How to use moxibustion on children?

In recent years, moxibustion has become a popular health care method, which is particularly suitable for men, women, young and old. In daily life, many diseases can be treated through moxibustion, and some diseases require auxiliary treatment through moxibustion. Everyone knows that there are many benefits for adults to have moxibustion regularly, but how about moxibustion for children? The following is a detailed introduction to the method of moxibustion for children.

What is the effect of moxibustion on children

First, regular moxibustion for children can nourish the spleen and kidneys, and at the same time regulate children's appetite. Especially for children who don’t like to eat and are picky eaters, moxibustion can improve their appetite to a certain extent.

Second, many children are prone to fever and are easily affected by cold air and catch a chill. At the same time, once you catch a cold, it is easy to cause internal heat, resulting in acute tonsillitis, hand, foot and mouth disease, recurrent fever, etc. Regular moxibustion can significantly improve children's body's ability to resist cold, help clear away heat and reduce fire, and prevent symptoms such as fever.

Third, moxibustion for children in summer can dispel wind, cold and dampness, prevent colds and flu, dredge meridians, and replenish qi and blood.

What are the taboos for moxibustion for children?

1. Do not perform moxibustion directly on any exposed skin area, such as the face or arms in summer, because children's skin is more delicate than that of adults and is more likely to form scars.

2. Children’s skin is less sensitive to temperature and pain, and they are more active. Therefore, when performing moxibustion on children, you should be more focused and not be distracted to avoid burns.

3. When performing moxibustion, you should choose a room with good environment, good air circulation and relatively dry environment.

What to do if your child has poor resistance

First, drink more water. This keeps the mucous membrane moist, making it an important line of defense against bacteria.

The second is to do physical exercise. This is an important aspect of strengthening your physical fitness. Exercise should start from an early age. Outdoor activities can not only enable the skin to synthesize vitamin D, thereby promoting calcium absorption, but also have a good effect on the development of muscles, bones, respiratory, circulatory systems and the metabolism of the whole body.

The third is to ensure adequate sleep. Poor sleep can reduce the number of T cells in the body that are responsible for fighting viruses and tumors, thereby increasing the chance of getting sick. Experts recommend that growing children need 8 to 10 hours of sleep per day.

Fourth, do not use antibiotics at will. When the infection is not very serious, try not to use antibiotics, but rely on your own resistance to exercise your immune system.

Fifth, provide adequate nutrition, especially strengthen zinc supplementation. Babies are in a continuous growth and development stage and require relatively more nutrients. However, since the digestive function is not fully mature and the diet is often monotonous, it is easy to suffer from deficiency of nutrients such as zinc. If the baby is lacking in nutrition, especially zinc, his resistance will be relatively poor. Reasonable zinc supplementation can not only enhance immunity, but also facilitate the absorption of other nutrients, such as vitamins. However, when supplementing zinc, you should not blindly choose zinc supplements. Inorganic zinc and organic acid zinc both have negative effects. Only protein zinc is the safest and has the best effect.