What should I do if my baby has a runny nose and eye mucus?

The baby accidentally caught a cold and had a runny nose all day long. Many parents felt distressed when they saw the baby's red nose. In fact, to treat your baby's runny nose, in addition to taking medicine and seeing a doctor, you can also use Chinese medicine massage at home to provide auxiliary treatment for your child. The wisdom of our ancestors is powerful, and long-term persistence can effectively improve your baby's immunity. Then I will teach you some massage methods for baby’s runny nose.

1. Open the gate of heaven. Generally, use the thumbs of both hands alternately to push upward from the midpoint of the eyebrows to the front hairline, push 24 times or for 3 to 5 minutes. "Kai Tian Men" is the starting posture of massage. If children have various discomforts, you can do Kai Tian Men first, which means the correspondence between heaven and man. This technique can open the meridians, activate qi and blood, and regulate yin and yang; it also has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms, refreshing the brain and improving eyesight. It can be combined with other acupoints to treat wind-cold and wind-heat colds, and relieve symptoms such as aversion to wind, fever, headache, body pain, etc. caused by exogenous wind evil.

2. Push Kan Palace. The horizontal line from the center of the eyebrows to the tips of the eyebrows on both sides is the Kan Palace. The specific pushing method is: use the tips of both thumbs to push from the center of the eyebrows to the ends of the eyebrows on both sides 30 to 50 times. This method can dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, stop headaches, refresh the brain and improve eyesight. It is suitable for people with colds caused by wind and cold, and those with symptoms such as chills, fever, no sweating, body pain, and headaches.

3. Rub the sun. The depression behind the eyebrows is the temple. You can use the tips of your thumbs or middle fingers to rub the depression behind the eyebrows 30 to 50 times. This technique can dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, stop headaches, clear away heat and improve eyesight. It is suitable for people with exogenous fever, headaches, red and swollen eyes, blurred vision and other symptoms.

4. Rub the high bone behind the ear. You can use the tips of your thumbs or middle fingers to massage the depression below the mastoid process (the raised high bone) behind the ear 30 to 50 times. This technique can dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, calm the nerves and relieve restlessness, and can treat symptoms such as headache, dizziness, high fever convulsions, etc. caused by wind-heat cold.

The above are several massage methods for treating baby’s runny nose. Parents must give their children more massage. In addition, prevention is also very important. Regularly ventilating the baby's room and keeping the air in the room fresh can effectively eliminate the presence of germs. In addition, when choosing baby clothes, try to choose those with good breathability.