Pediatric Massage Therapy
DESCRIPTION: Chinese remedial infant massage or xiao er tui na is a safe, non-invasive, low cost, and extremely effective therapy for the treatment of a wide variety of common childhood ailments. Unlike Western infant massage, Chinese infant massage uses very specific protocols or treatments for specific ailments. Most common childhood complaints respond in only one or two treatments. Dr. Fan teaches both parents and practitioners alike how to diagnose and treat the most common pediatric complaints with Chinese infant massage.
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BACKCOVER: Dr. Fan Ya-li teaches both adult and pediatric tui na or Chinese remedial massage at the Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She not only teaches tui na to Chinese medical students at the college but also to foreign students studying at the college in English. In addition, she works as a doctor of tui na at the Shandong College of TCM Affiliated Hospital in Jinan. She has previously published four books on tui na in China and numerous articles on remedial massage in Chinese TCM journals.
Chinese remedial infant massage or xiao er tui na is a safe, non-ivasive, low cost, and extremely effective therapy for the treatment of a wide range of common childhood ailments. Unlike Western infant massage, Chinese infant massage uses very specific protocols or treatments for specific ailments. Most common childhood complaints respond in only one or two treatments.
In this book, Dr. Fan teaches both parents and practitioners alike how to diagnose and treat the most common pediatric complaints with Chinese infant massage.
AUTHBIO: Dr. Fan Ya-li taught both adult and pediatric tui na or Chinese remedial massage at the Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She also taught tui na to foreign students studying at the college in English. In addition, she worked as a doctor of tui na at the Shandong College of TCM Affiliated Hospital in Jinan. In addition, to her two Blue Poppy titles, she has published four books on tui na in China and numerous articles on remedial massage in Chinese TCM journals. Currently, Dr. Fan teaches at the Florida Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Many parents lack the confidence to care for their own children. They erroneously believe that medical theories are unfathomable and that disease may only be treated by professional doctors. Without doubt, the administration of medicine should be directed by a physician. However, those who have mastered the infant massage skills contained in this book no longer question the fact that parents can be doctors within the family.
Infant massage is, of course, not a universal cure, and seeing a doctor is sometimes necessary. However, many ailments can be treated effectively by parents with massage. In fact, children's diseases are, by and large, very simple. Only a few are serious and life-threatening. Most childhood diseases are common minor ailments that can be treated satisfactorily with massage. In such cases, massage treatment gets even better and certainly safer effects than modern medicines. Therefore, parents do not need to unduly rely on doctors for the treatment of childhood ailments.
For the treatment of many ailments, doctors who do not know the child's circumstances are not necessarily more effective than the parents. Nowadays, physicians tend to dispenses medicine exclusively, and many doctors habitually overprescribe these drugs which tend to be expensive and produce side effects. Although most doctors are aware of these side effects, they have, nonetheless, forgotten older, safer, more benign therapies such as Chinese infant massage. Thus frequent injections and hospitalization are prescribed, inflicting unnecessary pain and distress on children and their families.
It is my belief and experience that parents who have mastered basic Chinese infant massage skills are a good substitute for a cabinet full of medicine. Requiring nothing more than a pair of hands, this art can solve big problems. Using Chinese infant massage, children are spared the pain of injections and the side effects of drugs. Chinese infant massage categorically has no side effects. In addition, Chinese infant massage not only treats disease remedially but can also be used to prevent disease and promote even better health in the otherwise healthy. This is not something that can be done by modern doctors. As a clinician, I can say without hesitation that children treated frequently by Chinese infant massage are more healthy and less often sick than those treated by modern pharmaceutical. Thus I recommend the art of Chinese infant massage to parents everywhere and to practitioners worldwide who are looking for a safer, more humane, yet effective alternative to drug therapy for our xiao peng you, little friends.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- Book One: The Basics of Chinese Pediatric Massage
- Chapter 1: The Basic Theory of Chinese Pediatric Massage
- Chapter 2: Common Manipulations in Pediatric Tui Na
- Book Two: The Treatment of Common Pediatric Diseases
- Chapter 1: Diarrhea
- Chapter 2: Abdominal Pain
- Chapter 3: Vomiting
- Chapter 4: Lack of Appetite
- Chapter 5: Constipation
- Chapter 6: Excessive Drooling
- Chapter 7: Common Cold
- Chapter 8: Cough
- Chapter 9: Fever
- Chapter 10: Bed-wetting
- Chapter 11: Night-crying
- Chapter 12: General Infant Massage for a Healthy Baby
- Concluding Remarks
- Index
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