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Hand Healing for Coughing and Lung Congestion

Hand Healing Methods to Alleviate Coughing and Lung
Congestion

If your child has a cold or the flu, the following methods
can help alleviate coughing and lung congestion:

1. Have your child lie on his back. Place one hand across
the chest region. Breathe naturally and quietly and
keep your hand in place for 10 to 15 minutes. Your
palms can be applied to each lung separately, or place
one hand on your child's upper back or chest and cover
both lungs at the same time.

2. As a variation, one palm can be placed on the chest
and the other on the abdomen in the region of the
transverse colon. Breathe naturally and quietly and
keep your hands in place for 10 to 15 minutes. In this
way, problems in the lungs and large intestine can be
dealt with simultaneously.

If your child has whooping cough, any of the following
methods can be used to ease discomfort in the lungs
and chest region:

  • Applying the palm to the front of the chest. This
    application can be done with your child lying
    comfortably on his back. Place one hand gently
    over his chest, covering both lungs. Breathe with
    a normal rhythm, and remove your hand after 15
    to 20 minutes. The sound of "Su" may be added
    when you are exhaling.

  • Applying palm to the chest and upper back. This
    application can be done with your child sitting up.
    Place one hand on his chest, covering the region
    of the lungs with your other palm opposite, on
    your child's upper back. Breathe with a normal
    rhythm, and remove your hand after 15 to 20
    minutes. The sound of "Su" may be added when
    you are exhaling.

  • Applying palm  and fingers to the lungs and lung
    meridian. The lung meridian runs down along the
    inside of both arms to the thumbs. To treat both
    regions, have your child lie comfortably on his
    back. Sit on one side of your child. Gently hold
    one of your child's thumbs between your thumb
    and index finger, and place the palm of your other
    hand lightly over his chest. Breathe and continue
    as in number one above for 10 to 12 minutes.
    After applying your hands in the above manner,
    sit on the other side of your child and gently hold
    the opposite thumb with one hand and place the
    other on his chest. Breathe and continue as
    before for 10 to 12 minutes before removing your
    hands.


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