Dysentery is a type of intestinal infectious disease characterized by abdominal pain, urgency to defecate, and bloody and purulent diarrhea. This disease is more prevalent in the summer and autumn seasons, with a higher incidence in children aged two to seven. Let's take a look at how pediatric massage can be used to treat dysentery.
Pediatric Massage for Damp-Heat Dysentery
Main Symptoms: Severe abdominal pain (urgency), infants may cry and bend over, uncomfortable during bowel movements (heaviness), older children may complain of anal fullness, red and swollen anus, bloody and purulent diarrhea with small and frequent stools, high fever, dry mouth, red tongue with a greasy yellow coating, slippery and rapid pulse, and purple congestion in fingerprints.
Treatment Principles: Clear heat, eliminate dampness, promote qi circulation, and relieve stagnation.
Massage Prescription: Stimulate the Stomach Meridian, Gate of Abdomen, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Heavenly River Water, Retreat Six Fu, Promote Two People on Horseback, Massage Four Transverse Lines, Promote the Inner Eight Trigrams, Rub Tian Shu, Du Jiao, and Perform Seven Joint Massage.
Massage Rationale: By stimulating the Stomach Meridian, Gate of Abdomen, Small Intestine, Heavenly River Water, and Retreat Six Fu, as well as promoting the Inner Eight Trigrams and clearing away pathogens, massaging the Four Transverse Lines, and rubbing Tian Shu, Du Jiao, and performing seven joint massages, the massage can regulate qi, relieve stagnation, and alleviate pain.
Pediatric Massage for Cold-Damp Dysentery
Main Symptoms: Stool is red and white with sticky consistency, more white than red, urgency and heaviness, mild abdominal pain, fatigue and lying down, limbs feel cold, abdominal distention and reduced appetite, pale tongue with a white coating, slow and weak pulse, and pale red fingerprints.
Treatment Principles: Warm and transform cold-dampness, regulate qi, and relieve stagnation.
Massage Prescription: Tonify the Spleen Earth, Rub the Gate of Abdomen, Massage Four Transverse Lines, Large Intestine, Promote the Inner Eight Trigrams, Rub Two People on Horseback, External Labor, One Nest of Wind, Shen Que, Tian Shu, Du Jiao, and Perform Seven Joint Massage.
Massage Rationale: By tonifying the Spleen Earth, stimulating the Gate of Abdomen, promoting Two People on Horseback, external labor, one nest of wind, Shen Que, and Tian Shu to warm the middle, transform cold-dampness, and promote digestion, massaging the Four Transverse Lines, promoting the Inner Eight Trigrams, massaging the Large Intestine, rubbing Du Jiao, and performing seven joint massages can regulate qi, relieve stagnation, and alleviate pain.
Pediatric Massage for Prolonged and Persistent Dysentery
Main Symptoms: Prolonged and unhealed dysentery, intermittent episodes, stools are red, white, and sticky, in small amounts, mild abdominal pain, mild urgency and heaviness, restlessness, dry mouth, afternoon fever, hot hands and feet, emaciation, short and yellow urine, red face and lips, dry tongue with little coating, thin and rapid pulse, and purple congestion in fingerprints; or fatigue, laziness, low voice, pale face and lips, difficult bowel movements, pale tongue with a white coating, weak pulse, and pale red fingerprints.
Treatment Principles: Tonify qi, nourish yin, reinforce the body's resistance, and expel pathogenic factors.
Massage Prescription and Rationale: Tonify Kidney Water, Stomach Meridian, Gate of Abdomen, Heavenly River Water, Rub Internal Labor, Cross the Heavenly River, and Rub Yong Quan to nourish yin and clear heat, suitable for yin deficiency and internal heat; tonify Spleen Earth, Gate of Abdomen, Lung Metal, Promote Three Gates, Rub External Labor, and differentiate the emphasis between yin (light) and yang (heavy) to tonify qi and reinforce the body's resistance, suitable for qi deficiency; if qi and yin are both deficient, the two combinations can be used to tonify qi and nourish yin, with an emphasis on differentiating between yin and yang, and Tian Men can be added to regulate qi and blood. Massage the Large Intestine, Four Transverse Lines, Promote the Inner Eight Trigrams, Rub Tian Shu, Du Jiao, and Perform Seven Joint Massage to regulate qi, relieve stagnation, and alleviate pain. These massage techniques can be applied to all types of dysentery.
Pediatric Massage for Deficiency-Cold Dysentery
Main Symptoms: Prolonged and unhealed dysentery, watery and thin stools mixed with mucus, white, and even involuntary bowel movements, mild abdominal pain, mild urgency and heaviness, withered and prefer to lie down, pale complexion, limbs feel cold and prefer warmth, abdominal distention and reduced appetite, clear and frequent urination, pale tongue with a white coating, slow and weak pulse, or weak pulse, and pale red fingerprints.
Treatment Principles: Warm yang, expel cold, reinforce the body's resistance, and eliminate pathogenic factors.
Massage Prescription: Tonify Spleen Earth, Gate of Abdomen, Kidney Water, Inner Eight Trigrams, Large Intestine, Promote Three Gates, Four Transverse Lines, Rub Two People on Horseback, External Labor, One Nest of Wind, Shen Que, Guan Yuan, Tian Shu, Du Jiao, Turtle Tail, Bai Hui, and Perform Seven Joint Massage.
Massage Rationale: By tonifying Spleen Earth, stimulating the Gate of Abdomen, Kidney Water, promoting Three Gates, rubbing External Labor, One Nest of Wind, Two People on Horseback, Shen Que, Guan Yuan to warm yang, invigorate the middle, promote digestion; promoting Four Transverse Lines, tonifying Inner Eight Trigrams, massaging the Large Intestine, rubbing Tian Shu, Du Jiao, and performing seven joint massages to regulate qi, relieve stagnation, and alleviate pain; if there is fecal incontinence, focus on tonifying the Large Intestine, performing seven joint massages, and rubbing Bai Hui and Turtle Tail to lift yang and restrain descent, and tighten the intestines to prevent prolapse.
Pediatric Massage for Epidemic Dysentery
Main Symptoms: Rapid and severe onset, high and persistent fever, excessive thirst, restlessness, and in severe cases, confusion, repeated convulsions, seizures, red tongue with a greasy yellow coating, strong and rapid pulse, and purple congestion in fingerprints; or suddenly pale or bluish face, cyanotic lips, cold limbs, unconsciousness, convulsions, difficulty breathing, weak and thin pulse. These symptoms often appear before the onset of dysentery, making it easily misdiagnosed.
Intense abdominal pain, infants cry incessantly due to this, urgency and heaviness, bloody and purulent diarrhea with a foul odor.
Treatment Principles: Clear heat, eliminate toxins, open obstruction and solidify prolapse, open orifices and stop convulsions, and expel stagnation and eliminate pathogenic factors.
Massage Prescription and Rationale: Clear Heavenly River Water, Stomach Meridian, Retreat Six Fu, Rub Internal Labor, Retrieve the Moon from the Bottom of Water, Cross the Heavenly River, and rub Yong Quan to clear heat and eliminate toxins; promote the reverse circulation of the Inner Eight Trigrams, rub Four Transverse Lines, rub Xiaotian Xin, Er Shan Men, differentiate the emphasis between yin (light) and yang (heavy), stimulate the spinal column to promote qi and blood circulation, open and close, disperse pathogenic factors, suitable for pathogenic obstruction and internal closure; tonify Spleen Earth, Kidney Water, rub Kidney Top, External Labor, follow the circulation of the Inner and Outer Eight Trigrams, rub Four Transverse Lines, promote Three Gates, differentiate the emphasis between yin (light) and yang (heavy), rub Bai Hui, Shen Que, and Dantian to tonify qi, solidify prolapse, rescue reversal, suitable for exterior deficiency and prolapse; clear Heart Fire, Liver Wood, pinch Tian Ting, Ren Zhong, Jing Ning, Wei Ling, Shi Wang, Lao Long, rub the five joints on the back of the hand, grab Wei Zhong, Cheng Shan, Lao Hu Swallowing Prey, rub Xiaotian Xin to clear the heart, drain the liver, open orifices, awaken the mind, suppress convulsions, suitable for coma and wind agitation. For the above-mentioned acupoints, use them alternately to awaken the mind and stop wind. Clear Stomach Meridian, Large Intestine, Small Intestine, promote the inner Eight Trigrams, rub Four Transverse Lines, rub Tian Shu, and perform seven joint massages to regulate qi and blood, expel stagnation, and eliminate pathogenic factors.
