Can scraping remove moisture?

Scraping is a common health care method. Many people like scraping. We all know that regular scraping is good for health. Scraping can not only improve blood circulation, but also has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. At the same time, it can enhance the body's immunity and disease resistance. Some people scrape to expel toxins from the body, and some people scrape to expel moisture. Can scraping expel moisture?

Can scraping remove moisture?

Gua Sha can indeed remove dampness and detoxify. Therefore, if there is heavy dampness, you can do scraping, mainly scraping the spleen meridian, and then scraping the entire back.

What is scraped is the back, which is the acupoints of the yang meridians, such as the acupoints on the bladder meridian and the governing vessel. Through scraping, that is, with the help of external force, the body's yang energy can be invigorated. After the yang energy is invigorated, the moisture in the body will naturally be removed. Acupoint stimulation, cupping, etc. are all based on this principle. Although scraping or cupping have certain effects in removing dampness, they are not the main treatment methods for removing dampness. The essence of "dampness" mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine is water. Moisture is mainly discharged through urination, defecation and sweat. The effects of cupping and scraping in removing dampness are actually very limited. Therefore, eliminating dampness mainly relies on internal treatment rather than external treatment.

Patients with heavy dampness should first identify the type of dampness, and then use diuretic drugs to relieve surface symptoms. Since the fundamental cause of heavy dampness is insufficient spleen and stomach function, after removing dampness, you also have to regulate the spleen and stomach to fundamentally improve your physical condition.

Disadvantages of Gua Sha

1. Those with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver and kidney dysfunction, and general edema. Because scraping will cause subcutaneous congestion and promote blood circulation, it will increase the burden on the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys, aggravate the patient's condition and even endanger his life.

2. Gua Sha is prohibited on the abdomen and lumbar sacral area of ​​pregnant women, otherwise it will cause miscarriage.

3. Gua Sha is prohibited on any area with boils, ulcers, sores, rashes and lumps of unknown cause on the body surface, otherwise it will lead to infection and spread of the wound.

4. Scraping is prohibited on the painful areas of acute sprains, trauma, or fractures, as it will aggravate bleeding at the wound.

If used for a long time or as a treatment, it is better to use a more formal scraping board. It is better to use a scraping board made of natural buffalo horn, which has no toxic stimulation or adverse reactions to human skin. Moreover, buffalo horn itself is a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effects of dispersing qi, activating blood circulation and nourishing the body.

Benefits of Gua Sha

Gua Sha is guided by the theory of meridians and acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine. Through the use of special scraping instruments and corresponding techniques, a certain medium is dipped in the body surface to repeatedly scrape and rub, causing local skin changes such as red millet-like or dark red bleeding spots, thereby achieving the effect of activating blood circulation and removing sha. Because of its simplicity, convenience, low cost and effectiveness, it is widely used in clinical practice and is suitable for medical treatment and family health care. It can also be used in conjunction with acupuncture, cupping, bloodletting and other therapies to enhance the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, expelling evil and detoxifying.

It causes congestion in the meridian acupoints, improves local microcirculation, eliminates evil spirits, dredges the meridians, relaxes the muscles and regulates qi, dispels wind and cold, clears away heat and dampness, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, reduces swelling and relieves pain, so as to enhance the body's own potential disease resistance and immune function, thereby achieving the effect of strengthening the body, eliminating evil, preventing and curing diseases.