Treatment of 62 cases of infantile diarrhea by tuina

Objective  To observe the clinical efficacy of tuina on infantile diarrhea. Method  Sixty-two cases were classified into five subtypes: diarrhea due to food injury, wind-cold, damp-heat, spleen deficiency and yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney. The manipulations including separating hand yin-yang, kneading the general tendon, pushing spleen-earth, transporting external Bagua, rubbing the abdomen, pressing Zusanli (ST 36), kneading Guiwei and pinching the spine were applied once a day. Result  After the treatments of 3 to 30, 35 cases got recovery, 21 got marked effect, and 6 got improvement. Conclusion  The infantile tuina treatment is effective for infantile diarrhea. Author: LV Jian-zhong (1956–), female, associate chief physician