Where should I massage when my child has a fever?

As we all know, children's immune systems are not fully developed, so their immune capabilities are weaker. In daily life, if you don’t pay attention to keeping warm, it is easy to catch a cold or have a fever. Parents often worry when their children are sick. In fact, in addition to the commonly used physical and medicinal cooling methods, you might as well try massage techniques. Do you know about pediatric massage?

Massage is also very effective for children with fever. It is also called pediatric massage, a traditional Chinese medicine therapy that is widely used in pediatrics. It refers to the use of specific techniques to act on specific parts of the child's body surface, thereby adjusting the physiological and pathological state of the child's body. Generally speaking, pediatric massage is mainly used to treat diseases such as diarrhea, fever, and constipation in young children.

So which parts of the body should be massaged when a child has a fever?

When a child has a fever, you can choose between three massage techniques: Tui Zanzhu, Rubbing Taiyang, and Qing Tianheshui for massage treatment. The Qingtianhe Water point is located in the middle of the forearm, forming a straight line from the midpoint of the wrist line on the back of the palm to the elbow. First, parents should place the child on his back in the bed, then hold the child's four fingers with their hands, so that the child's palm and forearm are facing up, and massage in one direction from the Laogong point on the palm through the midpoint of the transverse wrist line on the back of the palm to the elbow fossa, for 100 times. To push the Zanzhu, the parent's two thumbs should push straight up alternately from bottom to top, 30 to 50 times. Rub the temple, which is the depression behind the eyebrows. The parent pushes the outer sides of his or her thumbs straight from front to back 30 to 50 times. Push three levels. The parent uses the outer side of the thumb or the pads of the index and middle fingers of one hand to push from the transverse line of the wrist to the elbow 100 to 500 times.

In addition to using massage to cool down, mothers can use some warm water to wipe the child's whole body, paying special attention to the armpits, neck and other places. This can help the child's body dissipate heat. It should be noted that the child's skin is relatively tender, so mothers must be gentle when wiping.

When a child has a fever, in addition to using medication to reduce fever, mothers can also try massage to reduce the temperature, which is also quite effective. At the same time, mothers should also give their children more warm water to drink, which can help the child sweat and achieve a cooling effect.