Pediatric Health Massage
Beneficial Spleen Method
Prescription: Tonify Spleen, Abdominal Rubbing (5 minutes each), Rub Zusanli (100 times), Pinch Spine (3–5 times).
Procedure:
1. Tonify Spleen: The Spleen point lies at the junction of the radial side of the thumb and the flesh. Push from fingertip to base to tonify the spleen.
2. Abdominal Rubbing: Use palm or four fingers together, rub the entire abdomen in a clockwise direction.
3. Rub Zusanli: Located 3 cun below the outer knee, rub with the pad of the thumb.
4. Pinch Spine: Child lies prone; practitioner uses thumbs’ pads and index and middle fingers to grasp the spinal skin, pinch and move forward along the spine from Changqiang (GV1) to Dazhui (GV14), completing 3–5 cycles. To intensify stimulation, lift and pull upward every three pinches.
Protect Lung Method
Prescription: Clear Lung, Level Liver, Tonify Spleen, Clear Heavenly River (5 minutes each).
Procedure:
1. Clear Lung: Lung point lies on the palmar surface of the ring finger. Push from root to tip to clear lung.
2. Level Liver: Liver point lies on the palmar surface of the index finger. Push from root to tip to clear liver, also called leveling liver.
3. Clear Heavenly River: Heavenly River point lies on the median line of the anterior forearm, from wrist crease to elbow crease. Practitioner joins index and middle fingers, pushing from wrist crease to elbow crease—apply even pressure, move straight forward, avoiding deviation.
Calming Spirit Method
Prescription: Level Liver, Clear Heavenly River (5 minutes each), Tap Xiao Tianxin (50 times), Rub and massage the dorsal surfaces of both hands’ fingers (2 minutes).
Procedure:
Rub and massage the dorsal surfaces of the fingers: use the pad of the thumb to rub clockwise on the fingertip pads of the child. Then hold the child upright on your shoulder, use index, middle, and ring fingers together to gently and rhythmically tap the Du meridian from Dazhui down through Xinshu (BL15), Gegeshu (BL17), Ganshu (BL18), to the sacral region—tap for 2–3 minutes. Over the heart-lung area, use open-palm tapping instead.
Enhance Intelligence Method
Prescription: Rub Erma (30 minutes to 1 hour).
Procedure:
Erma point lies in the depression between the bases of the ring and little fingers on the dorsum of the hand. Rub Erma by bending the child’s little finger into the palm, then using the pad of the thumb or middle finger to rub left and right.