How to massage children’s stomach pain?

When many children have stomach pain, they attribute it to abdominal pain because they don’t know where the stomach is. Most mothers will also massage their children when they are in pain. So how should you massage a child when he or she has stomach pain? In fact, many people are not very clear about it and just massage it randomly. Here the editor will tell you the correct massage method.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stomach pain can be relieved through acupoint massage. Acupoint massage can adjust the function of the stomach, relieve pain, and reduce adverse qi and transform turbid qi, thereby relieving stomach pain, bloating and other uncomfortable symptoms. Now let’s take a look at which health-preserving acupoints can be massaged to quickly relieve symptoms of stomach bloating and stomach pain.

Long press Neiguan acupoint:

Turn your palm upward, with your wrist about three horizontal fingers (about 2 inches) away from your elbow, between the two bones and two tendons. If you feel bloated or as if food is stuck in your chest and cannot reach your stomach, press this point to regulate your Qi flow.

Long press Zhongwan acupoint:

Located 4 inches above the midline of the navel, about five horizontal fingers away. It has a very good therapeutic effect on various stomachaches, esophageal reflux, hiccups, stomachaches caused by catching a cold from wearing navel-exposed clothes, and chest tightness caused by stomach gas rushing to the heart.

Long press Zusanli acupoint:

There is a groove on the outside of the tibia about four horizontal fingers (about 3 inches) below the knee. This is the Qiangqiang point. Press it with greater force and the numbness and soreness of the meridians can be felt on the instep. Massaging this point can cure all gastrointestinal diseases, including indigestion, bloating and stomach pain.

Zhongwan point and Juque point are located on the chest (the depression in the center front of the chest), on the line connecting the chest and the navel. When exhaling, gently and slowly massage and stimulate the acupoints to promote gastrointestinal function and improve stomach pain symptoms. However, it is not advisable to stimulate after a meal.

After reading the above introduction, I believe that when a child has stomach pain, mothers should know how to massage the child, right? If the child's condition is not too serious, massage will have a certain effect. If the child's condition is serious, it is better to take the child to the hospital for treatment. Pay more attention to your children’s diet!