Massage techniques for treating indigestion in children

Because they are greedy and some babies eat a lot, and because parents do not control the amount of food given to children, it is easy to cause food accumulation. After food accumulation, the baby is prone to colds, fevers, sneezing, runny noses, and may even suffer from nausea and vomiting due to food accumulation. In order to prevent the food accumulation from further aggravating and do not want to take medicine for treatment, massage techniques can be used to slowly relieve the symptoms.

The massage technique for treating indigestion in children is mainly aimed at the baby's indigestion. The purpose of treating indigestion with massage in children is to help digest food, relieve stagnation, and strengthen the spleen and stomach.

1. Tuina technique for children with indigestion: Clearing the large intestine meridian (3 minutes)

Position: Located on the radial side of the index finger, with a straight line from the index finger to the base of the thumb.

Technique: Hold the child's palm with one hand to expose the radial edge, and then use the spiral surface of the thumb of the other hand to push from the base of the child's palm to the tip of the index finger.

Function: Clears the intestines, removes dampness and heat, and guides away stagnation. It is mostly used to treat constipation, food accumulation and other symptoms.

2. Tuina technique for children with indigestion: rubbing the door (5 minutes)

Position: The board door is located under the thumb.

Technique: Press hard on the midpoint of the thenar muscle on the palm, and you will feel a tingling sensation, which is the holographic reaction point of the stomach.

Function: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, helps digestion and relieves stagnation. It is often used to prevent and treat food stagnation, abdominal distension, and loss of appetite.

3. Tuina Technique for Children with Indigestion: Three Ways to Circulate the Inner Bagua (5 minutes)

Position: The inner Bagua is located on the palm. With the palm as the center of the circle, draw a circle with the intersection of the inner 2/3 and outer 1/3 of the middle finger horizontal line as the radius.

Technique: Starting from the middle black dot, draw a circle clockwise. The feeling of the movement is that it touches the skin without causing pressure, and it feels like it is suspended in the air. Imagine the soft feeling of Bagua

Function: It can relieve food stagnation and is often used for symptoms such as loss of appetite.

4. Tuina technique for treating indigestion in children: four pushes and four horizontal lines (3 minutes)

Location: The four transverse lines are located at the transverse lines of the first interphalangeal joints of the four fingers.

Technique: Use the radial edge of the thumb or the spiral surface of the index and middle fingers to push in a straight line on the acupoint. This is called the pushing method, which is one of the important acupoints for improving problems such as indigestion.

5. Tuina for children with indigestion: Wuqing Tianheshui (3 minutes)

Location: Tianhe Water is located in a straight line from the middle tendon of the forearm to Hongchi (Quze).

Technique: Hold the child's wrist with one hand, with the palm facing up, and then use the middle and index fingers to push from the child's wrist line to the elbow line. The direction of pushing must be from wrist to elbow, and it cannot be done in the opposite direction!

Function: Qingtianhe can clear away heat and relieve exterior symptoms, drain heart fire, etc. It is one of the commonly used pediatric massage acupoints.

6. Massage technique for children with indigestion: six pinches and four horizontal seams (5 minutes)

Location: The four horizontal lines are on the palm, at the first interphalangeal joint horizontal lines of the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger (Note: "interphalangeal joint" refers to the joint formed between phalanges).

Function: Regulates the middle and promotes the flow of Qi, resolves accumulation and relieves bloating, reduces fever and relieves restlessness. Sifeng is also one of the commonly used acupoints for digestion.

7. Massage technique for children with indigestion: push seven joints seven times (3 minutes)

Location: This point is located in the middle of the lumbar sacrum, with the 4th lumbar vertebra to the coccyx forming a straight line.

Technique: Use the outer edge of the thumb or index and middle fingers of one hand to push straight down from top to bottom, about 100-300 times.

Function: Push upward to warm the yang and stop diarrhea, and treat rectal prolapse; push downward to treat constipation and other symptoms.

8. Massage technique for children with indigestion: eight-point abdominal yin and yang (5 minutes)

Location: The yin and yang of the abdomen, which is the lower edge of the two ribs (it can also be said to be from the middle abdomen to the navel)

Technique: Use the thumbs of both hands to push from under the xiphoid process along the lower edge of the costal arch or Zhongwan to the navel, and push to both sides.

Function: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, regulates qi and helps digestion. It is often used to prevent and treat abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion, irritability, night crying and other symptoms.

9. Nine abdominal massage techniques for children with indigestion (5 minutes)

Technique: Generally, a clockwise method is used to move the stool along the ascending colon, transverse colon, and descending colon. Persistent operation will produce unexpected results, even for adults. For older children, you can use the abdominal massage method, which has a certain degree of penetration.

Function: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, regulates qi and helps digestion. It is often used to prevent and treat abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, malnutrition and other symptoms.

10. Massage technique for children with indigestion: 10 rubs on Zusanli (5 minutes)

Location: Zusanli is located 3 inches below the outer kneecap and 1 inch beside the tibia.

Technique: Press and rub the point with your thumb.

Function: Zusanli is the first health care acupuncture point in the human body. Pressing and rubbing Zusanli can strengthen the spleen and stomach, regulate the middle and regulate qi, dredge the meridians and remove stagnation. It has a regulating effect on children's food stagnation caused by spleen and stomach disharmony.

11. Massage technique for children with indigestion: pinch the spine 3-5 times

Location: In the middle of the back, the entire spine, from the Dazhui to the Changqiang, forms a straight line.

Technique: Pinch the 1.5-inch area beside the child's spine from bottom to top 3-5 times, and lift upward once after every 3 pinches.

Function: Pinching the spine can promote children's spleen and stomach digestion and avoid gastrointestinal food accumulation.