The cause of childhood colds is the invasion of external pathogens, mainly affecting the lung defense. The pathogenic factors of wind and cold often coexist, and the pathogenic factors of summer dampness invade the skin and nose, affecting the lung defense. This leads to an imbalance in the defense system, abnormal opening and closing of the pores, obstruction of the defense yang, and failure of lung qi to circulate properly. As a result, symptoms such as fever, chills, nasal congestion, runny nose, and cough appear. Now let's take a look at the massage points for childhood colds.
Basic Massage Techniques for Childhood Colds
Treatment principle: Expelling wind and resolving surface.
Acupoints: Tianmen, Kangong, Taiyang, Yingxiang, posterior auricular bone, and Fengchi.
Massage techniques:
1. Open Tianmen: Use both thumbs to alternately and gently push upwards from the center of the child's eyebrows to the hairline, repeating the motion 50-100 times.
2. Push Kangong: Use both thumbs to push from the center of the child's eyebrows towards the temples, repeating the motion 50-100 times.
3. Rub Taiyang and Yingxiang: Use the fingertips of both hands to rub the temples on both sides for 1-2 minutes, then use the index and middle fingers to rub the Yingxiang points on both sides for 1 minute.
4. Rub the posterior auricular bones: Use the thumbs or fingertips of both hands to rub the depressions behind the tragus of the child's ears 50 times.
5. Press Fengchi: Use the right hand to press the Fengchi points on the child's neck 5-10 times.
Massage Points for Childhood Wind-Cold Colds
Symptoms: Mild fever, severe chills, no sweating, nasal congestion, clear runny nose, cough, sneezing, itchy throat with no thirst, limb pain, headache. Pale tongue with thin white coating, floating and tight pulse, and pale fingerprints.
Treatment principle: Dispelling wind and dispersing cold.
Techniques: Pinch and rub Ershanmen 100 times, push Sanguan 200 times.
Massage Points for Childhood Wind-Heat Colds
Symptoms: Severe fever, mild chills, little sweating, nasal congestion with thick and turbid nasal discharge, cough, thick and sticky phlegm, headache, red and swollen throat, dry and thirsty mouth, red tongue with thin yellow coating, rapid pulse, and purple fingerprints.
Treatment principle: Dispelling wind and clearing heat.
Techniques: In addition to the above techniques, add 300 pushes on the Lung meridian, 300 pushes on the Tianhe water, and 100 pushes on the Tianzhu bone.
Massage Points for Childhood Summer Dampness Colds
Symptoms: High fever without sweating, or low-grade fever with poor sweating, headache, heavy body, chest tightness, loss of appetite, nausea, diarrhea, nasal congestion, cough. Red tongue with greasy coating, rapid pulse.
Treatment principle: Clearing summer heat and transforming dampness.
Techniques: Clear and tonify the Spleen meridian 200 times, rub the Tanzhong acupoint 100 times, rub the transverse creases on the palms 100 times, clear the Tianhe water 200 times, and retreat the six fu organs 200 times.
Massage for Childhood Colds with Complications
With Phlegm
Symptoms: Cough with heavy and turbid sound, phlegm rattling in the throat, thick and greasy tongue coating, floating and slippery pulse.
Treatment principle: Expelling lung and transforming phlegm.
Techniques: In addition to the above techniques, add 100 rubs on the side of the breast, 100 rubs on the breast root, and 50 kneads on the ribs.
With Stagnation
Symptoms: Abdominal distension and fullness, loss of appetite, sour and foul belching, foul breath, sour and smelly stool, or abdominal pain and diarrhea, or constipation, thick and greasy tongue coating, moist or slippery pulse.
Treatment principle: Dissolving accumulation and promoting bowel movement.
Techniques: In addition to the above techniques, add 300 tonify the Spleen meridian, 50 rubs on the Banmen acupoint, 100 rotations of the internal Bagua, and 5 minutes of abdominal rubbing.
With Convulsions
Symptoms: Restlessness, crying, and even convulsions, red tip of the tongue, wiry and rapid pulse.
Treatment principle: Calming the mind and suppressing convulsions.
Techniques: In addition to the above techniques, add 300 clears the Liver meridian, 50 pinches and rubs Xiaotianxin, and 20 pinches and rubs the joints of the fingers.
Nursing Tips for Childhood Colds
1. During the illness, it is advisable to give the child plenty of water to drink, provide easily digestible and light food, and observe changes in the condition.
2. During the cold season, vinegar fumigation can be used to disinfect the air and prevent colds.
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