Pediatric Chinese massage or Xiao Tuina
The particularity of pediatric chinese massage said Xiao Tuina is that it has its own point system and manual techniques. It can treat children and infants aged 0 to 6 years.
In China, it is very common to take your child to be treated by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. The main advantage is not having to administer medication to your child.
Due to their rapid metabolism (the growth of children being very important), they respond well and very quickly to sessions of this manual therapy.
Pathologies treated by Chinese pediatric massage
Pediatric Chinese massage is a truly fascinating specialty of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with extensive clinical experience. It is able to provide non-aggressive and non-invasive solutions to many common problems such as:
- digestive and intestinal disorders: diarrhea, constipation, colic
- teething
- sleep disorders, night terrors
- urinary problems: enuresis (uncontrolled pee), cystitis
- coughs, recurring colds, asthma and sinusitis
Benefits of Xiao Tuina for children
Pediatric Chinese massage helps treat common illnesses in children and infants such as diarrhea, fever, vomiting, constipation, cough, convulsions, enuresis, intestinal spasms and nocturnal crying.
It is done along the meridians and on points specific to children.
The consultation takes place through a Chinese diagnosis then through a massage of the child. Sometimes parents are encouraged to continue the treatment at home by massaging certain points the following days.