What are the acupuncture points for children's cold and nasal congestion?

Massage can not only help the body to recuperate, but also play an auxiliary therapeutic role in some diseases. When children have colds and nasal congestion, most parents are reluctant to let their babies take medicine, because the medicine will irritate the child's stomach and affect the baby's appetite. Therefore, pediatric massage has become the first choice for parents. So what are the acupoints for pediatric massage for colds and nasal congestion?

First, what are the acupoints for children's cold and nasal congestion? Rub the Yingxiang point. Acupoint: Yingxiang point. Location: Yingxiang point is located on both sides of the nose on the human face, next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the nose, in the nasolabial groove. Technique: When massaging, place the spiral surface of the fingertips of both hands on the Yingxiang point, and rub it in rotation for about 50-100 times. Efficacy: Clears the nasal passages, relieves wind and relieves exterior symptoms, dispels wind and dredges the meridians, clears the nasal passages, and relieves constipation and pain.

Indications:

Nasal congestion, nose bleeding, sinusitis, toothache, cold, crooked mouth, itchy face, biliary ascariasis.

Second, massage the Shangen acupoint. Acupoint: Shangen point. Location: The Shangen point is located at the midpoint of the line connecting the inner canthi of a child's eyes, in the low-lying area at the root of the nose. Technique: Use the spiral surface of the middle fingertip to apply force, and press and rub the Shangen point at the midpoint of the line connecting the two eyes about 100 times. Efficacy: Pinching the Shangen acupoint can open the orifices, wake up the eyes and calm the mind. Indications: Mainly used to treat red, swollen and painful eyes, tears in the wind, nasal congestion, etc.

Third, massage the Fengchi point. Acupoint: Fengchi point. Location: Fengchi acupoint is located below the occipital bone of the head, in the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of the trapezius muscle. When finding the acupoint, open the tiger's mouth and use the thumb and index finger to push the neck upwards to the depression below the occipital bone, which is the Fengchi acupoint. Technique: When massaging a child, be sure to flex the elbows of both upper limbs, raise both hands, fix the child's head with the left hand, and use the thumb and index finger of the right hand to massage the Fengchi points on both sides 50 times. Efficacy: Eliminate dark circles, relieve eye pressure, improve neck stiffness, eliminate shoulder pain, migraine, etc. Indications: headache, dizziness, stiff and painful neck, red and painful eyes, tearing, sinusitis, nosebleed, deafness, air stagnation, stroke, facial paralysis, malaria, fever, cold, goiter, and stiff neck.

What are the acupoints for children's cold and nasal congestion during massage? Rub the Weizhong point. Acupoint: Weizhong point. Location: Weizhong point is located at the midpoint of the popliteal crease, between the biceps femoris tendon and the semitendinosus tendon, that is, the center of the inner side of the knee. Technique: Place the tips of your thumbs on the Weizhong points on both sides and rub them in clockwise and counterclockwise directions 10 times each. Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, relaxing muscles and tendons, removing rheumatism, relaxing muscles and tendons, relieving heat and clearing away summer heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. Indications: heatstroke, epilepsy, malaria, paralysis of the lower limbs, swollen and painful knees, stiff waist and spine pain; as well as acute gastroenteritis, sciatica, gastrocnemius spasm, etc.