Correct way to massage for indigestion in children

Children at home are treasures. Do you know the correct way to cherish your baby? When your child has indigestion, do you know how to solve the problem? Are you sure your approach is scientific and healthy? Here are some correct massage methods for children with indigestion. Let's take a closer look.

It is always worrying when a baby is sick, mainly because it cannot be treated with medicine. Even with medicines specially designed for infants and young children, parents will worry about side effects. This is when Chinese medicine's pediatric massage comes in handy, especially for common diseases such as indigestion. Massage is safe, reliable and effective quickly. Parents may wish to learn a few tricks.

Food stagnation and heat type

Treatment principle: Antipyretic, spleen-strengthening and digestive system.

Techniques: pushing method, finger kneading method, palm massage method, palm kneading method.

Acupoints and locations: Spleen Earth point, Wrist Yin and Yang points, Sanguan point, Liufu point, Four Horizontal Lines point, Wailaogong point, Abdominal Yin and Yang points, Zusanli point.

Operation method and requirements:

① Qingpi Tu point: Make the child's palm face up, and the doctor uses the finger pushing method, pushing from the proximal end to the distal end of the child's thumb, which is called "Qingpi Tu", three hundred times.

② Bupi Tu point: First use the method of "clearing the spleen and earth point" to treat the child, and then use the method of "replenishing the spleen and earth point", which is called "clearing first and then tonifying". When food stagnation is accompanied by heat, the method of “clearing first and then supplementing” is often adopted.

③ Push the Yin and Yang points on the wrist separately: about 100 times.

④Push Sanguan acupoint: about 200 times.

⑤ Tui Liufu acupoint: about 600 times. The number of times of Tui Liufu acupoint should be pressed should be more than the number of times of Pushing Sanguan acupoint because it is "food accumulation with heat".

⑥ Push the Four Horizontal Lines Point: The Four Horizontal Lines Point has two different positions and is the general term for four acupoints. The position mentioned here is the palm side transverse line of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger. The doctor uses pushing method to treat the above-mentioned parts one by one, for about several minutes.

⑦ Rub the Wailaoguan point: The Wailaoguan point is opposite to the Laoguan point on the palm. Doctors usually rub the area in a clockwise direction for dozens of times.

Although massage is effective in treating indigestion, parents should still pay attention to taking good care of their children to prevent them from experiencing symptoms of indigestion. For example, children should develop good eating habits, not be picky eaters, eat on time and in appropriate amounts every day, and avoid being too hungry or too full. This is the only way to effectively prevent indigestion.

The above is the expert’s analysis of massage for pediatric indigestion and the correct method of massage. Caring for children must not be vague, but must be rigorous and scientific. This is responsible for the children. Parents can try to massage their children and adjust their diet according to the above methods, so as to solve their children's indigestion problems.