Basic methods of scraping in traditional Chinese medicine

1. Hand-held scraper: Hold the scraper with the palm of your hand, with the thickness of the scraper facing the palm during treatment and the thickness facing the palm during health care.

2. Scraping direction: scraping the neck, back, abdomen, upper limbs and lower limbs from top to bottom, and scraping the chest from inside to outside;

3. Cosmetic scraping and diarrhea scraping: Generally speaking, scraping along the meridian is cosmetic scraping; Scraping against the stroke of meridians is diarrhea scraping;

4. Scraping time: generally, the scraping time is 3-5 minutes for each part; The scraping time of each part by supplementary scraping method is 5- 10 minute. There is no strict time limit for health scraping, and the principle is to feel satisfied and comfortable.