What is the best way to achieve the best scraping effect?

　　Gua Sha is a traditional treatment method that has been spread among the people for thousands of years because it is simple to operate and has a wide range of applications. However, many people do not know much about Gua Sha. In life, some patients not only fail to get good results due to improper Gua Sha, but also worsen the condition or cause other physical discomforts. So how can scraping be effective?

　　Gua Sha should not be used for colds and severe heatstroke caused by simple fever. Gua Sha does not mean that the more painful and darker the disease is, the more effective it will be. Gua Sha requires citizens to master certain medical knowledge and skills, and not everyone can perform it on their own.

　　Gua Sha does not mean the more painful and darker the disease, the more effective it is.

　　The mechanism of Gua Sha is to adjust the balance of yin and yang and improve disease resistance. It mainly plays the role of removing external factors and eliminating evil, resuscitating the brain, relaxing the meridians and unblocking collaterals, promoting qi and blood circulation, and removing dampness and turbidity.

　　It is based on the skin theory of traditional Chinese medicine, using instruments (horns, jade, cupping), etc. to scrape the relevant parts of the skin to achieve the purpose of dredging the meridians, activating blood circulation and removing blood clots.

　　But it is worth noting that many people think that the highest level of gua sha must be to feel unbearable pain and make the scraping miserable. Yuan Yuanji said that this is actually a wrong view. The more painful the scraping, the more effective it is, nor does scraping make it black and purple. In fact, it can be stopped when the scraping area appears reddish or purple. If the location and force of scraping are not properly controlled and one-sided pursuit of the color of the scraping is not only ineffective, but may also cause skin damage.

　　Some patients are unable to scrape. In addition to using the wrong method, it may also be due to frequent scraping recently or because they are too seriously ill and too weak to scrape easily. Do not use too much force to cause injury.

　　The relative indications for Gua Sha mainly include colds, fever, heatstroke, headaches, gastrointestinal problems, stiff neck, frozen shoulder, lumbar muscle strain, muscle spasm, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.

　　Pay attention to the degree of stimulation during scraping

　　Gua Sha therapy is the same as acupuncture, massage and other methods. They both stimulate acupuncture points on the human body, but they use different tools.

　　Therefore, patients may also experience discomfort during the scraping process. At this time, you should quickly stop scraping, let the patient lie down, drink some warm water or warm sugar water, rest for a while, and it will get better soon. If it does not work, you can quickly use a scraping board to scrape the patient's Baihui, Renzhong, Neiguan, Zusanli, and Yongquan points for first aid. .

　　It turns out that the scraping process may be the same as acupuncture, and there may be dizziness like acupuncture. Symptoms of dizziness include dizziness, pale complexion, palpitation, cold sweats, cold limbs, nausea or dizziness, etc.

　　In order to prevent accidents during gua sha, doctors should pay special attention to mastering the degree of stimulation, that is, the intensity and intensity that the patient can bear. In addition, doctors should take preventive measures and grasp the contraindications of scraping. Patients with fasting and excessive fatigue should avoid scraping. Patients with thin bodies and skin loss of elasticity should be treated with local carbuncles, sores, ulcers or tumors. Patients with heart disease, edema, hemophilia, hemorrhagic purpura and other bleeding diseases cannot be treated with scraping. Patients with low blood pressure, low blood sugar, excessive weakness and nervousness who are particularly afraid of pain need light scraping.

　　Warm reminder: Because scraping will cause some damage to the skin, there must be a period of time after scraping, usually 5 to 7 hours, so that the second scraping can be performed.