How long after scraping can I take a shower? How long after scraping can I take a shower?

More and more people like to keep in good health, and some people begin to try traditional Chinese medicine health care. For example, after a tiring day, you can go to a foot massage shop to relax yourself with massage, acupressure, cupping, scraping, and foot pushing. However, when you go to relax yourself, you must go to a regular store, so that you can give yourself the safest and most relaxing way. For example, many people don’t know that they should not catch a cold or take a bath within three hours after scraping, otherwise the cold will enter the body. This article introduces the precautions after scraping, let’s take a look.

1. Do not take a bath after scraping

Gua Sha is a method of clearing the skin meridians with a scraping board made of buffalo horn to achieve the effect of detoxification and moisture removal. After scraping, the capillaries on the surface of the skin will rupture to varying degrees. If you take a shower at this time, the hot water will damage the fragile skin and cause skin damage. In addition, since the capillaries themselves are relatively dilated, it is easy for dampness and cold to enter the body. However, if hot water is used for stimulation at this time, it will cause blood to flow to the surface of the skin, causing ischemia of important organs such as the heart and brain. This can easily cause dizziness or even fainting, which is even more disastrous for elderly people with cardiovascular diseases and may trigger various chronic diseases. Therefore, it is best not to take a shower immediately after scraping.

2. It is best to take a shower after 1 day

The time to take a bath after scraping can be determined according to the severity of the sha symptoms. Generally, if the sha symptoms are mild, you can take a bath after 1 hour; if the sha symptoms are moderate, you need to take a bath after 3 hours; and if the sha symptoms are severe, you generally need to take a bath after 6 hours. However, since the degree of recovery of each person's skin capillaries after scraping is different, it is recommended to take a bath before scraping or 24 hours after scraping. Taking a bath before scraping can also help the effect of scraping.

3. Precautions for scraping

Gua Sha may cause capillaries to rupture, so patients with leukemia, heart disease, cirrhosis, kidney failure, edema, and skin diseases should not have scraping. Although pregnant women and children can have scraping, they should not do it frequently, and the abdomen and lumbar sacral area of ​​pregnant women should not be scraped. In addition, scraping must be done with professional instruments and by professionals, because scraping should be performed according to acupoints and meridians. Otherwise, it will not only have no effect, but will also harm the body. Remember not to take a shower immediately after scraping. It is best to take a shower after 24 hours, and do not catch cold or wind.