Baby vomiting can occur in various diseases, or it can occur alone. Vomiting with objects and sounds is called "vomiting," vomiting without sounds is called "spitting," and vomiting without objects or sounds is called "dry heaving." According to traditional Chinese medicine, there are different types of vomiting, including vomiting due to cold in the stomach, vomiting due to heat in the stomach, and vomiting due to food damage. Now let's take a look at the massage techniques for baby vomiting due to cold in the stomach.
Causes of baby vomiting due to cold in the stomach
Infants have insufficient innate endowment and weak spleen and stomach. They are also susceptible to cold evil, which can lead to disharmony and descent of the stomach, causing the qi to rise and result in vomiting.
Massage prescription for baby vomiting due to cold in the stomach
Main symptoms: Vomiting after eating a little, intermittent vomiting, sour and foul-smelling vomit, pale complexion, cold limbs, abdominal pain relieved by warmth, loose stools, pale thin tongue coating, red fingerprints.
Treatment principle: Warm the middle and dispel cold, harmonize the stomach and descend the rebellious qi.
Massage prescription: Tonify the spleen meridian, push the transverse lines towards the gate of the abdomen, rub the outer labor palace, push San Guan, push Tian Zhu bone.
Massage techniques for baby vomiting due to cold in the stomach
Tonify the spleen meridian: Use the thumb to push the spiral surface of the thumb towards the root of the finger, push 100-500 times.
Push the transverse lines towards the gate of the abdomen: Use the thumb to push the transverse lines from the wrist towards the base of the thumb, push 100-300 times.
Rub the outer labor palace: Use the index finger and middle finger to push the radial side of the forearm 100-300 times, from the wrist to the elbow.
Push Tian Zhu bone: Use the index finger and middle finger to push down from the middle of the posterior hairline of the neck to the Dazhui acupoint, 100-500 times.
Push San Guan: Use the side of the thumb or the surface of the index finger and middle finger to push from the wrist to the elbow, push 50-100 times.
Explanation of acupuncture points for baby vomiting due to cold in the stomach
Pushing Tian Zhu bone and harmonizing the stomach and descending rebellious qi, dispelling cold and stopping vomiting, combined with pushing the transverse lines towards the gate of the abdomen, is effective in stopping all types of vomiting; tonifying the spleen meridian strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach, pushing San Guan and rubbing the outer labor palace warms the middle and dispels cold.
Precautions for nurturing baby with vomiting due to cold in the stomach
1. Vomiting is a symptom caused by various diseases, and it is often a precursor symptom of certain acute infectious diseases, such as meningitis, encephalitis, and certain acute abdominal conditions like intussusception. Clinical attention should be paid to differentiation.
2. Strengthen the care of the child. When vomiting occurs, the child should be placed on their side to prevent vomit from entering the trachea and causing suffocation.
