Children's diarrhea is a very common disease in life, which can cause many adverse effects on health. So what are the main symptoms of children's diarrhea? How to treat diarrhea in children with massage? There are many common symptoms of diarrhea in children. Let’s learn more about these symptoms, as well as the specific steps of using massage to treat diarrhea in children, and what you need to pay attention to.

1. Main manifestations of diarrhea in children

Most children have a history of catching colds or eating unclean food. They are characterized by diarrhea and loose stools, which occur once a day and may be accompanied by abdominal pain. . Symptoms of fever, vomiting, loss of appetite, and mental weakness.

2. How to massage children with diarrhea

Step one: Push the spleen meridian 300 times

Location: The spleen meridian is located on the threaded surface of the distal section of the thumb.

Operation: Let the child take a sitting position, dip the threaded surface of the thumb of the right hand into the medium onion and ginger water, and then rotate and push the threaded surface of the child's thumb in a clockwise direction. The force should be even and the frequency should be kept at About 200 times per minute.

Step 2: Replenish the large intestine 300 times

Location: The large intestine point is located on the edge of the index finger near the thumb, and the length is from the fingertip to the root of the finger.

Operation: Use the edge of the thumb of the right hand or the surface of the index finger and middle finger to dip in the medium onion and ginger water, and then push in a straight line from the fingertip to the root of the finger, with a frequency of 200 per minute. Second-rate.

Step 3: Massage the belly button and Dantian 300 times each

Location: Dantian is located 2.5 inches below the belly button, that is, the midpoint of the line connecting the belly button and the toes.

Operation: Let the child lie on his back on the bed. The operator is on the right side of the child and uses the heel of his right hand to massage the navel and Dantian in sequence at a frequency of 200 times per minute.

Step 4: Massage Zhongwan 300 times

Location: Zhongwan point is located at the midpoint of the line between the navel and the substernal depression on the abdomen.

Operation: Let the child lie on his back on the bed, and use the thenar area of ??his right hand to massage the Zhongwan point at a frequency of about 200 times per minute.

Step 5: Massage the abdomen for 5 minutes

Position: The abdomen is the entire abdomen.

Operation: The child lies in a supine position and uses the palm of his right hand to massage the entire abdomen in a counterclockwise direction at a frequency of 120 times per minute. During the operation, you need to put a small amount of talcum powder or talcum powder on the abdomen to reduce skin friction.

Step 6: Massage the turtle tail 300 times

Location: The turtle tail point is located at the tail of the lower end of the spine on the child's back.

Operation: The child lies prone, dip the middle finger or thumb of the right hand into a medium of green onion and ginger, and massage the acupoints. The frequency is 200 times per minute.

Step 7: Push up the seventh bone 200 times

Location: The seventh bone is a linear acupoint, located in the coccyx, from the fourth lumbar vertebra to the coccyx.

Operation: The child lies prone, dip the edge of the thumb of his right hand into green onion and ginger water as a medium, and push straight up from bottom to top at a frequency of 200 times per minute.

Add chiropractic 5 times for long-term diarrhea

If children have long-term diarrhea, 5 times of chiropractic can be added on the basis of the above massage techniques.

Location: the entire spine of children.

Operation: Let the child lie prone on the bed, pinch the skin on the child's spine with the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of both hands, and alternately turn the skin from the tailbone to the shoulder level. It is required not to slip in the middle. If it slips, you need to start over.

3. What is good to eat for babies with diarrhea

1. Boiled apples: Boiled apples have astringent effect. Giving your baby one every day will help relieve the baby's diarrhea. When cooking apples, boil them in water or add some rock sugar, so your baby will like them more.

2. Egg yolk meal: Boil the eggs, remove the shells and whites, simmer the egg yolks in a pot over low heat to get the oil, take one egg yolk oil a day for babies under 1 year old, take it 2-3 times , a 3-day course of treatment is used to treat diarrhea, and has the effect of nourishing the spleen, replenishing the stomach and stopping diarrhea.

3. Burnt rice soup: First grind the rice noodles or milk cake into powder, fry until the color turns yellow, add an appropriate amount of water and sugar, and then burn it into a paste. Rice noodles are heated after adding water. Its carbonized structure has better adsorption and antidiarrheal effects.

4. Carrot soup: Carrots are alkaline foods. The pectin they contain can promote the formation of stools and absorb bacteria and toxins on the intestinal mucosa. It is a good anti-diarrheal food.

5. Chestnut paste meal: use 3-5 chestnuts, peel and mash them, add water to boil into a paste, add sugar to taste and eat, 2-3 times a day, it has the effect of warming and antidiarrheal. In addition, there are orange date tea, carrot soup, etc., which can strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea.

6. Porridge: When the baby has diarrhea, give the baby more porridge, which is easy to digest and nutritious. Don't eat hard food when your baby has diarrhea. When making porridge, it is better to make it softer.

7. Soft noodles: When your baby's diarrhea improves, you can cook some mushy noodles for your baby and add some green vegetables. This can further supplement nutrition for the baby, and it will be easier for the baby to digest after eating.

8. Drink ginger tea: When the baby's belly gets cold and causes diarrhea, you can make some ginger tea for the baby. Cut the ginger into fine pieces, boil the water, add the minced ginger, and then add a small amount of it. Cooked tea, giving your baby some tea every day can relieve the symptoms of diarrhea in your baby.

9. Hawthorn malt water: When the baby has diarrhea due to indigestion, you can boil some hawthorn malt water for the baby to drink. The effect is good. The malt should be fried. 3-5 hawthorns are enough. . It would be better to add some brown sugar.