In clinical pediatric massage, the head, face and hands are particularly important. The hands are mainly used to regulate the internal organs, while the head and face massage is mainly to open the brain, solve the table, relieve cough, calm and calm the spirit, mostly used to treat coughs, colds, and can also be used for nootropics. Therefore, in the process of children’s growth, we will often use the head and face manipulation.
The child is placed in the supine position, and the operator sits or stands on the side of the child’s head. The operator flexes the thumb knuckles with both hands to rinse and catch a cold, and can also be used for nootropics. Therefore, in the process of children’s growth, we will often use the head and face manipulation.
The child is placed in the supine position, and the operator sits or stands on the side of the child’s head. The operator flexes the thumb tip joints with both hands, takes the side of the thumb radial as the focus point, and the remaining four fingers are gently placed on both sides of the head to assist in fixing the child’s head, the shoulder and elbow joints are relaxed and drooping, and the shoulder and elbow joints are relaxed and sagged, and the side pinching is moved in the order of the five lines of the head.
Five lines on the head
Midline – from the center of the eyebrows (Yintang Acupoint) to the top of the head.
1 line – from the middle of the eyebrows on both sides (fish waist point) to the left and right Shencong points, one line on the left and right, a total of 2 lines.
2 lines – 1.5 inches from the tail of the eyebrows on both sides (silk bamboo holes) to the left and right Shencong points.
Pinch in the order of movement: 1 line next to the middle line→ 2 lines next to → next to it.
Efficacy Pinching the five lines of the head has the functions of refreshing the brain and intellectualizing, calming and calming the mind, clearing the leader, and lowering the stomach, widening the chest and regulating qi, etc., and is mostly used to treat neurological and mental diseases. This technique is mentioned many times in the treatment of diseases in this book.
Combing method
In the supine or sitting position of the child, the operator bends one or both hands slightly, naturally separates, and uses the back of the nail as the focus point to massage the head from the front hairline to the back hairline, and then comb the head 50 times in a clockwise direction (Figure 1). Or in the pediatric sitting position, the operator naturally separates with one or both hands slightly flexed, focusing on the back of the nail, combing from the back of the occipital part to the hairline, and then combing the head clockwise 50 times (Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
Grab the method
The operator flexes the five fingers of one or both hands, focuses on the fingertips, and grasps the scalp briskly and rhythmically, about 200 times, paying attention to light grasping and heavy lifting.
Eye vibrating method
The child’s eyes are closed, the operator has both thumbs and index fingers in a “eight” shape, the index finger is lightly placed on the surface of the child’s two eyes, the other three fingers are flexed and the thumb is lightly placed on the forehead to help fix the head, and the index finger is gently forced, quickly and rhythmically hitting the eyeball.
Eye wiping
The operator faces his palms and adsorbs the inside of the child’s eyes close to the base of the nose with both hands, gently rubbing the eyes from the inside to the outside, and wiping them to the temples on both sides.
Tap Eyepin
The operator flexes and crosses the thumbs of both hands, brings the remaining four fingers together and gently fixes them on both sides of the head, and the thumbs and abdomen of both hands are the focus points, while slightly pressing the children’s eye points inward and upward.
Push the fish waist point
The operator flexes the interphalangeal joints of the thumb with both hands, taking the side of the thumb radial as the focus point, and the remaining four fingers are gently placed on both sides of the head to assist in fixing the child’s head, starting from the fish waist point to the midpoint of the anterior hairline connection, and the two thumbs are alternately pushed up and down in opposite directions (that is, one finger pushes to the fish waist point, and the other finger pushes forward hairline).
Rub the burrow
The thumb and index finger of both hands are in the shape of “V”, the index finger is fixed in the lower jaw, the other three fingers are flexed and fixed on the cheek, and the thumb and finger are rubbed from the inside to the outside for 1 minute.
Pinch method
The operator maintains the fixed technique of kneading the underground barn point at the above point, and the thumb and index finger pinch the cheek muscles along the angle of the lower jaw with relative force, until the uterine point is heard in front of the ear.
Rub your cheeks
The operator’s food, middle and ring fingers are pressed together on the face, first rubbed from the highest part of the cheekbones from top to bottom to the sides of the corners of the mouth, and then the eating, middle and ring fingers are used as the focus point, adsorbed on the cheek car and its surrounding soft tissues, and gently and gently kneaded in a circular shape from the outside to the inside.
Push cheeks separately
The thumbs and fingers of both hands or large fish are adsorbed on both sides of the nose, and the cheek muscles are pushed from the inside to the outside, until the uterine points are heard in front of the ears on both sides.
Rub the pinna
The operator’s thumb and index finger rub the pinna from the tip of the ear to the earlobe with relative force, until the pinna appears hot.
Applause
The pediatric supine position, the operator sits on the side of the child’s head, palm facing the ear, thumb fixed in front of the ear, the remaining four fingers together are gently placed behind the ear on both sides, both palms press the ear slightly hard at the same time, release it for 1 time after 5 seconds, and do 10 times in a row.
Pinching method
The thumb and index finger of both hands are in the shape of “V”, the other three fingers are flexed and suspended in the air, and the thumb and index finger are the focus points, and the two fingers are relatively hard to pinch the mandibular muscles.
Point Zhen Lian Spring Cave
The child lies on the back position, the operator stands or sits on the side of the child’s head, the middle finger or the index, middle and ring fingers are slightly flexed, and the fingers are tapped on the Lianquan point respectively to make a fast and small amplitude of vibration points.
Beating
The operator taps the palms of both hands down to the chin from the highest point of the child’s cheek to the chin 50 times in a row.