If a child has a cough, how can we provide massage therapy?

As we all know, children's physical fitness is not as good as that of adults, and their resistance is not strong enough, so they are more likely to get sick. There are many common diseases among children, among which cough is the most typical and most frequent one. Coughing can cause throat inflammation in children, and in severe cases it can lead to pneumonia, so parents should never take it lightly when they find their children are sick. When a child has a cough, it can be treated not only with injections and medication, but also by massaging the child. Next, I will introduce some massage methods to parents.

Head, face and neck: Open Tianmen and divide Yin and Yang 100 to 200 times each; massage Fengchi, Fengfu and Baihui 30 to 50 times each; massage eyebrows from eyebrows to temples 5 to 10 times;

Drain the lung meridian: push from the first joint to the last joint of the ring finger.

To tonify the spleen meridian: Place the tip of your thumb on your palm and rotate it in a clockwise direction.

Cough and asthma points: Press between the index finger and middle finger, and between the middle finger and ring finger.

Press the Hegu point: This is a commonly used acupoint for treating cough.

Upper limbs: Clear Tianhe water 300 times. Drain the heart meridian, liver meridian, lung meridian, spleen meridian, and kidney meridian 100 to 200 times each;

Press Quchi, Neiguan, Lieque, Chize, and Kechuan points 50 to 100 times each;

Press the Tanzhong point.

Chest: Press Tiantu, Tanzhong, breast side, and breast root 50 to 100 times each;

Lower limbs: press Fenglong, Taichong, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao 50 to 100 times each;

Press the bladder meridian.

Back: Rub the back downwards to open the bladder meridian, and focus on pressing the Dazhui, Feishu, Pishu, Ganshu, Xinshu, and Asthma points; pinch the spine from top to bottom; push the Tianzhu bone downwards until the skin turns slightly red and hot.

Several types of cough in traditional Chinese medicine

There are several types of cough in traditional Chinese medicine. Doctors remind us that we must treat them according to the different types:

one. External cough

Wind-cold attack on lungs

Symptoms: heavy and hoarse cough, shortness of breath, itchy throat, thin and white sputum, often accompanied by nasal congestion, clear runny nose, headache, limb aches, chills and fever, no sweating and other external symptoms, thin white tongue coating, floating or floating-tight pulse.

Wind-heat attacking the lungs

Symptoms: coughing and expectoration with yellow or thick phlegm, dry throat and sore throat, often accompanied by aversion to wind, fever, headache, limb aches, runny nose with yellow mucus, thirst and other symptoms of superficial heat, thin yellow tongue coating, and rapid or slippery pulse.

two. Internal injury cough

Phlegm-dampness in the lungs

Symptoms: Recurrent coughing, especially in the morning, with heavy and muggy cough, lots of sputum, which is sticky or thick and lumpy, white or gray in color, and chest tightness and shortness of breath. Coughing and shortness of breath are relieved when sputum is discharged. It is often accompanied by fatigue, abdominal distension, loose stools, greasy white tongue coating, and slippery pulse.

Phlegm-heat in the lungs

Symptoms: Coughing and shortness of breath, or phlegm in the throat, thick and sticky phlegm or yellow phlegm, uncomfortable coughing and spitting, or phlegm with hot and fishy smell, or coughing and spitting bloody phlegm, chest and flank distension, or chest pain caused by coughing, red face, or body fever, dry mouth and thirst, thin yellow and greasy tongue coating, red tongue, and slippery and rapid pulse.

Lung Yin deficiency

Symptoms: dry cough, short cough, little sticky white sputum, or blood in the sputum, or gradually hoarse voice, dry mouth and throat, often accompanied by hot flashes in the afternoon, hot hands and feet, night sweats, dry mouth, red tongue with little coating, or little saliva on the tongue, and a thin and rapid pulse.

Yin deficiency dry cough

Symptoms: dry cough without sputum, or little and sticky sputum. It is often accompanied by afternoon hot flashes, hot hands and feet, night sweats, dry mouth, red tongue with little coating, or little fluid on the tongue, and a thin and rapid pulse.

Cough Massage Addition and Subtraction

If it is wind-heat or phlegm-heat, massage Neilaogong and Xinshu 50 to 100 times; and Tui Liufu 300 times.

If you have a cold, massage the Wailaogong point; press the spleen point and lung point on the back 50 to 100 times each.

If the patient has phlegm and dampness, add Tui Liu Fu 300 times; rub Banmen and Yun Nei Bagua 100 to 200 times each.

If the patient has yin deficiency and internal heat, supplement Sanguan 300 times; clear Tianhe water 300 times; massage Neilaogong 50 to 100 times each.

If you have a long-term cough, add Sanguan 300 times; and massage the spleen point, lung point, kidney point, and life gate on the back.

Press the bladder meridian.

To tonify the spleen meridian: Place the tip of your thumb on your palm and rotate it in a clockwise direction.

Drain the lung meridian: push from the first joint to the last joint of the ring finger.

Press the Hegu point: This is a commonly used acupoint for treating cough.

Press the Tanzhong point.

Cough and asthma points: Press between the index finger and middle finger, and between the middle finger and ring finger.

The above are the massage methods that can be used to treat children’s coughs. I wonder if parents have understood and mastered them? When a child coughs at home but cannot get timely medical treatment, parents can relieve and treat the child's cough by massaging the areas introduced above. Parents must remember this.