Massage method for children's cough

Coughing is one of the most common symptoms we have. If we adults have a cough, we just need to pay attention to rest and drink more water to relieve the symptoms. If the cough is more serious, we can use some Western or Chinese medicine to treat it. However, if the cough occurs in children, it will be much more troublesome to deal with, because we know that children’s immunity is not as strong as that of adults, and casual use of medicines may cause side effects. So what should we do?

Massage method for children's cough

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.

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;

Chest: Press Tiantu, Tanzhong, Rubian, and Rugen 50 to 100 times each;

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

Back: Rub the back downwards to open the bladder meridian, 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.

In the above article, we introduced the troubles that coughing brings to children. Once a child has a cough, parents will definitely be very worried and don’t know how to deal with it. In fact, we can use the massage method introduced above to treat children’s cough.