Baby cough and asthma massage

Cough and asthma is a common disease among babies. It is also a disease that can cause great pain to babies. If cough and asthma are not treated in time, it may even cause more serious lung diseases. There are many ways to treat cough and asthma, and massage is one of them. Of course, massage treatment for cough and asthma requires certain skills. Below, I will introduce you to the relevant knowledge about baby cough and asthma.

1. Baby cough and asthma classification

(1) Lung deficiency, cough and asthma

Prolonged cough and wheezing, weak cough, scanty sputum, low voice, pale complexion, shortness of breath when moving, weakness and sweating, pale and tender tongue, thin white tongue coating, and weak and thready pulse;

(2) Phlegm and dampness in the lungs

The cough is heavy and dull, the chest is stuffy and short of breath, the appetite is poor, the sputum is white and sticky, the tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is soft and slippery;

(3) Phlegm-heat in the lungs

Cough, wheezing, thick yellow sputum, irritability, dry mouth, red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse.

(4) Yin deficiency cough and asthma

Long-term coughing with little sputum, uncomfortable spitting out, sticky sputum or sputum with blood, dry throat and mouth, hot hands and feet, red tongue with little coating, and weak pulse.

2. Clinical manifestations of cough and asthma in babies

1. Children have persistent or recurrent cough and asthma for ≥ 1 month, often at night and early morning, which worsens after exercise.

2. There are no clinical signs of infection (such as fever, etc.), or long-term use of antibiotics (anti-inflammatory drugs) is ineffective.

3. Using bronchodilators (such as aminophylline) can relieve cough and asthma symptoms.

4. Have a personal history of allergies (infant eczema, urticaria, allergies to certain foods) and a family history of allergies (parents and relatives have allergic rhinitis, etc.). Usually no fever. Vomiting white foamy sputum. Likes to rub eyes and nose, and scratch scalp. He sweats a lot when he sleeps, is restless, and likes to sleep in a curled up position. Most of the symptoms are coughing and asthma, without wheezing.

3. Massage for treating cough and asthma in children

Clear the lung meridian 100~200 times, rub the small horizontal lines of the palm 100~200 times, tonify the spleen meridian 100~200 times, rub the lung point 100~200 times, and rub the Tanzhong point 100~200 times.

Massage 1-2 times a day, 3-5 days a course of treatment

For exogenous fever, add Qingtianhe water. For severe heat, push the six internal organs. For exogenous wind evil, add Kaitianmen, push Kangong, and rub Taiyang. For sweat retention and urination, rub Wailaogong.

The whole prescription has the effects of clearing and promoting lung qi, relieving adverse symptoms and asthma, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Rubbing the small horizontal lines on the palm has the effect of resolving phlegm and removing dampness. For those with lung rales that have not been absorbed for a long time and with excessive phlegm, Mr. Wu often chooses this point to massage and achieves good results. Children's spleen is often insufficient, so they often have phlegm and dampness hidden inside. The purpose of the prescription to tonify the spleen is to cut off the source of phlegm, strengthen the spleen and lungs, nourish the earth to produce gold, and treat both the symptoms and the root cause.

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