Excessive eating or damage to the spleen and stomach can lead to food retention in the stomach of children, which is known as food accumulation. The main principle of pediatric massage treatment for food accumulation is to promote digestion and regulate the spleen and stomach. Let's take a look at the diagram of pediatric massage techniques for food accumulation.
Main Symptoms of Pediatric Food Accumulation
The symptoms of food accumulation mainly include weight loss in children, accompanied by abdominal distension. Typically, children have no appetite, are irritable and restless, experience unstable sleep at night, and have sour-smelling stools and cloudy urine. Their hair and skin appear rough and lack luster.
Main Acupoints for Pediatric Massage in Food Accumulation
Step 1: Massage and reinforce the Spleen Meridian for 7 minutes.
Step 2: Massage and reinforce the Kidney Meridian for 7 minutes, and then massage the Banmen Acupoint for 5 minutes.
Step 3: Reverse the movement of the Eight Trigrams for 2 minutes, massage the Four Horizontal Lines for 4 minutes, and knead the Hegu Acupoint for 1 minute.
Step 4: Knead the Xiaotianxin Acupoint for 3 minutes, and massage the Shang San Guan Acupoint for 3 minutes.
Additional Acupoints for Pediatric Massage in Food Accumulation
Step 1: Knead the Wailaogong Acupoint for 4 minutes.
Step 2: Knead the Erren Shangma Acupoint for 2 minutes, and then massage the Qing Tianhe Water Acupoint for 1 minute.
Benefits of Pediatric Massage in Food Accumulation
Main Acupoints
1. Reinforcing the Spleen Meridian can supplement congenital deficiency and treat the root cause.
2. Reinforcing the Kidney Meridian and massaging the Banmen Acupoint can nourish yin, reduce fever, relieve irritability, and help the baby sleep peacefully at night.
3. Reversing the movement of the Eight Trigrams, massaging the Four Horizontal Lines, and kneading the Hegu Acupoint can regulate stomach qi, promote digestion, relieve abdominal distension, and increase appetite.
4. Kneading the Xiaotianxin Acupoint and massaging the Shang San Guan Acupoint have the function of clearing heat and restoring the luster of hair and skin.
Additional Acupoints
1. Kneading the Wailaogong Acupoint can aid digestion.
2. Kneading the Erren Shangma Acupoint and massaging the Qing Tianhe Water Acupoint can clear heat, reduce fire, and promote urination.
