Clinical Application of LEI's Massage Therapy in Treating Children's Diseases by Restraining Wood and Supporting Earth
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.03.012
- VernacularTitle:雷氏"抑木扶土"推拿法治疗小儿疾病的临证应用
- Author:
Simeng ZHOU
1
;
Haiyun JIANG
Author Information
1. 浙江中医药大学第三临床医学院 杭州 310053
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
LEI's medicine;
child massage;
restraining wood and supporting earth;
disorder of the liver and spleen;
cough variant asthma;
infantile anorexia;
tic disorder;
medical records
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(3):333-336
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To summarize the clinical experience of LEI's massage therapy of restraining wood and supporting earth in treating cough variant asthma,infantile anorexia and tic disorder in children.[Methods]Through clinical follow-up study,based on three medical records of cough variant asthma,infantile anorexia and tic disorder treated with LEI's massage therapy of restraining wood and supporting earth,combining with learning from the clinic and author's realization on treatment of children's diseases by restraining wood and supporting earth,this paper analyzed and summarized the clinical experience of applying LEI's massage therapy in treating disorder of liver and spleen diseases in children by restraining wood and supporting earth.[Results]Children have the physiological characteristics of"spleen is often deficient,liver is often surplus".When the spleen is weak,the liver is strong,subjugation and counterrestriction relationship between liver and spleen causes the disorder of liver and spleen in children.The treatment should be based on the principle of restraining wood and supporting earth,added and subtracted herbs according to the characteristics of the disease,such as soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen,clearing the lung and resolving phlegm massage to treat liver depression and spleen deficiency,phlegm fire disturbing the lung type cough variant asthma;soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen,regulating the stomach and aiding in transport to treat liver depression and spleen deficiency,stomach disorders type of infantile anorexia;strengthening the spleen and eliminating phlegm,calming the liver and calming wind to treat tic disorder of liver depression and spleen deficiency,internal wind phlegm disturbance syndrome.[Conclusion]LEI's massage manipulation of restraining wood and supporting earth,which is mainly composed of tonifying the spleen channel and clearing the liver channel,can strengthen the spleen and stomach,soothe the liver Qi,invigorate Qi and blood,dredge the meridians and regulate Qi activity,as a result,children's Zang and Fu organs are harmonized,Qi and blood are abundant,Yin and Yang are balanced,and the disease is cured,which is worthy of clinical promotion and application.
