Scraping method

Direct press scraping method:

This refers to the use of a hot towel to scrub the skin of the part to be scraped, and then uniformly coated with scraping medium, using scraping tools to directly contact the patient's skin, and in the body surface of the particular part of the body to be scraped repeatedly until the skin appeared to be scraping marks.

Indirect scraping method:

This refers to putting a layer of thin cloth-like items on the part of the patient to be scraped, and then scraping indirectly with the Gua Sha tool on the cloth, this method has the effect of protecting the skin; it is mainly used for children, people who start to have convulsions from hyperthermia or central nervous system infections, the old and infirm, and patients with certain skin diseases.

Guasha method:

According to the technique can be divided into hold gua sha method, pull gua sha method, squeeze gua sha method, pat gua sha method and point kneading method;

(1) hold gua sha method:

Also known as pulling gua sha method, in folklore known as "pulling pimple", refers to in the patient's to be scraping parts of the scraping medium coated with gua sha, and then The operator five fingers flexed, the middle finger and forefinger, etc. bent like a hook, dipped in gua sha medium after clamping the skin, the skin and muscle hostage up and then force to slide outward and then release, a hostage a release, repeated, and continuously issued a "Baba" sound, in the same part of the continuous operation can be 6-7 times, was hostage to the parts will appear gua sha marks, causing Localized blood stasis, so that the skin appears blood scar removal method. This method does not require any apparatus, just use your fingers.

(2) pull gua sha method:

(3) squeeze gua sha method:

for gua sha cause disease, with two hands or one hand thumb and forefinger squeeze each other's skin, continuous extrusion of a piece or a small row of purple-red gua sha spot until the treatment method, called squeeze gua sha therapy.

(4) pat gua sha method:

This refers to the use of false palms or scraping boards to slap the patient body scraping parts, generally for the pain, itching, swelling and numbness of the parts.

(5) point kneading method:

refers to the use of fingers in the patient's certain parts or acupuncture points on the point pressure, at the same time do round or spiral kneading, is the point pressure and finger kneading composite technique. The method does not belong to the gua sha technique and belongs to the massage technique, in the treatment and health care often with gua sha method with the application, can play a role in enhancing the therapeutic effect and make up for the insufficiency of gua sha therapy. The main purpose of the treatment of Gua Sha is the head and face, abdomen, limbs joints and hands and feet.

Pick gua sha method:

refers to the scraper with a needle to pick a certain part of the patient's body surface, in order to treat the disease method. This method is mainly used for the treatment of dark gua sha, persistent gua sha, depression gua sha, boring gua sha and other diseases.

Putting gua sha method:

Also known as stabbing therapy, to needle the vein or point sharp points bleeding, used for due to gua sha and achieve the cure of the administration method, called put gua sha therapy.

(1) diarrhea blood method:

(2) puncture method:

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