Five benefits of abdominal massage: 1. Promote intestinal peristalsis and eliminate constipation. Abdominal massage can increase the blood flow of abdominal muscles and intestinal smooth muscles, increase the tension of gastrointestinal 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, which is especially needed by the elderly. Second, pressing the abdomen is conducive to weight loss, because pressing the abdomen can stimulate peripheral nerves, and through different intensities of massage, the abdominal wall capillaries are unblocked and fat consumption is promoted, thus having a certain weight loss effect.
Third, rubbing before going to bed helps to sleep, and rubbing the stomach helps 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 the liver and reduce fire, make people calm down, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and play an auxiliary treatment role. Fourth, rubbing the abdomen to prevent gastric and duodenal ulcer diseases, rubbing the abdomen once every morning, after lunch and after dinner, for about 5 minutes each time, can achieve the purpose of adjuvant treatment of ulcers. Because the occurrence of gastric ulcer is related to excessive gastric acid secretion. Regular rubbing of the abdomen can promote the secretion of prostaglandin, prevent excessive gastric acid secretion and prevent ulcer disease.
5. Patients with postoperative intestinal adhesion can prevent postoperative intestinal adhesion by rubbing their abdomen after the wound is completely healed. Generally, it is rubbed once every morning before getting up, at 10 in the morning and at 3 pm, and once every night before going to bed. Massage the abdomen can promote intestinal peristalsis and help local tissues absorb postoperative exudates.
The three fingers of both hands move down from the heart socket, that is, move down when massaging clockwise, and move to the pubic symphysis under the umbilicus (that is, the hairline at the lower part of the lower abdomen), then separate the three fingers of both hands from the pubic bone to both sides, massage upward, massage both hands back to the heart socket, and stop when the hands are handed over. Loop ***2 1 time.