Infant massage: Difference between revisions

[[Ayurvedic medicine]] in [[ancient India]] taught the use of infant massage.<ref>Johari H. (1996). Ayurvedic Massage: Traditional Indian Techniques for Balancing Body and Mind. Inner Traditions Bear and Company. ISBN 978-0892814893</ref> It was also has been encouraged in [[China]] since the [[Qing dynasty]].<ref>Furth C. (1987). Concepts of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infancy in Ch'ing Dynasty China. Journal of Asian Studies, 46:7-35. {{JSTOR|2056664}}</ref> At present it is part of traditional childcare in South Asia and elsewhere where daily massage by mothers is seen as "instilling fearlessness, hardening bone structure, enhancing movement and limb coordination, and increasing weight"<ref>Reissland N, Burghart R.(1987). The role of massage in south Asia: child health and development.Soc Sci Med. 25(3):231-9.PMID 3629298</ref> Such massage often involvesused potentially unsafe mustard oil though public education is now encouraging the use of oilssafe including mustard oilalternatives.<ref>Mullany LC, Darmstadt GL, Khatry SK, Tielsch JM. (2005). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1317296/pdf/nihms5548.pdf Traditional massage of newborns in Nepal: implications for trials of improved practice.] J Trop Pediatr. 51(2):82-6. PMID 15677372 </ref>