Is it effective to use massage to reduce fever when children have a fever?

When a child has a fever, physical cooling should be carried out in time. A better way is to use a warm towel to wipe the child's forehead, limbs and back. It is best not to wipe the child's belly at this time to avoid aggravating the symptoms. In addition, massage can be used, which is also a better auxiliary treatment method. It can promote the child's blood circulation and is also helpful for timely fever reduction.

1. [Technique Selection]

Children with colds can be treated with massage using three techniques: pushing the Zanzhu, rubbing the Taiyang, and clearing the Tianheshui. For those who have a cold caused by wind and cold, push the three joints more; for those who have a cold caused by wind and heat, push the spine more. Among them, clearing Tianhe water can promote lung function and clear away heat; pushing Zanzhu and rubbing Taiyang can relieve wind and relieve exterior symptoms, and dispel external evil; for those with wind-cold, pushing Sanguan can induce sweating and relieve exterior symptoms, and dispel wind-cold; for those with wind-heat, pushing the spine can clear away heat and relieve exterior symptoms.

2. [Position] The middle of the forearm, in a straight line from the midpoint of the wrist crease on the back of the palm to the elbow fossa.

[Operation] The child sits or lies on his back. The parents hold the child's four fingers with one hand, so that the child's palm and the palm side of the forearm face up. The parents put the ribbed surfaces of the index finger and middle finger of the other hand together, dip them in water, and push from the Laogong point in the palm through the midpoint of the transverse wrist line on the back of the palm to the elbow pit, in a single direction for about 100 to 200 times.

3. Push the bamboo

[Position] From the middle of the eyebrows to the front hairline in a straight line.

[Operation] The child sits or lies on his back, and the parent pushes straight up with his thumbs alternately from bottom to top for 30 to 50 times.

4. Rub the sun

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[Location] The depression behind the eyebrow.

[Operation] The child sits or lies on his back, and the parent pushes the outer sides of his two thumbs straight from front to back for 30 to 50 times. Then use the tip of your middle finger to rub the point towards the ear, rubbing it 30 to 50 times.

5. Push three levels

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[Location] The outer edge of the forearm, a straight line from the wrist crease to the elbow crease.

[Operation] The child sits or lies on his back. The parent holds the child's hand with one hand and uses the outer side of the thumb or the pads of the index and middle fingers of the other hand to push from the transverse line of the wrist to the elbow for 100 to 500 times.

6. Push the spine

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[Location] On the posterior midline, in a straight line from the first thoracic vertebra to the end of the coccyx.

[Operation] Use the ribbed surface of the index and middle fingers to apply force, and push directly on the spinal acupoints from top to bottom for about 100 to 300 times.