Is massage useful for babies with poor sleep? Useful. Poor sleep of the baby will not only lead to listlessness, but also affect the baby's growth and development, and even affect the normal life and work of parents. Therefore, the baby's poor sleep must be conditioned, and massage is a common conditioning method. So, how to massage a baby with poor sleep? Let's take a look at the following introduction.
1, Spleen Meridian: From the fingertip on the radial side of thumb to the finger root.
Operation method: Pushing towards the center (fingertip to finger root) is called invigorating spleen meridian.
Function: tonify spleen meridian, strengthen spleen and stomach, and tonify qi and blood.
2. Inner Eight Diagrams: Eight acupoints on the circumference of the palm, centering on the Neigong point in the palm and taking the junction of Neigong point and the middle finger root 1/3 as the radius. Clockwise from thenar, it is dry, Kan, root, town, Xun, Li, Kun and Right.
Operation method: Use the back of the thumb, which is called "Eight Diagrams of Transportation", and push it around in turn according to the stem, ridge, root and vibration, which is called "Eight Diagrams of Shun Transportation". On the contrary, it is called gossip in bad luck.
Functions: Broadening chest and benefiting diaphragm, regulating qi and resolving phlegm, promoting stagnation and promoting digestion.
3. Heart Meridian: the tendon surface at the end of the middle finger.
Operation method: centrifugal pushing is diarrhea, called qingxin meridian.
Function: Clearing heart meridian: clearing heat and purging fire, nourishing heart and calming nerves.
How long does the baby sleep?
The baby's sleep time is in direct proportion to his/her month age, and the sleep time will be shortened gradually with the baby's growth, and the awakening time will be longer. Generally speaking, newborn babies need 18 hours every day for about 2 months, 16 hours for about 4 months, 15 hours for 9 months, 1 year, 13- 14 hours. In order for the baby to grow and develop better, the sleep time should not be too long or too short.
The above is the introduction of how to massage a baby with poor sleep. I also sorted out some information for parents about how long the baby sleeps. I hope parents can judge whether the baby's sleep is normal according to the baby's age. If they find that the baby's sleep time is short, they should take the baby to see a doctor as soon as possible so as not to affect the baby's growth and development.
What is pediatric massage? Massage for children refers to a health care method that stimulates children's acupoints by various means, so that children's meridians are unobstructed and their qi and blood run, thus regulating the function of viscera and treating diseases. Nowadays, children's massage is more and more recognized by the public and has become a fashionable method of children's health care. At present, children's massage is widely used in children's diarrhea, vomiting, dyspepsia, anorexia, constipation, abdominal pain, rectocele, cold, cough, asthma, fever, enuresis, night crying, muscular torticollis, stiff neck, convulsion and other diseases.
The therapeutic principle of massage for children is to persist in pathogenesis, seek the root of the disease, adjust yin and yang, and strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil. Because children's skin is delicate and timid, we should pay special attention to the techniques when using massage to treat diseases, emphasizing softness and infiltration, and demanding lightness, softness, stability and solidity.
The acupoints of children's massage are a little, linear and planar. In terms of operation methods, it emphasizes light, soft, stable and solid, and pays attention to reinforcing and reducing techniques and operating procedures, which has good curative effect on common and frequently-occurring diseases, especially on digestive tract diseases. The basic operation methods are: push, knead, press, knead, knead, hold, transport, knead, knead, pound, twist, scrape, shake and pat.
According to experts, the nursing function of children's massage can be summarized as balancing yin and yang, harmonizing viscera, dredging meridians, promoting qi and blood circulation, strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil. The specific performance is as follows:
1, improve children's physical function. A large number of clinical practices have proved that children's massage can indeed enhance the immune function, and in addition, it can ensure that children have sufficient blood, balanced diet, strong appetite and normal development.
2. Alleviate and alleviate children's pain. When a child is sick, a certain part of the child's body can be massaged, and the corresponding viscera in the body can undergo corresponding physiological changes through the connection of meridians, thus achieving the effect of treating diseases. Massage for children has a wide range of treatments, which can treat many common diseases such as fever, cold, cough, drooling, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, anorexia, enuresis, night crying and so on, and the therapeutic effect is very remarkable.
3, prevention before illness, improve children's resistance to disease. The role of massage in strengthening the body and preventing diseases in children is mainly reflected in two aspects. First, prevention before illness, through massage, make children's meridians unobstructed, qi and blood harmonious, and healthy qi sufficient, so as to achieve the effect of prevention before illness; The second is to prevent the spread of diseases. Children get sick quickly and are prone to critical state. Massage can prevent the spread of diseases and the occurrence of critical diseases.