Acupoint massage to quickly reduce fever in children

When your child has fever, every family member will want to learn about the current methods of quickly reducing fever so that the child can recover as soon as possible. By choosing a method of quickly reducing fever, your child can receive effective treatment. The following content introduces the method of quickly reducing fever in children through acupoint massage, so you can have a comprehensive understanding and let your child recover as soon as possible.

Use Qingfei Meridian (push from the last segment of the fingerprint on the palm of the ring finger to the fingertip) 300 times.

Acupoint: Lung Meridian (Lung Metal)

Location: palm of ring finger.

Procedure: ① To nourish the lung meridian: rotate and push on the surface of the ring finger, see the middle picture, and nourish about 200 to 400 times.

② Clear the lung meridian: Push straight toward the direction of the finger base, see the picture on the right, clear 200 to 400 times.

Indications: fever, cough, asthma, chest tightness, sore throat, etc.

Qing Tianhe Water (Push from the middle of the inner side of the forearm to the wrist crease to the elbow crease) 100 times,

Acupuncture point: Tianhe Water

Location: In the middle of the inner side of the forearm, in a straight line from the wrist crease to the hour crease.

Operation: Use the index and middle fingertips to push from the wrist crease to the elbow crease, see figure.

Push about 100 to 500 times.

Indications: fever, irritability, thirst, mouth ulcers, convulsions and other fever symptoms.

Open Tianmen (from the center of the child's eyebrows to the edge of the hairline) 100 times,

Acupuncture point: Tianmen (Zanzhu)

Position: From the middle of the eyebrows to the front hairline in a straight line.

Procedure: Use the two thumbs to push from the center of the eyebrows upwards to the front hairline alternately, about 30 to 50 times.

Indications: cold, fever, headache, mental depression, convulsions, etc.

Push Kan Gong (from the center of the child's eyebrows along the eyebrow ends to the sides to the eyebrow tips) 100 times,

Massage method: 100 times of rubbing the sun (pressing and rubbing the temple behind the eyebrows):

Acupuncture point: Sun

Location: In the depression behind the eyebrows. There is a saying that the left is the sun and the right is the moon.

Procedure: Use your thumbs or middle fingers to massage the left and right temples respectively.

Rubbing forward is for tonification, and rubbing behind the ear is for purgation. Knead 30 times.

Indications: exogenous fever, headache, dizziness.

To achieve the purpose of clearing the lungs, relieving exterior symptoms and reducing fever. Generally, the body temperature of such children can be lowered after one massage treatment. The temperature may fluctuate slightly in the afternoon, but the temperature will be basically controlled within the normal range after the same treatment the next day.

Clinically, most children's fevers are caused by external factors, so if the child has a low fever, you can try the above method. This is convenient and can avoid the side effects of drugs. The onset of this type of disease is relatively acute, and massage treatment is more effective. However, when parents do not find self-treatment at home to be effective, they must go to the hospital for formal treatment.

Due to the different physical constitutions of children, the changes in their diseases are more complicated, so pediatric massage must be identified and treated in combination with differences in seasons, climate and symptom manifestations. In addition, children should pay attention to adding or removing clothes as the weather changes to prevent colds and fevers. It is spring now, the weather changes greatly and the daily temperature difference is also large. Parents must add or remove clothes for their children in time to prevent colds. Pay attention to proper feeding and avoid overeating greasy food to avoid food stagnation, which may cause fever. When you have a fever, you should drink plenty of water and eat a light diet.

Generally speaking, an acute fever takes 1 to 3 days to recover. Children with long-term low-grade fever who do not respond well to medication will need a relatively longer treatment time, because the treatment of children with long-term low-grade fever generally needs to start with the root cause of the disease.

Acupoint massage is a method of quickly reducing fever in children. The above method introduces acupoint massage to quickly treat children's fever. Therefore, many parents recommend that their children use the acupoint massage introduced above when they have a fever. This method can effectively treat their children's fever and will not cause any side effects to the children's bodies.