How to relieve children’s poor appetite?

If a child has a poor appetite, he will eat less, and his physical development will be affected. If a child has a poor appetite, his body's resistance will become poor, and he will get a fever and a cold at the slightest disturbance. He has taken a lot of supplements, but there is still no effect. Many parents feel very distressed about this and often try all kinds of medical treatments. Today, the editor will introduce to you the method of Chinese massage to relieve the problem of poor appetite in children.

Children suffering from indigestion have poor digestive function and are weak and sickly for a long time. Young parents feed them fatty and sweet food (greasy, meat food) or abuse tonic medicines, which exceed the normal absorption and digestion capacity of the spleen and stomach, aggravate the children's anorexia symptoms, and thus affect their normal growth and development. In fact, the methods of nourishing the body are not limited to dietary supplements. Massage is also an ideal health care method for strengthening the body.

Parents can give their children massage at home. This intimate skin contact can enhance parent-child relationships and can be done at home at any time. The target group is generally children under 6 years old, but massage is more effective for children under 3 years old, and the best effect is for infants under 3 months old. Traditional Chinese medicine experts prescribed a simple, easy-to-learn and practical massage prescription for anorexic and weak children.

Press Zusanli

Zusanli is located 3 inches below the outer kneecap and about one finger width on the outer side of the tibia. First find the patella, its lower edge is the patellar ligament. There is a depression on both sides, the outer side (the little toe side) is the "outer knee pit", and the inner side (the big toe side) is the "inner knee pit". 3 inches below the outer kneecap (the length of a child's four fingers put together), find the tibia below, and the Zusanli point is one horizontal finger (the width of a child's middle finger) away from the outer side of the tibia. Place the baby in supine position with his knees bent. Place the thumbs of both hands on the Zusanli acupoints, and press with the fingertips, pressing and releasing, for 50 times in a row.

Children's poor appetite is closely related to indigestion, so it can only be cured by symptomatic treatment. Children should not be forced to eat when they have a poor appetite, as this will be counterproductive. The editor here reminds parents that when doing this massage, they can communicate with the children, let the children maintain a calm mood, and then gently massage them. If they persist for a long time, the effect will be very good.