How to treat malnutrition in children effectively

The problem of malnutrition in children must not be treated and conditioned properly, but some acupoint massage can help treat and improve the condition of children. Rubbing the Banmen and Sanyin acupoints can effectively improve the problem of malnutrition in children.

1. Injury to food

Symptoms: mental irritability, insomnia at night, poor appetite, abdominal distension, abdominal pain that refuses to be pressed, or vomiting of food residues, or fishy-smelling stools, turbid urine or fever, thick and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Digest food, relieve stagnation, harmonize the stomach and strengthen the spleen.

Massage with acupoints: rub Banmen for 2 minutes, Qingdachang for 2 minutes, push down Qijiegu for 1 minute, push down Chengshan for 1 minute. For those who vomit, rub Tianzhugu and Juque in reverse for 2 minutes.

2. Stagnation and damage to the spleen

Symptoms: lack of energy, irritability, sallow complexion, loss of appetite or hunger immediately after eating, dry and wispy hair, emaciation, large head and thin neck, swollen abdomen (toad belly), disappearance of fat, exposed blue veins, greasy tongue coating, and a soft and thready pulse.

Treatment method: Invigorate Qi and strengthen the spleen, while eliminating accumulation.

Acupoints for massage: Tui Liufu for 2 minutes, rub the abdomen for 1 minute, rub Tianshu in reverse for 1 minute, scrape the four seams for 1 minute, and separate the yin and yang of the abdomen for 1 minute.

3. Deficiency of Qi and Blood

Symptoms: Mental depression, sleeping with open eyes (eyes cannot be closed during sleep), loss of appetite, constipation or indigestion, dull and pale complexion, skinny body, cold limbs, weak crying, pale tongue with little coating, and weak pulse.

Treatment method: Invigorate Qi and nourish blood, strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach.

Acupoints for massage: Nourish the kidney for 2 minutes, nourish the spleen for 3 minutes, push Shang Sanguan for 1 minute, and rub Sanyinjiao for 2 minutes.