The eyes are the windows to the liver, and the essence and energy of the five viscera and six bowels flow up to the eyes. Therefore, by observing changes in the eyes, one can grasp the child's physical health. Massage of the eye acupoints can effectively prevent and treat many diseases. Let's learn about the techniques of pediatric eye massage.
Rub Si Zhu Kong
Using the fingertips of both hands, apply pressure to the Si Zhu Kong acupoints at the ends of the child's eyebrows, and rub them 100 times.
Benefits: Clear turbidity and remove dampness, improve vision and relieve pain. It is used to treat eye diseases such as dizziness, redness, swelling, pain, eyelid twitching, and blurred vision in children.
Pinch Jing Ming
Place the thumb and index finger of the left or right hand respectively on the Jing Ming acupoints on both sides of the eyes, and pinch them with relative force 100 times, until there is local soreness and swelling.
Benefits: Reduce heat and eliminate turbidity, improve vision and calm the mind. It is used to treat symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain, tearing in the wind, green blindness, night blindness, color blindness, nearsightedness, chronic conjunctivitis, and lacrimal sac inflammation in children.
Press and Rub Yu Yao
Yu Yao is located on the forehead, directly above the pupil and between the eyebrows. Use the thumb to press and push along the arc of the eyebrows to the Taiyang acupoint 50 times. Then, apply strong clockwise pressure and rub it twice at the Yu Yao acupoint.
Benefits: Calm the mind and relieve convulsions, expel wind and open the meridians. It is used to treat eye diseases such as redness, swelling, pain, eyelid twitching, drooping eyelids, nearsightedness, acute conjunctivitis, and brow ridge pain in children.
Rub Taiyang
Using the thumbs of both hands, rub the temples of the child on both sides of the eyebrows and the hollow area about 1 inch behind the outer canthus 100 times.
Benefits: Calm the mind and awaken the brain, dispel wind and relieve pain. It is used to treat symptoms such as eye fatigue and eye redness and pain in children.
Press and Rub Si Bai
Using the fingertips of both thumbs, rub the Si Bai acupoints at the depressions below the eye sockets of the child in a clockwise direction 100 times, and then in a counterclockwise direction 100 times.
Benefits: Expel wind and improve vision, activate meridians and collaterals. It is used to treat eye symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain, facial paralysis, glaucoma, and night blindness in children.
Push Kan Gong
Using the thumb, push from the center of the eyebrows towards the ends of the eyebrows, gradually increasing the force until the center of the eyebrows turns slightly red.
Benefits: Expel wind and release the surface, clear heat and relieve pain, awaken the brain and improve vision. It is used to treat eye symptoms such as redness, pain, weak vision, and strabismus in children.
