The Three Gates is a special acupoint for children. It is commonly used in tuina massage with techniques such as pushing, rubbing, or kneading. The operation is very simple. However, many parents are not aware of the benefits of tuina massage on the Three Gates for children. Let's explain it in detail below.
Precise Location of the Three Gates
The Three Gates are located on the radial side of the forearm, in a straight line from the transverse wrist crease (also known as Yang Chi) to the radial side of the elbow transverse crease (Qu Chi). Practitioners use their index and middle fingers to push from the wrist towards the elbow, which is called pushing the Three Gates.
Benefits of Tuina Massage on the Three Gates for Children
The Three Gates have a warming effect and are effective in dispersing cold, promoting sweating, and invigorating qi and blood. They are commonly used to treat cold and deficiency conditions. Proper tuina massage helps promote sweating and qi circulation, as well as nourish the original qi.
Common Diseases Treated by Tuina Massage on the Three Gates for Children
The Three Gates are mainly used to treat fever, aversion to cold, lack of sweating, weakness in the four fingers, deficiency of qi and blood, post-illness weakness, cold limbs due to yang deficiency, incomplete eruption of rash, wind-cold common cold, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and other deficiency and cold-related diseases.
Clinical Applications of Tuina Massage on the Three Gates for Children
1. Tuina massage on the Three Gates has a warming effect and can tonify qi, promote qi circulation, disperse cold, and treat deficiency and cold-related diseases. It is often used in combination with tonifying the spleen meridian, kidney meridian, rubbing the Dantian, kneading the spine, and massaging the abdomen.
2. It has a dispersing effect on exterior cold, and is often used in combination with clearing the spleen meridian, opening the Tianmen acupoint, and so on to treat wind-cold common cold.
3. This acupoint helps invigorate qi and promote blood circulation. When treating excess heat conditions, the technique should be fast and forceful. It can be combined with pushing and tonifying the spleen meridian for better therapeutic effects.
Correct Technique of Tuina Massage on the Three Gates for Children
The practitioner holds the child's wrist with one hand and uses the index and middle fingers of the other hand to push from the wrist to the elbow, repeating the motion 100-300 times. Regular tuina massage can relieve symptoms such as fever and cold.
