Clinical Observation Of Liu's Pediatric Massage To Regulate Spleen Deficiency In Children

Objective: The objective of this study is to observe and scientifically evaluate the clinical effect of Liu’s infantile massage on recuperating Pixu(spleen deficiency)in children and its promotional value.Method: We choose 68 cases of children who were diagnosed as Pixu(spleen deficiency)in children and divided them into two groups according to treatment sequence: 34 cases in Liu’s infantile massage group and 34 cases in normal infantile massage group.The Liu’s infantile massage group received Liu’s infantile massage and the normal infantile massage group received normal infantile massage.Both were conducted once a day,thrice a week and twelve times as a course of treatment and there was three courses of treatment in total.The clinical symptoms including height,weight,complexion,appetite,sleep,stool were recorded respectively before and after treatment in the two groups,and the incidents of illness in three months before and after treatment.Two groups were compared based on symptom integral,total symptom integral,height,weight and illness frequency before and after treatment.A comprehensive evaluation of the two groups’ total effective rate was made according to the comparison.Result: After receiving massage,0 case of the Liu’s infantile massage group of clinical fully recovery,the treatment showed marked effect in 5 cases and was effective in 22 cases while it turned out to be ineffective in 0 case.Therefore,the total effective rate was 79.41%.On the other hand,the corresponding numbers of the control group was 0,2,23 and 9,making the total effective rate was 73.53%.There is no difference on the curative effect between the two groups(P > 0.05),even though the Liu’s infantile massage group showed better curative effect.Through statistical analysis of the two groups of children before and after treatment,the Liu’s infantile massage group of children showed improvement on complexion,appetite,stool,height,weight and illness frequency(P < 0.05),showing statistically difference;thesleep is not obvious(P > 0.05),showing no statistical significance.Children in the normal infantile massage group also made an improvement on complexion,appetite,stool,height,weight and illness frequency(P < 0.05),showing no statistical difference;but the sleep is also not obvious(P > 0.05),showing no statistical significance.Conclusion: The effect of Liu’s infantile massage on treating Pixu(spleen deficiency)in children is significant and the method is safe and effective.It can be popularized and applied to recuperating Pixu(spleen deficiency)in children.