Baby insomnia refers to the condition where babies frequently experience sleep disturbances, difficulty falling asleep, and easy waking, leading to insufficient sleep in infants. The causes of baby insomnia are generally hunger or overeating, physical discomfort, excessive excitement before bedtime, irregular lifestyle, and anxiety caused by separation from close caregivers. When a baby is experiencing insomnia, providing appropriate massage and soothing can help calm and promote quick sleep. Now let's take a look at which areas to massage for baby insomnia.
Massage Neiguan
Location: Neiguan is located on the palmar side of the forearm, 2 inches above the wrist crease.
Massage technique: Use the thumb pad to rotate and knead the Neiguan acupoint at a steady pace until the skin becomes slightly flushed.
Massage Shenmen
Location: Shenmen is located on the ulnar side of the wrist crease, in the depression on the radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon.
Massage technique: Use the thumb pad to rotate and knead the Shenmen acupoint until the skin becomes slightly flushed.
Massage Daling
Location: Daling is located at the midpoint of the palmar side of the wrist crease, between the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon and the radial side of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon.
Massage technique: Use the thumb pad to rotate and knead the Daling acupoint until the skin becomes slightly flushed.
Massage Quze
Location: Quze is located on the middle of the elbow crease, on the ulnar side of the biceps brachii tendon.
Massage technique: Use the thumb pad to rotate and knead the Quze acupoint at a steady pace until the skin becomes slightly flushed.
Massage Taichong
Location: Taichong is located on the dorsum of the foot, in the depression behind the first metatarsal space.
Massage technique: Use the thumb pad to rotate and knead the Taichong acupoint in a clockwise direction with slightly greater pressure.
Rub and knead Taixi
Location: Taixi is located on the inner side of the foot, in the depression between the posterior aspect of the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon.
Massage technique: Use the thumb pad to rotate and knead the Taixi acupoint in a clockwise direction with slightly greater pressure.
Analysis of the Massage Points for Pediatric Insomnia
Neiguan calms the mind and soothes the spirit, regulates qi and alleviates pain; Shenmen calms the mind and soothes the spirit; Daling clears the mind and calms the spirit; Quze clears the mind and soothes dryness; Taichong relaxes the liver and nourishes the blood, clears and regulates the lower burner; Taixi clears heat and stops coughing. By massaging these six acupoints in combination over a long period of time, it can help alleviate pediatric insomnia.
