How to push the baby's back to reduce fever

  Pediatric massage is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy. If a baby has symptoms such as indigestion or excessive heat, massage can be considered as an auxiliary treatment. However, some parents are not clear on how to proceed with such methods. So, how to massage the baby's back to reduce fever?

  

How to push the baby's back to reduce fever1

  1. Traditional Chinese massage can have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on children's fever, cough and other symptoms. Back massage is used to reduce fever. The main method should be targeted at the acupoints on the spine. After the child adopts a prone position, the fingertip of the index finger can be used to push from the base of the neck along the cervical spine and vertebrae to the coccyx, and repeated multiple times. However, this massage method requires accurate acupoint selection to achieve good results, so only professional Chinese medicine practitioners can perform this pediatric massage treatment.

  2. When performing back massage, it is also necessary to combine the push three pass method. The method is to use the thumb or the middle and index fingers that are close together to take acupoints along the wrist and massage upwards. However, the elbow joint also needs to be repeated multiple times to avoid a fever sensation.

  3. In addition, parents should also pay attention that whether using traditional Chinese massage to reduce fever or auxiliary physical cooling methods, although they are used as an auxiliary therapy, they need to go to the hospital for a doctor's consultation. While undergoing standardized treatment, these auxiliary treatment methods can be used appropriately. However, it should be remembered that guidance from a doctor is the safe and reliable method, and they cannot be used on their own.

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