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A self-help guide to treating your childs Asthma
The benefits of Tuina massage for your child's asthma
Tuina is an ancient Chinese massage that has exsited since 2,300 BC. It works by using massage to rebalance the flow of Qi throughout the body and meridians. The chinese refer to Qi as he life energy that runs through the body in varius channels known as meridians.
Traditional Chinese Medicine considors that all ailments arise from blocked or unbalanced movement of Qi inside the body. By massaging specific meridians the chinese therapist is able to invigorate the Qi energy so that it moves freely in the body. This in turn allows the patient to feel energietic and relieved from pain.
Tuina has been successfully used for the treatment of asthma for a few hundred years and records to surport this evidence can be found in many chinese medical books.
Tuina is a safe way of treating asthma. It is effective and long lasting. It does not pollute the body like the way drugs do and can help maintain the body's natur health.
The facts of Asthma
What is an Asthma attack?
An asthma attack occurs when muscular spasms or inflammation causes the bronchials passages in the lungs to contract. When this occurs, the sufferer will experience difficulty in breathing and will wheeze as they exhale.
It is also common for the sufferer to experience coughing, a racing pulse and in sever cases they may become blue in the face.
The majority of attacks last for a matter of minutes but serious attacks can last for hours and should be treated by a doctor.
What can cause Asthma?
Asthma can be caused by numbers of things. One of the most common is an allergy. Allegic reactions to pollen, dust, animals, plants,fungus and certain foods are common among asthma sufferers.
Changes in temparature, chest infections, physical exertion, stress and anxiety can also cause asthma.
There is a tendency for asthma to run in families and the condition tends to become apparent in early childhood or adolescene.
However, in a number of cases the asthma will disappear when the child gets older.
A few important points...
Later on I will show you the basic steps to treat asthma. By practising daily for a period of time (about 15 minutes each time)you will find a remarkable improvment inyour child's asthma.
Before you begin to massage your child it is important that you put some skin protection powder or oil on each point to be massaged on.
This is to ensure that you don't damage the skin. It is also advisable that you don't massage on wounds, cuts and sore areas.
If your childhas skin conditions like eczema, you should avoid massaging the infected areas and wait until the eczema has healed before resuming.
When you begin the treatment you should start with gentle movements and a small amount of pressure. As your child begins to build up a natural tolerance to the treatment you can slowy make your technique stronger.
When you pratice the treatment it is posssible that your child may find it mildly painful in certain places. If this occurs, you need to reduce the pressure being applied to rhis specific point.
Step 1. Squeeze the neck 1-2 minutes
Use thumb and other four fingers, using the finger tips squeeze the neck muscles from top to bottom. Repeat for 1-2 minutes.
Step.2 massage ChanZhong 200-500 times
Using the idex and middle finger massage the ChanZhong point 200-500 times each day. Gradually put more pressure.
Stp.3 Rub the chest
Using the palm, rub on the upper part of the chest 50 times
