If a child has poor spleen and stomach function, it can cause food accumulation and even vomiting. Vomiting is a common digestive symptom. Let's take a look at the massage techniques for treating food accumulation and vomiting in children.
Main Symptoms of Food Accumulation and Vomiting in Children
The vomit is often sour and foul-smelling curd or undigested food. The child has no appetite, bad breath, bloating and fullness in the abdomen, constipation or diarrhea with sour and foul-smelling stool. The tongue coating is thick and greasy, the pulse is slippery and strong, and the fingerprints are pale red.
Analysis of the Syndrome of Food Accumulation and Vomiting in Children
Improper feeding leads to stagnation in the middle epigastric region, and the stomach fails to descend properly, causing the turbid Qi to move upwards, resulting in vomiting of undigested food. The stomach fails to ferment and ripen the food, and the spleen fails to transform and transport, leading to stagnant food accumulation. This causes bad breath and vomiting of sour and foul-smelling food, or sour and foul-smelling diarrhea. The food stagnation leads to bloating and fullness in the abdomen. The spleen deficiency leads to dampness accumulation, resulting in stagnant milk and loss of appetite. The tongue coating is thick and greasy, the pulse is slippery and thin, and the fingerprints are pale red.
Massage Techniques for Food Accumulation and Vomiting in Children
Treatment Principle: Promote digestion and regulate the middle burner.
Massage Techniques: Tonify the Spleen meridian, perform horizontal strokes on the abdomen, activate the Eight Trigrams internally, knead the Stomach meridian, massage the Zhongwan, Tian Shu, Zu San Li acupoints, rub the Wei Yin, Mo Wei Yu, Pi Yu, divide the abdomen into yin and yang regions, and use the Red Phoenix to shake the head technique.
Prescription for Massage Techniques for Food Accumulation and Vomiting in Children
Knead Zhongwan, Pi Yu, Tian Shu, divide the abdomen into yin and yang regions, use the Red Phoenix to shake the head technique, and massage Mo Wei Yu to promote digestion and remove stagnation. Perform horizontal strokes on the abdomen, activate the Eight Trigrams internally to regulate Qi and harmonize the middle burner, and tonify the Spleen meridian. Massage Pi Yu and knead Zu San Li to strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach.
Special Massage Technique for Food Accumulation and Vomiting in Children
Geyu Shan Shi Mo Fang.
This prescription consists of Geyu, San Jiao Yu, and Ju Que acupoints. It functions to strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach, broaden the chest and stimulate the diaphragm, transform dampness and remove stagnation, and descend the rebellious Qi and stop vomiting. It is an effective treatment for food accumulation and vomiting.
