What is the massage technique for baby’s cough?

For very young babies, many body functions are not yet perfect, and their ability to resist disease is very weak. If they are slightly stimulated, they will have symptoms of coughing. Baby coughing is very complicated because there are many causes, the most common ones include colds and coughs, etc. It is best not to take medicine immediately when the baby coughs. You can use massage techniques to treat it. The specific methods are as follows.

First, follow the inner gossip

1. Location:

The Bagua points are located on the palm, around the center of the palm.

2. Technique:

When massaging your baby, you should use moderate force. There is a Bagua point in the palm of the baby's hand. Use your index finger as the center of the baby's palm, and massage in a clockwise direction for one circle. This is called massaging the inner Bagua. Massage one hundred times each time, twice a day.

3. Efficacy:

Can help relieve your baby's cough.

Second, clear the liver meridian

1. Location:

The liver meridian is located on the last joint on the front of the index finger.

2. Technique:

Use your thumb to massage along the tip of the baby's index finger toward the palm with moderate force. Massage about 100 times, twice a day.

3. Efficacy:

It is effective in treating cough.

Third, push Tianhe water

1. Location:

There is a straight meridian on the inside of the baby's wrist towards the elbow, which is Tianhe Water.

2. Technique:

Use your index finger and middle finger to massage along the wrist in a straight line upwards. This is called pushing Tianhe water. Massage this meridian 100 times.

3. Efficacy:

It can effectively treat baby's cough.

Fourth, clear the lung meridian

1. Location:

The lung meridian is located at the tip of the ring finger.

2. Technique:

Use your thumb to start at the tip of the baby's ring finger and massage in a straight line toward the palm 100 times.

3. Efficacy:

It can help the baby to clear the meridians and effectively treat cough, and the effect is very obvious.

Fifth, clear the stomach meridian

1. Location:

The stomach meridian is located at the first joint on the front of the thumb.

2. Technique:

Use your thumb to massage the first joint of the baby's thumb toward the palm 100 times, which is called clearing the stomach meridian.

3. Efficacy:

When a baby coughs, it will cause a decrease in appetite. Clearing the stomach meridian can aid digestion, increase the baby's appetite, and help treat cough.

Sixth, precautions for children's cough massage

1. Pediatric massage is a health care and treatment method that regulates internal organs, dredges meridians, harmonizes qi and blood, and balances yin and yang to improve the baby's physique and enhance the body's immunity by pressing and massaging acupoints.

2. Because there are some acupoints such as the seven-joint bone, the Tianzhu bone, and the ribs, which can only be sensed by babies under 12 years old, massage is more effective in the rehabilitation treatment of children's colds and coughs.

3. Parents and friends must be sure to recognize the acupoints when doing massage, and pay attention to the strength when massaging.