Pediatric spleen deficiency is common and easily prone to injury, so diarrhea is a common digestive disorder in children. There are different types of diarrhea in children, including heat and dampness, cold and dampness, food injury, heat and fire, spleen deficiency, and spleen-kidney yang deficiency. Let's take a look at pediatric damp-heat diarrhea massage.
Treatment principles for pediatric diarrhea massage
The general treatment method is to promote spleen and transform dampness.
If dampness evil invades, it is necessary to distinguish between cold and dampness or heat. For cold and dampness, warm the middle and disperse cold; for damp-heat, clear heat and transform dampness. If it is caused by food injury, it should be treated by promoting digestion. If the spleen and stomach are weak, it should be treated by invigorating the spleen and stomach. If there is spleen-kidney yang deficiency, it should be treated by warming the kidneys and spleen. If liver qi invades the spleen, it should be treated by soothing the liver and regulating qi.
Main symptoms of pediatric damp-heat diarrhea
The stools are yellow, lumpy, greasy, sticky, and foul-smelling, and there may be sticky saliva. The child feels restless and uncomfortable, with frequent diarrhea, sometimes more than ten times a day. Afternoon fever, dry mouth, decreased appetite, fatigue, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, slippery and frequent pulse, and purple congestion in fingerprints.
Analysis of symptoms of pediatric damp-heat diarrhea
The heat evil corrupts and the damp evil becomes filthy. When damp-heat descends, the stools become yellow, lumpy, greasy, sticky, and foul-smelling, with possible sticky saliva. The heat evil descends rapidly, causing the damp evil to obstruct the flow of qi, leading to discomfort before defecation. Dampness is a yin evil, and yin rises in the afternoon. Dampness hinders the dissemination of heat, causing afternoon fever. Heat evil damages body fluids, leading to dry mouth, while dampness evil obstructs the flow of fluids, resulting in decreased drinking. If the stomach qi is weak, appetite will decrease. If clear yang is disturbed, there will be fatigue. The tongue, pulse, and fingerprints all indicate damp-heat.
Pediatric damp-heat diarrhea massage prescription
Treatment method: clear heat, promote dampness, regulate qi, and stop diarrhea.
Massage prescription: Clear the spleen earth, clear the stomach meridian, horizontally stroke towards the gate of the abdomen, clear the Tianhe water, retreat the six fu organs, clear the small intestine, knead the second metatarsal, follow the movement of the inner bagua, stroke the four horizontal lines, move the earth into the water, clear the large intestine, push down the seven sections, knead Yongquan.
Analysis of pediatric damp-heat diarrhea massage prescription
Clearing the Tianhe water, retreating the six fu organs, clearing the small intestine, and clearing the spleen earth can clear and promote the spleen and stomach, and eliminate damp-heat. Moving the inner bagua and stroking the four horizontal lines can regulate qi and relieve stagnation. Moving the earth into the water means using earth to control water, in order to promote the elimination of water-dampness. Clearing the large intestine, pushing down the Qi Street, and kneading Yongquan can guide the damp-heat downwards. Once the damp-heat is eliminated, the diarrhea will naturally stop.
