Gua Sha is a traditional and simple treatment method in China, right?

Scraping from the folk, first contained in the Yuan Dynasty physician Gui Yilin "world medicine to get effective prescription". According to modern theory, gua sha is in Chinese medicine "twelve meridians", "odd meridians" meridian theory under the guidance of, follow the "urgent to treat the symptom" principle and biological holographic theory, dialectic Selected by the meridian points, with tonic and diarrhea techniques (light scraping for tonic, heavy scraping for diarrhea) to stimulate the meridians, so that the subcutaneous congestion, so as to play a wake-up call to save the syncope, detoxification and elimination of evils, clearing away heat and relief of the surface, the movement of qi to stop the pain, strengthen the spleen and the stomach of the utility.

The expansion of capillaries, so that the diseased organs, cells get nutrients and oxygen supplementation, so that the whole body blood flow, promote the body's metabolism, so that the sweat glands congested with blood and disease from the sweat and solution, so that the body of qi and blood quickly to be unimpeded, so that the human body damage cell activation, qi and blood flow, access to the five viscera and six bowels, the balance of yin and yang to achieve the purpose of the source of the original clear. In general, Gua Sha can effectively improve the functionality of the symptoms, such as local soreness and weakness, dizziness and headache, irritability and fever, chest tightness and breathing, etc., and can not completely treat organic diseases, such as heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, neurological disorders and so on.

So what is gua sha? Gua Sha is under the skin, we can see a kind of red or purplish red spots and patches, is actually attached to the blood vessel wall containing metabolites of blood. The body's wind and dampness and some metabolic products in the blood, caused by the blood circulation obstacles will be out of Gua Sha.

The body's largest organ is the skin, the skin protects the body from bacteria, and the skin has the function of metabolism. Scraping makes the pores open, the discharge of gua sha improves blood circulation, strengthen the metabolism, in addition to can reduce fever, anti-inflammatory pain, treatment of cervical spondylosis, lumbar and leg pain, frozen shoulder, osteoporosis in addition to the regulation of internal organs. This is because the specific parts of gua sha and internal organs are linked, gua sha through the meridian conduction can adjust the heart and lung function - in fact, gua sha is a way to mobilize the body's internal rehabilitation capacity. That's why people say, "Scraping Gua Sha is to scrape out uncomfortable symptoms."

Scraping is like massage, which can promote the circulation of body fluids; but scraping with different forces will produce different effects. Strong stimulation is leakage, the power can reach the muscles, tendons; light stimulation is complementary, the power stops only in the subcutaneous tissue or subcutaneous tissue to the myocardial layer between. Where there is a source of disease, there may be reddish-purple petechiae or pimples, and there will be pain, if there is no lesion, there is no gua sha can come out. Gua sha retreat is also different, healthy young people, more than ten hours after the gua sha marks will gradually fade, three or four days can be basically disappeared, even if the older, sicker, gua sha marks will be disappeared in a week.

It is worth noting that, where scraping Gua Sha within an hour, should not be cold water to wash the face and hands and feet, at the same time should drink more hot water to help metabolism.