Can scraping cure constipation

The main cause of constipation is drinking too little water, resulting in insufficient water in the body. Without water distributed to the intestines, the intestines are not moisturized enough, which will cause feces to be blocked in the intestines and unable to be discharged. Long-term failure to defecate will affect a person's health and cause a bad complexion. If you are constipated, you must seek medical treatment immediately. In order to avoid harming your body by delaying for too long, let’s find out whether scraping can cure constipation?

1 I think that when it comes to curing constipation, I have personal experience and I don’t need anyone else, any equipment, or any brainpower. You only need your hands. For common constipation, just rub your belly button clockwise. If the condition is serious, use the pads of your four fingers to push down from the chest with a little force.

2 The constipation commonly referred to refers to habitual constipation, which is caused by insufficient Qi and Yin. Or it may be caused by internal accumulation of dryness and heat, and poor flow of intestinal qi. The main symptoms are prolonged intervals between bowel movements, with bowel movements occurring more than once every three days, dry and hard stools that are difficult to pass, and in severe cases, difficult bowel movements that are dry and like millet. These symptoms may be accompanied by lower abdominal distension, fatigue, and decreased appetite. Be careful to eliminate constipation caused by organic intestinal diseases.

Tools/Raw Materials

Scraping board, scraping oil

Steps/Methods

1. Back: scrape the spleen, liver and large intestine points until sha marks appear. Note: scrape gently from top to bottom, do not scrape in reverse.

2. Abdomen: scrape Tianshu, Daheng, and Qihai points until sha marks appear.

3. Upper limbs: scrape Zhigou acupoint (as shown in Figure 2 above)

4. Scrape the Zusanli and Shangjuxu points on the lower limbs (as shown in Figure 2 above)

Reminder: If you have a bleeding disease, such as thrombocytopenia, you cannot do scraping on your head or other parts of your body.

3. Gua Sha can promote blood circulation, promote body detoxification, and thus improve the symptoms of constipation. Not everyone is suitable for scraping, because scraping will stimulate the sympathetic nerves. Some people with weak or sensitive constitutions will turn pale or blue in the face, break out in cold sweats all over the body, and some may even go into shock. Such people must be especially careful when scraping. In addition, the skin of the elderly and children is relatively fragile, so the force should be used as lightly as possible when scraping, or a layer of cotton cloth should be placed on the skin before scraping to reduce direct friction of the scraping equipment on the skin and cause skin damage. He suggested that people who are elderly and frail, have skin allergies, have cardiovascular disease, leukemia, allergic purpura, thrombocytopenia, cancer, dermatitis, or have wounds or scars on their skin are not suitable for scraping. In addition, pregnant women and women during their menstrual period should also avoid scraping their lower abdomen.