How to make your child grow taller by using massage techniques

Massage is one of the most basic health-preserving methods in traditional Chinese medicine. By massaging the various acupuncture points of the human body, the buttons leading to the internal organs of the human body can promote the body's physiological effects through local massage, thereby regulating the body's immune function, stimulating the brain to promote organ response, and then enhancing the functions of various parts of the body and promoting growth.

Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on seizing the golden period during bone development. In addition to dietary adjustments, daily pressing of acupoints on the body can help promote blood circulation and stimulate growth points!

Basic massage techniques

The acupuncture points that promote growth are mostly located in the hands and calves. Parents can find more opportunities to massage when they have free time in their daily lives. In addition to accelerating blood circulation, it is also beneficial to the growth of children's minds. Studies have shown that physical contact between mothers and children will produce happy hormones, induce a happy atmosphere and emotions, and create a sense of trust and stability between parents and children, which will help relieve stress.

Spend 10 minutes every day to free up time for a relaxing "parent-child massage time". Through the mother's gentle hands, simple meridian acupoint massage can help the child grow. For 10 minutes a day, enjoy the skin-to-skin contact between parents and children to enhance growth and massage, which is a great help for emotional development and improving immunity!

For example, pressing the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot is an important acupoint that stimulates the secretion of growth hormone. Just like we encourage children to exercise more, it also has a stimulating effect. Pressing the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head can promote blood circulation in the brain, making the brain more alert!

Get ready for a massage!

The most basic requirements for massage are the mother's hands and an appropriate amount of lotion or massage oil. When pressing acupoints, focus on stimulating the acupoints. If necessary, you can use a pen-like object for pressing. It is best to massage each acupoint repeatedly for 3 minutes. Press for 5 to 10 seconds each time. Apply some lotion during massage to reduce skin friction. The ideal time is after bathing or before bedtime when the child is more relaxed, which also helps to enhance the child's sleep stability!

How to find acupuncture points

Parents often worry, will this be effective? Are the acupoints being pressed? Don’t be too nervous about finding acupoints. Chinese medicine says that “you can’t leave the acupoints without leaving the meridians.” As long as you press on the relative positions, you will feel soreness, numbness, swelling, and pain in severe cases. This is effective.

Acupoints are closely related to the internal organs and meridians of our body. By pressing to stimulate the meridians, we can improve circulation and promote metabolism, thus achieving the purpose of health care.

Heightening acupuncture points

★Baihui Point

Location: The highest health-preserving acupoint in the human body is the intersection of the three yang meridians of the hands and feet, the governor vessel, and the yin meridian of the feet, so it is called Baihui. It is located in the center of the top of the head, where the line extending from the tips of the left and right ears to the center of the top of the head intersects with the straight line from the center of the eyebrows.

Massage method: Use the tip of your thumb to gently massage, using a rotating and kneading method until you feel soreness and swelling 20 times, then rest and repeat the cycle again, for a total of 3 cycles.

Efficacy: It directly corresponds to the pituitary gland, can stimulate the secretion of growth hormone, and is very helpful for headaches, dizziness and forgetfulness. Regular massage by the elderly can also prevent Alzheimer's disease and high blood pressure.

Tips: If you feel dizzy or sore eyes after studying or using the computer, tapping the Baihui acupoint will also make you feel refreshed!

★Yongquan Point

Location: It is the first acupuncture point of the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin, also known as the "Longevity Point", located on the sole of the foot. Bend the five fingers of the foot and the central concave is the point. It corresponds to the Baihui point on the top of the head.

Massage method:

1. You can use a pen or a hard ball to massage or roll. Or you can directly knock with your fist or use a slapping stick.

2. Press the Yongquan point with your thumb until you feel soreness, 20 times for each foot.

Efficacy: The kidney is the foundation of the body, so tapping this point can nourish the kidney and strengthen the body's functions, promote the fullness of the kidney meridian, and enhance growth and development, just like stimulating the growth plates to help children strengthen their muscles and bones and help them sleep.

Tips: The Yongquan acupoint has a strong stimulating effect. It is recommended to gradually increase the force when massaging to avoid discomfort!

★Hegu Point

Location: Located at the junction of the thumb and index finger, it is shaped like a deep valley, hence the name Hegu, also known as "tiger's mouth". The simplest way to find the acupoint is to put the thumb and index finger together, and the highest point of the muscle is it. It belongs to the hand yangming large intestine meridian, is the original point of the meridian, and is also the stimulation point with the greatest body reaction, which can restore yang and save lives in an emergency.

Massage method: Press with your thumb until you feel soreness, 20 times for each hand. You can also use a pen or massage stick as an auxiliary tool for pressing.

Efficacy: Helps children enhance immunity and activates the secretion of thyroid hormone and growth hormone.

Tips: When massaging, you can press down and use force slightly towards your index finger. The feeling of soreness, numbness, swelling and pain will be more obvious, which means that the pressure position is more correct!

★Shenmen acupoint

Location: Located on the inner side of the wrist crease close to the little finger, approximately in the depression of the wrist joint, this is the acupuncture point that controls the storage and release of the central energy of the heart.

Massage method: Use your index finger to press until you feel a sore, numb, or painful sensation. When pressing, you can count to 10 seconds, then rest for 5 seconds. This counts as one time. You can press 10 to 12 times, about 3 to 5 minutes. Modern people are under great pressure, so you can press this point more often to calm your mind.

Effect: Calming nerves, sedating and relaxing, improving insomnia, helping the secretion of growth hormone, regulating the autonomic nerves, and improving memory.

Tips: You can press the Baihui acupoint together! Press lightly before going to bed to help you fall asleep and relieve stress.

★ Zusanli

Location: This point is located three inches below the outer knee joint. Put your four fingers together and place them just below the outer knee joint, in the depression below the little finger and the outer side of the calf bone. It is a very important point in the gastrointestinal meridian.

Massage method: Press the Zusanli point with your thumb until you feel a sore sensation. Press for 5 to 10 seconds each time, and press 20 times on each foot.

Effect: In the "Four General Acupoints Song", it is said: "The abdomen is Sanli." Regular pressing can enhance the body's immune function, nourish the spleen and stomach, and promote digestion and absorption. If you have constipation, you can press down.

Tips: Another meaning of Zusanli is that after pressing it, you can walk three miles a day. Pressing it can relieve knee and leg pain. For people who are prone to lower limb fatigue and cannot walk, pressing it can also make their legs stronger.

★Sanyinjiao

Location: Three inches above the inner ankle, on the inner side of the calf, four finger widths above the ankle bone, in the depression on the inner side and back of the tibia and femur.

*Massage method: Press the acupoints with your thumb until you feel soreness, 20 times for each foot.

Effect: This point can also help regulate menstruation and relieve menstrual pain. Pressing this point before 7 pm every day can help women's blood flow smoothly and help them fall asleep more easily.

★ Zhongwan and Xiawan

Location: Zhongwan: The point is located in the upper abdomen, at the midpoint of the line connecting the lower end of the sternum and the navel, on the inner side of the calf, four finger widths above the inner ankle, and in the depression on the inner side and back of the tibia and femur.

Massage method: Press the acupoints with your thumb until you feel soreness, and do it 20 times in total.

Efficacy: Stimulate intestinal peristalsis, relieve stomach pain, abdominal pain, bloating, vomiting, and poor appetite.