What is the massage therapy for chronic tonsillitis in children?

The incidence of chronic tonsillitis is still very high. Patients will experience symptoms such as bad breath, sore throat, and enlarged tonsils. If it occurs in children, enlarged tonsils will cause difficulty in swallowing and even abnormal speech, so timely treatment is needed. The massage therapy recommended today is very effective.

1. Pinch Shao Shang 5 times

Location: At the corner of the thumb nail, one centimeter away from the corner of the thumb nail, just a little bit away from the corner of the thumb nail.

Tips for finding the acupoint: straighten your thumb, and use the other hand's bent thumb to pinch and press the edge of the nail corner of that thumb.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and relieves sore throat, wakes up the brain and opens the mind, relieves exterior symptoms and clears heat, clears the throat, and relieves sore throat and opens the mind.

Main indications: influenza, cough, vomiting, asthma, fever, mumps, tonsillitis, sore throat, infantile convulsions, jaundice, syncope, mania, cerebral hemorrhage, etc.

Technique: pinching Shaoshang point with your fingernails can relieve the symptoms of sore throat. Frequently pinching and rubbing Shaoshang point with the tip of your thumb can also prevent colds. Be careful not to use too much force to avoid injury. In addition, when you have hiccups, press Shaoshang point with your thumb until you feel soreness. Continue for half a minute to stop the hiccups. In case of acute pharyngitis and tonsillitis, putting a few drops of blood at Shaoshang can effectively relieve the symptoms.

2. Clear the Lung Meridian 300 times

Location: Rib surface of the distal end of the ring finger.

Technique: Rotational pushing method, use the thumb to rotate and push the acupoint in a clockwise direction.

Operation: Push straight from the fingertip to the finger base to clear the lung meridian. The lung-tonifying meridian and lung-clearing meridian are collectively called the lung-tonifying meridian. Here we use the lung tonification meridian and rotate it 100 to 300 times.

3. Clear the large intestine meridian 300 times

Location: The large intestine meridian is on the radial side of the index finger, which is the side of the index finger close to the thumb, not the front of the index finger (the front of the index finger is the liver meridian)

Technique: From the base of the finger to the fingertip is clearing, and the opposite direction is replenishing

Operation: Clearing the large intestine can moisten the intestine and promote bowel movements, and nourishing the large intestine can slightly reduce diarrhea, but babies are relatively fragile, especially since diarrhea and eating are important means of conditioning for babies, so grandpa does not advocate clearing or nourishing blindly. Therefore, you need to clear and nourish, that is, push back and forth. If you want to clear, push more from the base of the finger to the fingertip. If you want to nourish, push more from the fingertip to the base of the finger. Generally, clear and nourish 100-150 times, and then clear or nourish 100-150 times according to the baby's needs.

4. Knead Hegu for 3 minutes

Location: Hegu point is located on the back of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the radial side of the 2nd metacarpal bone

Simple acupoint location: Place the transverse line of the thumb joint of one hand on the web between the thumb and index finger of the other hand. The acupoint is located below the tip of the thumb.

Technique:

Press the Hegu point with the tip of your thumb on one side and gently rub it until you feel a sore and swollen feeling. Do this for 1 minute on each side, for a total of 2 minutes. Hegu point is one of the four major health-care points in the body. It is also a good point for clearing away heat and relieving pain. It can effectively relieve dizziness, loss of appetite, irritability, chloasma, acne and abdominal pain caused by constipation.