小儿推拿真的有这么神奇吗？
Is infantile massage really so magical?
小儿推拿是以经络穴位这些中医理论为基础的中医治疗，稍有科学意识的人自然知道经络穴位这些理论本不值一驳。我们外科医生做手术切开从来都是以解剖学为基础，而不会考虑什么经络穴位，也没听说哪个病人穴位经络被破坏了恢复不好。
Infantile massage is based on traditional Chinese medicine theories of meridians and acupoints. People with a little scientific consciousness naturally know that these theories are not worth refuting. Our surgeons always do surgical incision on the basis of anatomy. We don't consider the meridians and acupoints. We haven't heard of any patients whose acupoints and meridians have been damaged and their recovery is not good.
要是真有穴位和经络，而且通过捏捏按按就能通畅经络疏通气血治好病，那么多毫无医学基础的人照着书在家乱捏一气，就不怕弄出经络不通气血瘀滞吗？
If there are acupoints and meridians, and the disease can be cured by kneading and pressing, then many people without medical basis can pinch Qi at home according to the book, are they not afraid to make the channels blocked and Qi and blood stasis stagnant?
对于一些神经、肌肉、骨骼方面的问题，比如儿童肌性斜颈，手法牵引这些物理治疗是可能改善或者治愈的，但需要在专业的康复医生指导下进行，也不是按什么经络穴位进行，康复物理治疗和那些推捏经络穴位的中医推拿是两回事。
For some nerve, muscle and bone problems, such as children's muscular torticollis, manual traction can be improved or cured, but it needs to be carried out under the guidance of a professional rehabilitation doctor, and it is not carried out according to the meridian points. Rehabilitation physical therapy is different from the traditional Chinese medicine massage which pushes and pinches the meridians and acupoints.
但肯定很多人要说谁谁谁就是推拿治好了，这又怎么解释呢？
But it is certain that many people will say who is cured by massage. How can this be explained?
其实很多问题本来就是能自愈的，比如呼吸道病毒感染引起的发烧，很多烧两三天自己也会好，轮状病毒引起的腹泻，拉个一星期大部分也会好，感冒引起的咳嗽持续一两周大部分也可以好，如果在这个过程中孩子去做了小儿推拿，很多家长就会觉得是推拿起效了。
In fact, many problems can be self-healing. For example, fever caused by respiratory virus infection can be cured in two or three days. Diarrhea caused by rotavirus can be cured after a week. Cough caused by cold lasts for one or two weeks. Most of the problems can be cured. If children go to massage in this process, many parents will think that massage works 。