How to do Gua Sha at home

Gua Sha is a unique traditional treatment method in China. The process of Gua Sha seems very painful in the eyes of foreigners, especially the heavy marks left on the body after scraping. However, those who have experienced it know that they feel relaxed after scraping and the marks on the body will slowly disappear. Many office workers are busy and do not have time to go to the hospital for scraping, so they buy tools and do it themselves. So how do you do scraping at home?

Self-scraping can solve many problems. For example, when summer comes, many people will suffer from heatstroke, and scraping can alleviate this problem. Next, we will take heatstroke as an example to explain how to perform scraping at home.

Chinese medicine practitioners point out that there is a big temperature difference between indoor and outdoor in summer, and it is easy to be unable to adjust when entering and exiting air-conditioned rooms, resulting in "yin heat" symptoms such as dizziness, chest tightness, fatigue, less urine and darker color. At this time, you can do moderate scraping to promote the discharge of heat and qi stagnation accumulated on the surface of the body.

"Yinshu" often occurs in office workers who like to stay up late and move less, because their pores open and close poorly, blood circulation is poor, and they often stay in air-conditioned rooms. Gua Sha can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve wind and relieve exterior symptoms, and expel wind and clear heat, but it is not suitable for the elderly, children, and pregnant women. In addition, before scraping, you should first disinfect the instruments with alcohol, then clean the skin and apply lotion to help lubrication. The same part should not be scraped more than 20 times. After scraping, you should drink more warm water to help blood circulation.

How to use scraping at home to relieve summer heat? You cannot do it every day. There should be at least 2 to 3 days between scraping. Do not scrape if the sha has not completely subsided. In addition, the area around the eyes, the front of the neck, the triangular area from the nose to the mouth, and the bones such as the back of the hands should not be scraped, while the buttocks and abdomen are not very effective. Scraping is mainly done at the points where the meridians converge, such as the back, shoulders, limbs, etc.

How can you relieve summer heat by scraping at home?

Scraping the center of the eyebrows to treat headaches

First apply a thin layer of medium on the forehead, then use the scraping board to scrape from the hairline to the center of the eyebrows, and repeat 20 times.

Efficacy: Helps clear away heat, dissipate headaches, and relieve summer dizziness.

Scrape your shoulders to relieve stiffness

First apply a thin layer of medium on the shoulders, then use the scraping board to start from the junction of the neck and shoulders and scrape to the left shoulder. Scrape 20 times, then switch to the right side and repeat 20 times.

Efficacy: Relieve dizziness, stiff shoulders, and refresh the mind.

Shaving arms to relieve heat

Apply a thin layer of medium on your elbow, bend your arm, the end of the horizontal line is the Quchi point, scrape down 20 times from 3 fingers above this point, change hands, and repeat 20 times.

Efficacy: Relieve summer heat and dizziness.