1. Massage for children is a long-standing traditional Chinese medicine therapy in China. At present, infantile massage has been formally included in the "National Basic Public Health Service Project", which is the first time that a Chinese medicine project has entered the "public health" project, and it is one of only two Chinese medicines that have entered the "public health" project at present.

2. Massage therapy for children is a simple, safe and effective method. Considering all aspects of children, it does not need complicated equipment, does not bring fear to children, does not need injections to take medicine, and avoids the toxic and side effects of drugs. At the same time, it helps parents to solve the problem of drug administration, alleviate the pain of children, and achieve the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, strengthening the body, improving intelligence and preventing myopia. Moreover, children's massage operation is simple, easy to learn, and the effect is remarkable when used. It is very suitable for family application, which is not only conducive to family health care, but also to emotional communication between parents and children, and is more conducive to the healthy growth of children's body and mind.

3. According to the physiological and pathological characteristics of children, this course applies the basic theoretical knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and massage techniques for children to specific acupoints or parts on the body surface, so as to prevent and treat diseases, improve immunity and promote intelligence. The contents of the course include: common misunderstandings of children's health care and maintenance, physiological and pathological characteristics of children, indications and contraindications of children's massage, common manipulations of children's massage, basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine of children's massage, common acupoints of children's massage, basic knowledge of eight classes of syndrome differentiation, diagnostic methods of children's massage, conditioning scheme of children's common diseases and daily health care and conditioning scheme of children.

Course content:

1, overview of children's massage.

2. Basic knowledge of children's massage.

3. Summary of children's massage techniques.

4. Basic training: children's physiological knowledge, children's pathological knowledge, basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, eight principles of syndrome differentiation, acupoint selection, massage techniques, key acupoints of children's massage, important methods of children's massage, and principles of children's massage treatment.

5. Necessary skills: massage therapy for respiratory diseases, massage therapy for digestive diseases, massage therapy for enuresis in children, massage therapy for nocturnal cries in children, massage therapy for improving children's intelligence, massage therapy for children's daily health care, massage therapy for newborns, and massage therapy for children's daily frequently-occurring diseases.