Why do parents choose pediatric massage?

Tui Na is what we often call massage. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is called massage. It is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy that achieves different effects by massaging the meridians and acupoints of the human body. Nowadays, many parents choose pediatric massage for their babies. Why is that?

As an important part of traditional Chinese medicine massage, pediatric massage has the advantages of a wide range of treatment, unique efficacy, and no toxic side effects. It can be used for a long time to achieve the purpose of preventing diseases and promote the growth and development of children.

Massage acts on the rapidly growing body of children and can directly promote their growth and development. For example, research on massage for children with short stature has found that it can significantly promote their height growth; and in the treatment of cerebral palsy, it has been proven that massage can improve brain function and intelligence. Massage can also strengthen the spleen and stomach function of children, and promote food intake, decomposition, digestion and absorption.

Pediatric massage can treat more than 80% of children's diseases, such as common colds, runny nose, cough, fever, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, constipation, night sweats, as well as spitting up, night crying, and enuresis in newborns. Pediatric massage is suitable for infants and young children between six months and three years old. It can cure common diseases among children at this stage almost immediately. For children aged 3 to 6 years or older, the massage time should be increased and body acupoints can also be added, the effect will be equally obvious.

Pediatric massage is based on the theory of syndrome differentiation in traditional Chinese medicine. It acts on specific acupoints through massage techniques to achieve the purpose of dredging meridians, regulating internal organs, harmonizing qi and blood, and balancing yin and yang. It is a green treatment and health care method that is painless, requires almost no medication, shortens the course of the disease, and avoids the physical and psychological harm to children caused by the toxic side effects of taking medicines or injections.