2014/11/26

In the past week, all my kids got sick because of the flu that is floating around my eldest son’s school. All had fever, but different other symptoms. I gave plenty of fluid to them when they had fever including water, rice or millet conge. This is always a good practice.

My eldest son was the first one to catch the flu. He had a mild fever and abdominal pain, then the fever was gone. One week later the fever was back with 101.5F. He was tested flu positive, and had to stay out of the school for two days. For him, I tuina his back with my index and middle fingers with the spine in between from the neck all way to the butt. This is one direction massage from top to bottom along the Bladder Channels for 45 minutes to one hour. Then let him sleep. The fever went away.

My younger son did not want to lay flat on his back for me to tuina his back. Thus I have to choose another TCM way to fight the fever. I used a pen with a needle to get some blood out at DU14 (Dazhui). Then let him rest and sleep. The fever went away.

最近孩子们流感发烧生病，用两种中医方法有效退烧：1）沿脊柱从上至下推拿后背，具体操作是用食指和中指夹住脊柱从上至下推拿45分钟到一个小时，可以使用一点润肤油或者痱子粉。2）督脉大椎穴放血。然后让孩子休息睡觉，还要多喝水。

2015/03/05

My son had a busy Saturday last week. He went to a swimming class for an hour, then headed to a friend’s birthday party. They made their own pizza and played bowling while waiting the pizza to be baked. Then he finished the whole pizza (about 6 small pieces) plus one piece of birthday cake. After the party, he had a basketball game to play.  That was when the problem came after eating too much. He had a stomach ache half an hour before the game. He didn’t feel well not only because of the abdominal pain but also the possibility to miss the game.

Here is what I did to help him feel well again. I massaged his ST36 (Zusanli), LI10 (Shousanli), LI13 (Shouwuli) and the UB18-21 area on his back (Stomach Shu, Spleen Shu). Each for a minute or two. Then the pain and uncomfortableness were gone. He played the game from the beginning to the end because of their shortage of players. Hooray!

上个周六，我的大儿子去参加同学的生日会，吃了太多的比萨饼和一块蛋糕，还有果汁。这之后他还有一个篮球比赛需要参加。由于吃了太多东西，而且是边玩边吃，食物也不太健康，比赛前半个小时，他告诉我肚子有点疼，很担心不能参加比赛。我赶紧采取措施，按摩了他的足三里，手三里，手五里，还有背部的胃腧和脾腧部位。每个穴位大概一两分钟，按摩结束后他的不舒服没有了，而且因为只有五名队员，他参加比赛从头到尾没有休息。中医按摩很有效果吧！不过还是尽量保持饮食健康好！