Is massage effective for children's cough?

Massage is a very common physical therapy method in normal times. Regular massage is good for health and can also treat many diseases. Coughing in children is a very common disease, but there are many reasons for coughing. Most parents tend to think of many ways to help their children stop coughing when their children have coughs. So, is massage effective for children with coughs?

Is massage effective for children with cough?

Baby's cough can be relieved by massage. As long as parents master the acupoints and massage the baby every day, they can effectively relieve the baby's cough.

1. Parents rub the door 100 times with their thumb (palm).

2. Use your thumb to rotate and rub the Bagua (around the palm palace) on the center of the child's palm, for 1 minute on each hand. The inner palace is located in the palm of your hand, referring to the middle finger of your fist.

3. Knead Tian (below the throat, in the middle of the sternum depression, 0.5 inches in the middle) and Tan Zhong (inside the sternum, the connection between the two nipples) for 2 minutes each.

4. The ribs are separated: the child lies on his back and the parents are in front of his head. Two hands facing each other. The other four fingers are spread apart. The sternum is pushed outwards from the sternum and from the intercostals to the midaxillary line.

5. The child lies on the ground. Parents rub the lung point with their thumb for 2 minutes. Finally, along the inner edge of the shoulder blade, divide the upper left eight characters from top to bottom about 30 times to end the treatment.

Precautions for children's cough

1. Children can add or reduce clothes and quilts appropriately to prevent children from catching a cold. But avoid being too strong or too strict with your child, as this will not only fail to keep your child warm, but will have the opposite effect. Weakens the child's body functions and reduces the child's immunity.

2. To keep the indoor air fresh, you can open doors and windows to allow air convection. Parents should also be mindful of cooking fumes and their own smoking. It would be better if parents could not smoke at home.

3. Ensure adequate sleep.

4. Eat a light diet and avoid spicy or greasy food. "Fish is fire, meat is oyster", so when you have a cough, eat less fish and other foods. You can eat some fresh fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, such as kiwi, wolfberry, orange, orange, fresh dates, tomatoes, onions, cauliflower, etc.

What causes a child to cough?

According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, coughs are divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs, which can be determined by observing the baby's tongue coating. White tongue coating indicates wind-cold cough, while red and yellow tongue coating indicates wind-heat cough. According to Western medical theory, baby's cough may be caused by bronchitis, respiratory tract infection, allergies, etc.

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

Coughs are divided into coughs and coughs, and coughs are divided into cold coughs and wind-heat coughs. You can judge by observing the baby's tongue coating. The baby's tongue coating is cold and coughing indicates that the child has a cold and is coughing, and the hernia is also relatively thin. When her white hair is sticky and her nose is blocked, she should eat warm food to eliminate phlegm and relieve cough. If the baby's tongue is yellow or red, it means he has a cold and cough, which means that the baby is very hot inside and has a sore throat. You should eat foods that clear the lungs and reduce phlegm.

2. Western medical theory

When children cough, we should pay attention to the nature of the cough, the duration of the cough and the nature of the sputum. Diseases that often cause coughs include chronic infections of the upper and lower respiratory tract; stimulation such as foreign bodies in the trachea, dry climate, or colds can all cause coughs. Pleural diseases such as pleurisy or compression of organs adjacent to the pleura can cause cough. Allergic cough is generally caused by allergic constitution. The allergen is unclear, usually not caused by drugs, and there is a family history.