Pediatric Acupuncture and Therapeutic Massage

• Acupuncture has the effect of reconciling Yin-Yang, strengthening the body and eliminating evil spirits, and dredging the meridians. It is an effective, cost-efficient, medical-friendly treatment for curing kids/infants diseases. The role of acupuncture treatment in specific diseases among children/infants are as follows:

  • Tic Disorders - Acupuncture corrects the imbalance of neurotransmitter-neuroendocrine function in children by acupuncture treatment, so that the body returns to a normal functional state, in order to achieve a better curative effect and reduce the expense and inconvenience of taking the medicine.

  • Enuresis - China has used acupuncture to treat enuresis since ancient times. Modern studies have shown that the effects of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves on the bladder detrusor can be modulated by acupuncture stimulation, and the frequency of urinary central discharge in the pons and midbrain is also greatly affected, thereby enhancing bladder storage and adjusting the urination system.

  • Facial Paralysis - Acupuncture treatment of facial paralysis has been more than two thousand years old, and the curative effect is proven. Acupuncture treatment can directly affect the aetiology and location of facial paralysis, and play a role in exciting nerves, dilating blood vessels, promoting blood circulation, reducing inflammation and analgesia.

  • Rehabilitation - Because acupuncture has obvious effects on the stimulation and dual regulation of the nervous system through acupuncture points and meridians, it is widely used in a variety of neurological diseases, especially since modern times, with the deepening of research, it is playing a role in the field of neurological rehabilitation.

  • Other Diseases - ADHD, enuresis, frequent urination, rectal prolapse, cough, abdominal pain, cerebral palsy, sequelae of poliomyelitis, brachial plexus injury, sacral/sacral nerve injury Such as peripheral nerve injury, brain hypoplasia, delayed speech and so on.

• Pediatric massage is introduced since the Ming dynasty, based on the overall concept of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is guided by the theory of five Yin-Yang, viscera and meridians, and uses various techniques to stimulate acupressure points so that the meridians are smooth so do qi (energy) and blood circulation hence to achieve the purpose of regulating the organs.

• Pediatric massage is widely used in treating children with diarrhea, vomiting, low appetite, anorexia, constipation, abdominal pain, rectal prolapse, cold, cough, asthma, fever, enuresis, nightingale, muscular torticollis, stiff neck, convulsion, etc.

• It often combined with pediatric acupuncture treatment to achieve optimum medical results, if necessary.