How to rub the belly of a child with indigestion

Many children will cause indigestion because they do not eat on time and eat too many snacks. Some children will eat a little more after they are full, which will also cause indigestion. Indigestion means that the baby eats too much food and too much undigested food remains in the stomach. Children with indigestion will not sleep well and will have stomachache after eating. They will always want to rub their stomachs with their hands when they have stomachache. So, how do you rub the stomach of a child with indigestion?

When children have indigestion, they usually have the following symptoms: the baby keeps turning over and over during sleep, sometimes grinds his teeth, has trouble eating, and cannot sleep well. The baby's appetite, which had been very good recently, has shrunk again and his appetite is obviously poor. The baby often complains that his stomach is bloated and has stomach pain.

You can find that the baby's nose is blue on both sides, the tongue coating is white and thick, and you can smell a sour and rotten smell in the exhaled breath.

If your baby has the above symptoms, it is basically certain that it is a manifestation of indigestion.

Indigestion can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, anorexia, abdominal distension and pain, bad breath, yellow skin, listlessness, dry or sour stools, restless sleep, and hot palms and feet.

In severe cases, it may even cause children to have fever, cough, etc. Long-term indigestion will induce malnutrition in children and affect their growth and development.

Young children do not know when they are hungry or full, so when parents relax their supervision, children often have no self-control in their eating. As long as they see the food they like, they will keep eating, which will cause indigestion.

During festivals, children’s bellies are often bulging with delicious food. At this time, parents must strengthen supervision and not indulge their children, which will inhibit the development of the children’s spleen and stomach and cause stubborn indigestion - "malnutrition". Many African children are skinny but have big bellies. This is the situation.

Here are some ways to eliminate food indigestion :

Massage method:

1. Clear the large intestine meridian (3 minutes)

Starting from the tip of the index finger (Shangyang), along the radial edge of the index finger (second and third spaces).

2. Rub the door (3-5 minutes)

Pressing Banmen hard will cause a sour and numb feeling, which is the holographic reaction point of the stomach. For severe indigestion, you can also pinch with your fingernails, rub 3 times and pinch once.

3. Gossip about good fortune (3-5 minutes)

Nei Bagua acupoint is one of the commonly used acupoints in pediatric massage. It has the effects of widening the chest and benefiting the diaphragm, regulating qi and resolving phlegm, and relieving stagnation and digestion. It is mainly used for symptoms such as cough due to phlegm, internal injuries caused by milk and food, abdominal distension, bloating, and vomiting.

4. Push small horizontal lines (3 minutes)

Pushing in a straight line on the acupoint is called pushing method. The four horizontal lines acupoints are the key acupoints for improving problems such as indigestion.

5. Pinch and knead the four horizontal seams (5 minutes)

The four horizontal lines are one of the commonly used acupuncture points for eliminating accumulation, and are also one of the places for treating rickets in folk medicine.

6. Push down the seven vertebrae (3 minutes)

Located in the middle of the lumbar sacrum, on the line from the gate of life to the end of the coccyx Push upward to warm the yang and stop diarrhea, and treat rectal prolapse; push downward to treat constipation and other symptoms.

7. Divide the Yin and Yang of the abdomen (5 minutes)

Use the thumbs of both hands to push along the edge of the costal arch, or from the Zhongwan to the navel, and push to both sides. It is mainly used to treat abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion, nausea and vomiting, etc.

8. Abdominal massage (5 minutes)

Generally, a clockwise method is used to make the stool move along the ascending colon, transverse colon, and descending colon. Persistence in the operation will have unexpected results, even in adults.

For older children, you can use the abdominal massage method, which has a certain degree of penetration. For constipation and abdominal bloating caused by food accumulation, this area can be the focus of treatment.

9. Rub Zusanli (5 minutes)

Zusanli is a major acupoint on the stomach meridian. Regular massage can strengthen the spleen and stomach and promote digestion.