Traditional Chinese massage to treat toothache in children

How to treat toothache in children? Many friends think that children with toothache must go to the dentist, but Chinese medicine believes that toothache in children can be treated with massage. Let’s take a look at where massage can treat toothache in children.

Traditional Chinese massage to treat toothache in children

　(1) Wind and fire toothache

Teeth swelling and pain, the pain is aggravated by heat or eating spicy food, and the pain subsides when the affected area is cold, the gums are red and swollen, unable to chew food, or the cheeks are swollen and hot, thirsty, red tongue, thin and white coating.

① Massage Taiyang and Quchi points for 1 minute each.

② Parents dip the heel of their palms in wine and rub the child's back flatly for 1 to 3 minutes.

　(2)Toothache caused by wind and cold

Gum pain, mild at first, gradually becomes severe, comfortable with hot drinks, and aggravated by wind or cold drinks. Sometimes aversion to wind and cold, lack of thirst, pale red tongue, thin white coating.

① Knead the muscles of the upper and lower limbs and rub each part with palms 3 to 5 times.

② Push the shoulder blades 100 times.

　(3) Stomach fire and toothache

Pain in the gums, distracting the mind, or gums become red and swollen, swollen to the lips, tongue, cheeks, flushed face, ears, thirst, desire to drink cold drinks, hot and smelly breath, aversion to heat and liking of cold, constipation, yellow urine, red tongue, yellow tongue coating and less fluid.

① Massage the abdomen counterclockwise for 3 to 5 minutes.

② Massage Zusanli and Sanyinjiao points for 1 minute each.

③ Press and rub Dazhui point for 1 minute, and apply local rubbing method, using heat as the measure.

(4) Toothache due to deficiency of fire

The teeth have dull or slight pain, and the pain worsens in the afternoon, and the gums are slightly red and swollen. Over time, the gum meat shrinks, the teeth float, and the bite is weak. Red lips and cheeks, dry throat and sore throat, restlessness and insomnia, soreness in the waist and legs, tender red tongue, and less tongue coating.

① Rub the Yongquan point for 2 to 5 minutes.

② Rub the Shenshu, Mingmen points and the tail and sacral area horizontally to measure the heat.

③ Massage Taixi and Xingjian points for 1 minute each.

Treating toothache in children also requires prescribing the right medicine. When parents perform massage on children with toothache, they may wish to ask the child what kind of toothache it belongs to, so that the toothache can be cured completely.