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What are the benefits of regularly massaging the stomach? What are the specific steps of abdominal massage?
Massage is a common physical therapy method in traditional Chinese medicine. Correct massage can prevent and treat a variety of discomforts, and different parts of massage bring different effects. What are the benefits of regularly massaging the stomach? What are the specific steps of abdominal massage? Massage the abdomen can prevent and treat many digestive system diseases. Let's learn more about the specific situation.

1, the benefits of regular massage of the stomach

1, promoting intestinal peristalsis and eliminating constipation.

Rubbing the abdomen can increase the blood flow of abdominal muscles and intestinal smooth muscles, increase the tension of gastrointestinal inner wall muscles and the function of lymphatic system, thus strengthening the digestion and absorption of food, obviously improving the peristalsis function of large intestine and small intestine, thus promoting defecation, thus preventing and eliminating constipation, especially suitable for the elderly.

Clockwise massage helps digestion: rubbing your hands with heat, and then gently massaging your abdomen with hot hands clockwise can promote blood circulation in abdominal cavity and strengthen gastrointestinal digestion.

2. Abdominal massage is good for losing weight

Because pressing the abdomen can stimulate peripheral nerves, through massage with different strengths, the capillaries in the abdominal wall are unblocked, fat consumption is promoted, and satisfactory weight loss effect is achieved.

3. Pressing before going to bed helps you sleep.

Rubbing the abdomen is beneficial to the human body to maintain mental pleasure. Rubbing the abdomen before going to bed helps to fall asleep and prevent insomnia. For patients with arteriosclerosis, hypertension and cerebrovascular diseases, pressing abdomen can calm liver fire, make people calm down, circulate blood vessels and play an auxiliary treatment role.

4, rubbing the abdomen to prevent disease

Rubbing the abdomen for about 5 minutes every morning, noon and after dinner can achieve the purpose of adjuvant treatment of ulcers. Because the occurrence of gastric ulcer disease is related to excessive gastric acid secretion. Regular abdominal rubbing can promote the increase of prostaglandin secretion, prevent excessive gastric acid secretion and prevent ulcer disease.

5. Chronic hepatitis

Sticking to rubbing the abdomen every morning and evening can soothe the liver and relieve depression, regulate the spleen and stomach, and relieve dull pain, abdominal distension and loss of appetite in the liver area.

6, postoperative intestinal adhesion

After the wound is completely healed, the patient can rub his abdomen to prevent postoperative intestinal adhesion. Generally, before getting up every morning, 10 in the morning, 3 pm, and before going to bed every night, you should wipe 1 time. Rubbing abdomen can promote intestinal peristalsis, which is beneficial to the absorption of postoperative exudate by local tissues.

2, the operation method of abdominal massage

Usually choose to do it at night before going to bed and getting up. Empty urine, wash hands, take a supine position, bend your knees, relax your whole body, press your left hand on your abdomen, point your palm at your navel, and put your right hand on your left hand. Massage the belly around the navel clockwise 100 times, and then counterclockwise 100 times. Massage with moderate force, concentrated energy, natural breathing and perseverance will certainly receive obvious fitness effects.

It is worth noting that when the abdominal skin is purulent and lovely or there is acute inflammation in the abdomen (such as enteritis, dysentery, appendicitis, etc.). ), should not be pressed, in order to avoid the spread of inflammation; If there is cancer in the abdomen, it should not be pressed to prevent cancer from spreading or bleeding. When rubbing the abdomen, it is normal for the abdomen to feel warm and hungry, or to produce bowel sounds and exhaust, so don't worry.

3, massage physical therapy matters needing attention

1. Make a clear diagnosis, choose acupoints, and determine the technique, so as to be aware of it, consider it comprehensively, have a center and focus.

2. According to different diseases and massage parts, take the appropriate massage position. This posture should make the patient comfortable, convenient for treatment and conducive to the operation of various manipulations. Whether you massage yourself or someone else, you should pay attention.

3. The operation procedure, intensity and time of massage should be adjusted at any time according to the patient's systemic and local reactions during the treatment and the changes after treatment. Moreover, we must master the principle of treating the "standard" if we are urgent, and treating the "root" if we are slow.

4. Explain the patient well, and tell the patient not to be nervous, relax muscles, breathe naturally, and let him take off his coat and loosen his belt. Massage the back and lower abdomen, first empty the urine. Patients who are hungry, full and drunk are not suitable for massage. Generally, it is better to massage for 2 hours after meals. Be patient, earnest, cordial and responsible to patients, so that patients can trust doctors and cooperate with treatment. Pay attention to relaxation and timing when you massage yourself.

5. When massaging, the operator's hands should be kept clean and warm, and trimmed frequently, so as not to damage the skin of the massaged part. Pay attention to the room temperature and the temperature of the massage area.

6. Check the patients of the opposite sex alone, and be serious when massaging. Especially when massaging female patients, avoid breasts and female private parts. If treatment is needed, it should be explained to the patient first, and the treatment should be carried out with the consent of the patient, and a third party (the patient's family or other lesbians) is present.

7. For health massage (whether it is massage by yourself or operated by others), it is necessary to persevere in order to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases and strengthening the body.

8. After the massage, the massaged person should feel relaxed and comfortable, and the original symptoms will change. Sometimes there will be different degrees of fatigue, which is a common reaction. Pay attention to proper rest after massage, avoid cold stimulation, and don't get hurt again. It is necessary to cooperate with the treatment and maintain the therapeutic effect.