Vomiting is a common symptom in children and can be seen in various diseases. Among them, cold pathogenic factors are the main cause of vomiting caused by external pathogens. Now let's take a look at how to massage a baby with cold-induced vomiting.
Causes and Symptoms of Cold-Induced Vomiting in Babies
Cause: Babies with congenital deficiency and weak spleen and stomach can also experience vomiting when they are exposed to cold pathogenic factors, which can lead to disharmony of the stomach and descending of qi, resulting in vomiting.
Clinical manifestations: Vomiting occurs shortly after eating, with occasional episodes, vomitus has a sour and foul odor, pale complexion, cold limbs, abdominal pain relieved by warmth, loose stools, pale tongue with thin white coating, and red fingerprints.
Massage Prescription for Cold-Induced Vomiting in Babies
Treatment principle: Warm the middle burner, dispel cold, harmonize the stomach, and descend the counterflow.
Massage prescription: Tonify the spleen meridian, push horizontally towards the gate of the abdomen, rub the lao gong point, push san guan, push tian zhu gu, and rub zhong wan.
Massage Techniques for Cold-Induced Vomiting in Babies
Tonify the spleen meridian: The child lies on their side. The masseur supports the child's forearm with one hand and uses the other hand's thumb to rotate clockwise on the child's thumb tip, repeating this motion 100 times.
Push horizontally towards the gate of the abdomen: The child lies on their back. The masseur stands on the side of the child, supports the child's forearm with one hand, and uses the other hand's thumb to press and rub the hoku point on the child's palm, repeating this motion 300 times.
Rub lao gong point: The child lies on their back. The masseur stands on the side of the child and uses the thumb tip to rub the lao gong point (on the back of the hand, between the first and second metacarpal bones, 0.5 inch behind the metacarpophalangeal joint) in a circular motion 300 times.
Push san guan: The child lies on their back. The masseur uses the thumb or index and middle fingers to push straight from the child's wrist to elbow along the radial side of the child's forearm, repeating this motion 200 times.
Push tian zhu gu: Use the thumb or index and middle fingers to push straight from the midline of the posterior hairline to the da zhui point, pushing 200 times.
Rub zhong wan: Use fingertips or the base of the palm to rub the zhong wan point, located four inches above the navel and in the middle of the line connecting the xiphoid process and the navel, repeating this motion 300 times.
Explanation of the Massage Prescription for Cold-Induced Vomiting in Babies
Pushing tian zhu gu and harmonizing the stomach can dispel cold and stop vomiting. Combining it with pushing horizontally towards the gate of the abdomen effectively stops all types of vomiting. Tonifying the spleen meridian and rubbing zhong wan strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach. Pushing san guan and rubbing lao gong point warm the middle burner and dispel cold.
Dietary Regulation for Cold-Induced Vomiting in Children
1. Use 10g of high-quality ginger and 50g of polished rice. Boil the high-quality ginger in water for 20 minutes, pour out the brewed water, and add it to the washed polished rice. Cook it into porridge and feed it to the child twice a day. It is recommended to consume it on an empty stomach for three consecutive days.
2. Use 5g of tangerine peel, 5 red dates, and 3g of perilla leaf. Put the three ingredients in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil for 20 minutes. Pour out the soup and feed it to the child. It is recommended to feed it for three consecutive days.
