Fever 

 

The temperature of a normal infant is 36C-37 C. When the temperature excels the basic temperature to more than 1 C, it is considered a fever.

There are:

low fever(37.5℃-38℃)，

medial fever(38.1℃-39℃)，

high fever (39.1℃-41℃)

and very high fever(41℃).

 

Cause:

According to the nature of the pathogen, there are fevers of external contraction and fever of internal injury in TCM. Fever of external contraction is triggered by six excesses, such as wind-cold pathogen, wind-heat pathogen and summer-heat pathogen.

 

Syndrome Differentiation:

1 Dyspeptic fever

2 Frightened fever

3 Yin-deficiency fever

 

Research proved:

Pediatric tuina for the treatment of fever in children

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437734/

 

How can Pediatric Tui-Na Massage help?

• The acupuncturist will perform a TCM assessment(check the tongue and pulse), with the differentiation of the syndrome. 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.

Insurance Covered:

This service can be covered by acupuncture insurance.

and we can do Direct Billing as well

 

Our Pediatric Tui-Na Massage Team