What is children's cough massage?

Coughing is a common symptom of pediatric diseases in life, especially in winter and spring when the incidence rate may be higher. Since changes in temperature in the external climate are often inducing factors, parents are very worried when their babies are coughing and sick. Generally, parents may take their babies to the hospital for treatment or buy some medicines for treatment, which are not good for the baby's body. So here we introduce a massage for baby's cough.

Traditional Chinese medicine divides coughs into two categories: exogenous coughs and endogenous coughs. Exogenous coughs are more common in children. The main symptoms are cough, accompanied by fever, nasal congestion, chest tightness and shortness of breath, dry cough with little sputum or cough with a lot of sputum, fatigue, etc.

In addition to the commonly used Chinese and Western medicine treatments, cough can also be treated in combination with Chinese medicine pediatric massage therapy. Parents can perform treatment operations for their children at home. The specific steps are as follows: Parents use their thumb to rub the Banmen (thenar part of the palm) 100 times. 2. Use the ribbed surface of your thumb to massage the inner Bagua (around the Laogong point in the palm) of the child in a circular motion, for 1 minute on each hand. Neilaogong is located in the center of the palm, where the middle finger points when making a fist. 3. Press and rub the Tiantu (below the throat, in the depression 0.5 inches above the upper edge of the sternal notch) and Tanzhong (on the sternum, in the middle of the line connecting the two nipples) points for 2 minutes each. 4. Push the chest and ribs apart: The child lies on his back, and the parent stands in front of his head. With the thumbs of both hands facing each other and the other four fingers spread out, push from the sternum along the 1st to 4th intercostal spaces outward to the mid-axillary line, and perform the operation for 3 minutes. 5. The child lies prone, and the parents use their thumb to massage the Feishu point (1.5 inches lateral to the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra) for 2 minutes. Finally, push along the inner edge of the scapula from top to bottom in a left figure eight position for about 30 times to end the treatment. The above method is performed once a day. During the treatment, a small amount of talcum powder should be applied to the treatment area to prevent the child's skin from being damaged, and the child should be kept warm.

While parents insist on their baby's treatment, they should also strengthen the conditioning of the baby's daily life. First of all, we must pay attention to keeping warm and prevent colds, because catching cold is a common cause of colds. Secondly, in winter and spring, children should go to public places less often and do some work to prevent infections. Finally, it is important to combine diet with exercise to strengthen the physical fitness, improve the immunity of the eight treasures, and improve the health of the baby.