【Traditional Chinese medicine nursing】 Spring growth is just in time For children to increase their height, there is a magic way - the children of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanyang Medical College are pushed to help
In the spring, the human body has a strong metabolism, accelerated blood circulation, strengthened respiratory and digestive functions, and increased endocrine hormones, especially growth hormone secretion. The study found that March to May of each year is the accelerated growth period of children and adolescents, with an average growth height of 1.37 cm, which is significantly higher than other seasons. From the beginning of spring to early summer, when the yang qi in nature is born, conform to the upward trend of yang qi to nourish the yang, and cooperate with pediatric massage, which can help children strengthen the spleen and stomach, supplement the kidney marrow, and adjust the liver qi, which has the effect of comprehensively regulating the physique, improving immunity, increasing the nootropics, and helping the yang and righteousness of the children.
If your child has the following conditions, tuina is right for you:
1. The height growth is slow, and the height and weight are significantly lower than those of children of the same age;
2. Thin body, no color, malnutrition, anorexia, picky eating, accumulation of food, stool and loose stool;
3. Low immunity, susceptible to respiratory diseases (cold, cough, tonsillitis, rhinitis, etc.);
4. Sleep is not good at night, easy to wake up, tossing and turning is difficult to fall asleep.
Springtime chi pediatric massage time
Risshun February 04 - 18
Rainwater February 19 - March 04
Sting March 05 - March 19
Vernal Equinuts March 20 - April 4
Kiyoming April 05 - 19
Tansame April 20 - May 04
Each solar term is continuously massaged for 5 days
1. What is pediatric massage
Pediatric massage, also known as "pediatric massage", is a kind of external Chinese medicine treatment (physical therapy) that is applied to specific acupuncture points or parts of children's body surfaces according to the physiological and pathological characteristics of children under the guidance of the basic theories of chinese medicine pediatrics and Traditional Chinese medicine tuina, which has the effect of nootropics, appetite, promotion, and enhancement of immune function. This method applies to newborns – children aged 14 years. Generally, it is bounded by 3 years old, and the method is slightly different.
Children's young body, its own disease resistance, poor regulation ability, easy onset, rapid transmission. But children are simple after all, and most of the causes are cold temperature disorders, dietary disorders, abnormal development or furunculosis, and the disease is relatively single. Children's dirty qi is clear, with the dial, although the organs are weak, but the qi and blood response is sensitive, the organs are strong in development, regeneration, and repair, as long as the conditioning is appropriate, the general recovery is faster.
2. The principle and efficacy of pediatric massage
Tuina direct operation by hand, through acupuncture points to make up for diarrhea, can regulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, improve gastrointestinal blood circulation, promote lymphatic reflux, accelerate the secretion of digestive juices and various enzymes, antibodies, promote the dissipation of inflammation, conducive to tissue repair. The role of pediatric tuina can be summarized as balancing yin and yang, reconciling internal organs, dredging meridians, practicing qi and invigorating blood, and helping to correct and dispel evil.
Acupuncture points are the most important points on the meridians, and by stimulating the acupuncture points, they can play a role in regulating the balance of meridian qi and blood, yin and yang. Righteous qi is naturally sufficient, and if righteous qi is stored, evil cannot be dried, which can enhance resistance and reduce the chance of getting sick accordingly. Practice has proved that pediatric tuina does have the effect of enhancing children's immune function, and at the same time, it can also ensure that children's qi and blood are full, their diet is not biased, and their appetite is strong.
If the child is sick, massage a certain part of the child's body, through the connection of meridians, so that the corresponding organs in the body produce corresponding physiological changes, so as to achieve the role of treating the disease. Pediatric tuina treatment has a wide range of treatment, can have a good therapeutic effect on fever, cold, cough, asthma, stagnant (drooling), abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, anorexia, chancre (malnutrition), night crying, enuresis, myopia, pediatric muscular torticollis and other common diseases.
4. Precautions for pediatric massage
Pediatric tuina therapy has a wide range of treatment and good effect, but there are also some cases that are not suitable for use, such as burns, burns, abrasions, lacerations and scabies on the skin, local massage is not suitable for massage; patients with various traumas, fractures, bone dislocations, etc. should not be massaged. The pathological characteristics of pediatric diseases determine that children are prone to onset and rapid transmission, and improper treatment or timely treatment will affect the outcome of the disease, so Tuina therapy should be performed by professional physicians, and if necessary, it is necessary to cooperate with internal treatment.
Source: Nanyang Medical College No. 2 Affiliated Hospital
