Cough

 

Cough is the pediatric respiratory movement reflected through the cough nerve center by various factors stimulating the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract.

 

Syndrome Differentiation:

• Wind-cold cough

• Wind-heat cough

• Phlegm-dampness cough

• Yin-deficiency cough

• Chronic lung deficiency cough

 

Treatment Focus:

• releasing exterior and repelling wind-cold, ventilating lung and regulating qi.

• releasing exterior and repelling wind-heat, clearing lungs and relieving cough

• invigorating qi and checking adverse rising of gi, nourishing spleen to benefit lung.

• invigorating qi and checking adverse rising of gi, nourishing yin and moistening dryness.

• nourishing yin and moistening dryness, nourishing spleen to benefit lung

 

Clinical efficacy observation on pediatric massage for chronic cough in children

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11726-021-1248-6

 

How can Pediatric Tui-Na Massage help?

• The acupuncturist will do a TCM assessment(check the tongue and the pulse), with the syndrome differentiation. then do a Tui-Na massage with a prescription of acupressure points.

• For the best result, the parents can help the children massage some points from the prescription a few times in-home until the next follow-up session.

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Insurance Covered:

This service can be covered by acupuncture insurance.

and we can do Direct Billing as well

 

Our Padiatric Tui-Na Massage Team

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