Is scraping good for colds

Colds are divided into two types, wind-heat and wind-cold. Generally, many patients are treated with drugs, but this method is likely to have certain side effects on the body, so it is better to treat it with scraping. Scraping can relax the patient's body and activate qi and blood circulation, and it can also relieve the symptoms of colds. So is scraping good for colds?

First, is scraping good for colds? Scraping is useful for colds! This is because scraping is guided by the theory of meridians and acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine. Through special scraping instruments and corresponding techniques, a certain medium is dipped and repeatedly scraped and rubbed on the body surface, 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.

Second, scraping for colds can remove dampness and cold. "Traditional Chinese medicine believes that colds are an exogenous disease caused by the body's lack of positive energy, coupled with the exposure to wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, fire or epidemic toxins. Gua Sha is effective in treating colds." Gua Sha can vent the lungs and stomach, thereby helping the body resist external evil. The effect is more obvious for patients with good physical constitution, especially those with mild and early stage colds. Because the cold wind has just entered the body, it is easy to "scrape" it out. A cold is caused by the entry of cold or heat evil into the body, and scraping can help the body remove dampness and cold, and is more suitable for patients with symptoms of a cold caused by wind and cold.

Is scraping good for colds? Scraping for colds can dredge the meridians. According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the skin is the site where the qi of the twelve meridians is distributed, and it is closely connected with the meridians, limbs, five internal organs, six bowels, and nine orifices. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that if the meridians are unobstructed, there will be no pain, and if there is pain, it means that the meridians are blocked. When a person has a cold, the body will definitely feel various pains. Although it varies from person to person, based on one's own feeling, one will always feel that "the whole body is uncomfortable". This is because the meridians are blocked. Scraping when you have a cold is very helpful in unblocking the meridians, thereby alleviating cold symptoms.