Chinese medicine pays attention to "treating diseases before they occur", and massaging children can not only cure diseases, but also play a health care role. First, it can protect children's skin, facial features, internal organs and other tissues and organs, and avoid and reduce injuries during development; Secondly, it can promote and enhance the functions of children's tissues and organs; Thirdly, it can correct all kinds of deformities or defects and deviations found after birth. For example, massage research for short stature found that it can obviously promote the height of children; The treatment of cerebral palsy proves that massage can strengthen the brain and improve intelligence.

Clinical research shows that massage can regulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, improve gastrointestinal blood circulation and lymphatic reflux, accelerate the secretion of digestive juice, promote the dissipation of inflammation and facilitate tissue recovery through the direct operation of acupoint reinforcing and reducing and abdominal swelling. This treatment method does not use drugs, but also can play the role of drugs, sometimes it takes effect faster than drugs, has good curative effect and no side effects, and also solves the problem of children's difficulty in taking drugs. Children's massage can not only cure diseases, but also have health care function.

First, it can protect children's skin, facial features, internal organs and other tissues and organs, and avoid and reduce the damage during their development; Second, it can promote and enhance the functions of children's tissues and organs; Third, it can correct all kinds of deformities or defects and deviations found after birth. For example, the study of massage for short children found that massage can obviously promote children's growth and development, and the treatment of children with cerebral palsy also proved that massage can strengthen the brain and improve intelligence.

Adverse reactions of children's massage and matters needing attention

Children with serious diseases, such as heart disease, tumor, skin infectious diseases and damaged, scalded and bleeding parts of the skin, should not use massage therapy.

Massage for children is an external therapy under the guidance of the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine. It seems simple, but in fact it is rich in connotation. We should not only select points based on syndrome differentiation, but also pay attention to reinforcing and reducing methods. Therefore, parents are advised to take their children to the hospital for treatment by doctors. If parents imitate themselves, there may be deviations. In addition, after massage, children should also pay attention to some aspects such as diet and daily life. Different diseases have different precautions.