What causes bubbles when scraping?

Gua Sha is a very traditional Chinese medicine treatment method. Many people will perform scraping when there is dampness in their bodies. The appearance of sand is a normal phenomenon during scraping. However, many friends find that blisters appear when they scrape their skin. So, what causes bubbles to form during scraping? Traditional Chinese medicine tells us that it is normal to have blisters after scraping, which indicates that the body is relatively damp.

Causes of blisters from scraping

Blisters caused by scraping indicate excessive moisture in the body.

The patient has more wind, cold, dampness and toxins in his body, with dampness being the most prominent. Blistering is also a sign that evil spirits are escaping. The size and number of blisters largely reflect the condition of phlegm, fluid and dampness in the body. If the blisters are obvious, numerous, white in color, and the surrounding skin temperature is not high, it is a syndrome of cold and dampness; if the blisters are not very obvious, few in number, slightly yellowish or turbid in color, and the surrounding skin temperature is high, it is a syndrome of dampness and heat.

What to do if blisters appear after scraping

1. If the blisters are small, there is no need to prick them. It is better to let them recover naturally, which will not affect your daily life.

2. If the blisters are large, you can use a sterilized acupuncture needle to puncture the larger blisters after they form to release the liquid inside. As for how to deal with the wound after foaming, it can be covered with sterile gauze and the dressing can be changed on time until it heals.

It is worth noting that blisters from scraping indicate that there is too much moisture in the body. You should add more moisture-removing and diuretic foods to your daily diet, such as red beans, coix seeds, winter melon and other ingredients. Pay attention to exercising on time to expel excess water from the body through sweating. Exercise can also enhance the body's immunity.

Precautions when scraping

1. Avoid wind and keep warm when performing scraping treatment. When the room temperature is low, you should try to reduce the exposure of the body parts. When the temperature is high in summer, you should not do scraping near an electric fan or in places with convection wind. Because the sweat pores of the skin are opened during scraping, if wind and cold are encountered, the evil qi can directly enter the body through the opened pores, which will not only affect the therapeutic effect of scraping, but also cause new diseases due to exposure to wind and cold.

2. It is best to drink a cup of warm water (preferably light salt water) after scraping, and avoid taking a bath within 30 minutes.

3. Within 1 to 2 days after scraping, if the scraped area experiences pain, itching, a crawling sensation, cold/hot air, or urticaria-like changes on the skin surface, it is all normal.

4. Patients who are fasting, overly tired, have hypoglycemia, are overly weak, or are nervous should avoid scraping; patients with low blood pressure or those who are particularly afraid of pain should scrape gently.

5. Time for bathing after scraping: After scraping treatment, in order to avoid the invasion of wind and cold, you must wait until the skin pores close and return to their original state before bathing, which is usually about 3 hours. However, during bathing, scraping can be done before the water stains have dried. Because the pores are slightly open during bathing, scraping takes less time and has a significant effect, but you should pay attention to keeping warm.

6. When performing health scraping and head scraping, you do not need to use any medium. You can scrape directly through your clothes, but the technique must be gentle. In addition, when scraping children, you must be gentle and scrape through their clothes.

7. If the condition does not improve or worsens after several correct scraping treatments, you should go to the hospital for further examination and try other treatment methods.