Childhood heavy tongue is mainly caused by accumulation of heat in the heart and spleen. The tongue is the sprout of the heart, and the spleen meridian is connected to the tongue. Accumulated heat rises and causes heavy tongue. Let's take a look at the massage techniques for childhood heavy tongue.
Main Symptoms of Heavy Tongue
Near the root of the tongue, there is a heavy growth resembling a small tongue and lotus flower. It may be red or purple, and the body feels hot. There are headaches and neck stiffness, difficulty swallowing, unclear speech, drooling, and long-term ulceration and decay. The fingerprints turn purple.
Common Massage Techniques for Heavy Tongue
Clear the Heart Meridian: The child's palm faces upwards, and the other hand's thumb uses the fingerprint side to push from the middle finger tip to the root of the finger, about 50-100 times.
Clear the Liver Meridian: The child's palm faces upwards, and the other hand's thumb uses the fingerprint side to push from the index finger tip to the root of the finger, about 50-100 times.
Push the Spleen Meridian: The masseur holds the child's hand with one hand, making the palm face upwards. The thumb of the other hand pushes directly from the radial side of the child's thumb, back and forth, about 50-100 times.
Clear the Tianhe Water: The masseur holds the child's hand with one hand, and uses the index and middle fingers of the other hand to push along the inner side of the child's forearm from the wrist crease to the elbow crease, about 50-100 times.
Push the San Guan: The masseur holds the child's hand with one hand, and uses the thumb or index and middle fingers of the other hand to push along the radial side of the child's forearm from the wrist crease to the elbow crease, about 50-100 times.
Separate and Push the Big Transverse Wrinkle: The masseur uses both thumbs to separate and push the wrist crease from the central tendon of the child's palm to both sides, about 50-100 times.
Clockwise and Counterclockwise Rotation of the Inner Bagua: The masseur holds the child's hand with one hand, making the palm face downwards, and uses the thumb of the other hand to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise on the outer Bagua of the child's palm (around the outer Laogong point), about 50-100 times.
Rub the Outer Laogong Point: The masseur holds the child's four fingers with the left hand, making the palm face upwards, and uses the index finger to rub the outer Laogong point of the child (in the center of the back of the palm), about 50-100 times.
Rub the Inner Laogong Point: The child's palm faces upwards, and the other hand's thumb end is used to rub the child's inner Laogong point (in the center of the palm), about 50-100 times.
Massage Prescription for Heavy Tongue
Treatment Principle: Clear heat and drain fire.
Massage Prescription: Clear heart fire, push spleen earth, nourish kidney water, rub Xiaotianxin, four transverse wrinkles, small transverse wrinkles, push Banmen, clear Tianhe water, retreat six fu, separate yin and yang, drain small intestine, Phoenix spreads its wings, rub Hegu, Zu San Li.
Explanation of Massage Prescription for Heavy Tongue
Clear heart fire, rub Xiaotianxin, small transverse wrinkles, four transverse wrinkles, Phoenix spreads its wings can disperse heart fire and cool the nutrition and blood; clear Tianhe water, retreat six fu, separate yin and yang, small intestine can nourish yin and drain fire, and has the effect of guiding redness through urine; rub Hegu, Zu San Li can regulate qi and blood, and promote blood circulation.
Tips
Heat accumulation in the heart and spleen rises along the meridians and steams in the oral cavity and lips, causing heavy tongue. Parents should regularly check their baby's oral cavity and go to the hospital for regular check-ups, and pay attention to their baby's oral hygiene.
