Introduction: Birth of the newborn is one of the most emotional events that occur in one’s lifetime. LBW is a major problem in developing countries which lead to child morbidity and mortality. Massage therapy is being used in some intensive care unit for its potential effects on the health of the neonates. Objective: Study was aimed to enhance the health of low birth weight neonates through the massaging technique with coconut oil. Methods: Study design is pretest-post-test control group, 17 low birth weight term neonates in experimental and 17 in control group) admitted in Special Newborn Care Unit of IGMCH, Shimla (H.P) were selected as study participants. Data was collected regarding background information. Results: Data analysis was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that in experimental group weight gain mean score was 0.02 and in control group was 0.01. The mean difference was 0.013 which shows that there is a significant difference in the weight gain between the experimental and control group. Discussion: The results of the suggest that study showed that there was significant weight gain in low birth weight term neonates after coconut oil massage in the experimental group and it shows that coconut oil improved the weight gain among the low birth weight term neonates. It is an important need to focus on complementary therapies which can be used to improve growth and development parameters among low birth weight neonates.