attention in massage

1. In general, the total time for a child to massage is 20-30 minutes. However, due to the difference of illness and children's age, the frequency and time of massage are also different. Old age, serious illness, frequent massage, relatively long time. On the contrary, the frequency is less and the time is short. Generally, once a day 1 time, and twice a day in severe cases. Chronic diseases requiring long-term treatment range from 7 days to 10 days 1 course of treatment. 1 course, you can rest for a few days before the next course.

2. Doctors, pediatricians or parents should pay attention to the * * * posture of children when practicing massage for children. In principle, it is advisable to make children comfortable, eliminate children's fear, and at the same time, it is easy to operate.

3. The operating sequence of children's massage manipulation: generally, head and face first, then upper limbs, then chest, abdomen, waist and back, and finally lower limbs; You can also focus first, then general; Let's order first, then order.

4. The basic requirements of children's massage are: light, soft, steady and solid.

5. Contraindications of children's massage are: fracture and traumatic bleeding; Skin injury, skin ulcer; Burns and scalds; Acute and severe infectious diseases; Cancer and serious illness, etc.

Tab 1 Notes. Let the children eat a balanced diet. If zinc is deficient, trace elements can be supplemented.

2, pay attention to oral hygiene, gargle after meals, generally good hygiene, reduce the chance of pain attack.

3. Try to eat less * * * foods, such as peppers, and reduce * * *.

4, a balanced diet, no partial eclipse, enhance physical fitness, improve immunity.

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