Nowadays, many mothers trust pediatric tuina, which does not require medication and can help increase their baby's resistance through simple techniques. Whether the baby has a cold, fever, or diarrhea, they can alleviate the symptoms through massage. Next, the encyclopedia will take you to understand the role of pediatric massage.
1. Enhance skin resistance: The skin is a human tissue that directly receives massage therapy. The proportion of infant skin to the whole body is larger than that of adults. In addition, infants have abundant blood vessels and a vascular network close to the epidermis, making them sensitive to external stimuli. Massage can enhance the secretion of sebaceous glands and sweat glands, clear away dead and shed epithelial cells, and change skin metabolism. Techniques such as rubbing, kneading, rubbing, and tapping can easily cause the dilation of skin capillaries, increase skin temperature, and enhance the skin's defense function.
2. Improving the immunity of infants and young children: Their organs are delicate and their functions are not fully developed. Therefore, babies have weaker resistance and defense against various diseases, making them more susceptible to various illnesses. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that massage is manifested by acting on a certain part of the body surface, through the meridians and qi and blood of the human body, to clear the meridians, promote blood circulation, moisten the muscles and bones, and smooth the joints. It affects the five organs, six viscera, and all parts of the body, and therefore has a comprehensive effect on adjusting the balance of yin and yang. Modern medicine has confirmed that massage enhances children's immunity and resistance, strengthens their system, reduces illness, and promotes their healthy growth.
3. Enhance appetite and promote digestion: Touching and massaging infants and young children can stimulate the production of more appropriate hormones in the body, promote the secretion of insulin and glucagon, and increase their food intake; Promote gastric acid secretion, strengthen gastric antrum contraction and digestive function, and facilitate food digestion and excretion. Experimental results have shown that massaging the northern spleen and stomach acupoints for 1-2 minutes mostly leads to increased gastric peristalsis; After massaging the Zusanli acupoint, it mostly causes a decrease in gastric peristalsis. It is worth mentioning that massaging the Zusanli acupoint has a bidirectional regulatory effect on the stimulation and inhibition of the laughing system. When gastric peristalsis is enhanced, massaging the Zusanli acupoint often weakens gastric peristalsis, and when gastric peristalsis weakens, it increases after massage.
