Does massage work for babies with allergies and coughs?

If you have a baby at home, his/her physical condition is very important to parents. Once the baby becomes ill, parents will definitely be very anxious and want to cure the baby as soon as possible. Babies may also have symptoms of coughing in their daily lives, and it may also be caused by physical allergies. So, is the massage method for baby allergy cough effective in clinical practice?

Treatment of allergic cough with pediatric massage

1. The lung meridian is located on the spiral surface of the last segment of the ring finger. Pushing straight from the base of the finger to the fingertip is the lung meridian.

2. The liver meridian is located on the ribbed surface of the last segment of the index finger. Pushing straight from the base of the finger to the fingertip is the liver meridian.

3. The spleen meridian is located from the radial tip to the base of the thumb. Push straight along the radial edge of the thumb from the tip to the base of the finger.

4. Position of the inner Bagua: Eight points on the circumference of a circle with the inner Laogong point in the palm as the center and the radius from the inner Laogong point to the junction of the inner and outer 1/3 of the middle finger root. Starting from the thenar eminence, they are arranged clockwise in the order of Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui. Use the tip of your thumb to press Dui, Kun, Li, Xun, etc., and push them one circle in sequence, which is called the reverse movement of the inner Bagua.

5. Rub the shoulders, back and chest. Use your whole palm to rub the shoulders, back and chest horizontally until the heat is penetrated.

6. Rub the ribs, starting from the armpits and moving quickly to the area below the Tianshu point.

7. Fenglong point is located 8 inches above the tip of the lateral malleolus, on the outer side of the anterior edge of the tibia, between the tibia and fibula. Massage with the tip of your thumb.

8. Pinch the spine. Use the thumbs, index and middle fingers of both hands to pinch the skin along both sides of the spine from the coccyx to the big vertebra, and twist with both hands alternately to push forward.

Chinese medicine treatment should be tailored to the child

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that children have a "pure yang body", like the "rising sun". Their yang constitution is prone to heat, fever and convulsions. They rarely have cold or weak constitutions. Even if they catch a cold, they are easily converted into heat. Therefore, most of the diseases they suffer from are fever diseases. Therefore, more heat-clearing drugs are used and less warming drugs are used.

Because children have not grown well, they often have the characteristics of "lung deficiency, liver excess, and spleen deficiency". The "lung deficiency" makes them prone to colds, the "liver excess" makes them prone to high fever and convulsions, and the "spleen deficiency" makes them prone to vomiting and diarrhea. Based on the above three physical characteristics, children should be diagnosed and treated differently from adults.

The current Western medical method for treating allergic cough is the same as that for treating asthma, which is mainly inhaled bronchodilators, such as inhaled corticosteroids. Although traditional Chinese medicine does not have the concept of "allergic cough", it does have corresponding treatments for coughs and coughs with allergic cough characteristics. However, symptomatic treatment is required, and the amount of medicine used varies for people with different physical constitutions.