小儿推拿的功效与优点

Efficacy and advantages of infantile massage

一、小儿推拿可以起到什么作用？

1、 What effect can infantile massage play?

小儿推拿的作用可以概括为：平衡阴阳、调和脏腑、疏通经络、行气活血、扶正祛邪。具体表现为：

The functions of infantile massage can be summarized as: balancing yin and Yang, harmonizing Zang Fu organs, dredging meridians, promoting qi and activating blood circulation, strengthening the body and eliminating pathogenic factors. The specific performance is as follows:

1、提高小儿机体各项功能

1. Improve children's body functions

穴位与经络的治疗功能，已被现代临床医学所证实。穴位即为经络上的最重要点，通过刺激穴位，就可以起到调整经络气血、阴阳平衡的作用。正气自然充足，正气存内，则邪不可干，也就是抵抗力增强，得病的机会相应减少。大量的临床实践证明，小儿推拿确有增强免疫功能的作用，同时，还可以保证小儿气血充盈，饮食不偏，食欲旺盛、发育正常等。

The therapeutic function of acupoints and meridians has been confirmed by modern clinical medicine. Acupoints are the most important points on meridians. By stimulating acupoints, you can adjust the balance of Qi and blood, yin and Yang. Healthy qi is natural and sufficient. If positive Qi is stored inside, evil can not be dried up. That is to say, the resistance is enhanced and the chance of getting sick is reduced correspondingly. A large number of clinical practice has proved that infantile massage has the effect of enhancing immune function. At the same time, it can also ensure that children's Qi and blood are full, their diet is not biased, their appetite is exuberant and their development is normal.

2、缓解、解除小儿病痛

2. Relieve and relieve children's pain

如果小儿有病，按摩小儿身体的某一部位，通过经络的联系，使其体内相应的脏腑产生相应的生理变化，从而达到治疗疾病的作用。小儿推拿治疗范围很广，可以对发热、感冒、咳嗽、哮喘、滞颐(流口水)、腹痛、腹泻、便秘、厌食、疳积（营养不良）、夜啼、遗尿、近视、小儿肌性斜颈等多种常见病有良好的治疗作用。

If the child is sick, massage a certain part of the child's body, through the connection of meridians, make the corresponding viscera in the body produce corresponding physiological changes, so as to achieve the effect of treating the disease. The treatment range of infantile massage is very wide. It can treat many common diseases, such as fever, cold, cough, asthma, stagnant food (drooling), abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, anorexia, malnutrition, night cry, enuresis, myopia, muscular torticollis, etc.

3、 未病先防，提高小儿对疾病的抵抗力

3. Prevention before disease to improve children's resistance to disease

小儿推拿对小儿强身防病的功能，主要体现在两个方面：

The functions of infantile massage on strengthening children's health and preventing diseases are mainly reflected in two aspects

A) 未病先防：通过按摩，小儿气血调和，经络通畅、阴阳平衡、正气充足，因此可以起到不得病、少得病的功效。

A) Prevention before disease: through massage, children's Qi and blood are harmonious, channels and collaterals are unobstructed, yin and yang are balanced, and healthy qi is sufficient. Therefore, it can play a role of not getting sick and getting sick less.

B) 防病传变：小儿得病后传变较快，易发生危急状态，小儿推拿可以起到预防发病、防止传变以及发生危急病症的作用。

B) Prevention of disease transmission: the transmission of children after the disease is fast, prone to critical state, infantile massage can play a role in preventing the onset, transmission and occurrence of critical diseases.