Seminars on:

Children Tuina - Traditional Chinese Massage

Purposes:
To provide a framework of Paediatric Tuina either or to TCM practitioners and students, or to parents and people without TCM knowledge.

Methods:
The training is focused on interaction and small groups, learning through problem-solving, with great attention for individual practice.

Contents:
- Introduction to children physio-pathology and diagnosis in Chinese Medicine.
- Areas, lines and points used in children.
- Specific stimulation and massage techniques.
- Treatment for the most common problems, as fever, respiratory diseases, digestion disorders, sleeping troubles.

Structure:
4 units, 3-4 hours each unit (total 12-16 hours, either in one weekend or in 4 half-days)

1° Unit (for TCM students and professionals)
- Physiology and diagnostic methods in paediatrics.
- Use of guasha, moxibustion, cupping, seven-star needle.

1° Unit (for parents and people without TCM knowledge)
- Basic system of Chinese Medicine.
- Causes of desease and main manifestations in children.

2°-3° Unit:
- Tuina methods used for children (roufa, tuifa, niefa): techniques and localization
- Syndrom differentiation of the most common disorders (see below)
- Treatment strategies: choice of a sequence of methods and areas/points and clinical applications in different patterns

4° Unit:
- Case history discussion or work with patients

Achievements:
At the end of the course the participants are able to:
- Differentiate the main clinical patterns
- Design and apply a sequence of stimulations for treatment
- Remember name, technique and indications of about 40 methods/localizations.

Main clinical patterns:
General: Preventive massage to keep the child healthy, sleeping troubles, agitation.
Digestive and intestinal: lack of appetite, regurgitation and vomit, baby colic pain, diarrhea, constipation.
Respiratory: common cold, cough, fever