After entering the autumn equinox, the weather gradually cools down, the human body function is in a state of convergence, many health care people will use gua sha to regulate the body, which is conducive to regulating qi and blood, activating blood and dissolving stasis, but also to relax the muscles and networks, exorcise evil and detoxification.
Experts in traditional Chinese medicine said that although gua sha is very "hot" in the folk, heat stroke, colds, gastrointestinal digestive diseases may be "scraped", but the correct application of gua sha treatment or health care is a certain exquisite, not casual scraping.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > misunderstanding that a disease will only gua sha</h1>
Many people think of gua sha as a treatment that can only be used if the body is unwell, heat stroke or a cold. Professor Nie Bin of the Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation of the Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guangdong Province said that gua sha is not only a treatment method, but also a health care method. In Chinese medicine, it is said that "all diseases can cause sha".
Through gua sha, the bruising spots, bruising spots or hemorrhagic red spots like rice grains that appear in the relevant parts are called "sha", which can be said to be "giving evil a way out". Therefore, the use of gua sha therapy, the gua sha utensils in the epidermal meridian acupuncture points for scraping, on the one hand, so that the sweat hole open, so that the sha (that is, the virus) can be excreted from the body to achieve the purpose of treatment; on the other hand, daily disease-free can also be through gua sha to make the meridians unblocked, thereby improving the circulation of qi and blood, so as to achieve the purpose of treatment and health care.
Nie Bin pointed out that healthy people, normal circulation in the body, after scraping is not easy to get out of sha; and sub-healthy or already sick people will be shaved after shaving.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="78" > misunderstanding two The darker the color of the sha, the better</h1>
Does gua sha the greater the pain and the darker the color, which means that the "evil is shaved clean"? Nie Bin believes that gua sha belongs to a kind of stimulation therapy, if the operation is improper, such as the location of gua sha, the strength of gua sha, the time of gua sha improper grasp, not only can not achieve the purpose of treatment and health care, but also may aggravate the condition or cause other discomfort. Gua Sha is not more effective the more painful, generally the sha is slightly reddish or purple-red.
Nie Bin also reminded that gua sha should first be dialectically treated, and the relative indications include colds, fever, heat stroke, gastrointestinal diseases, frozen shoulder, neck and shoulder pain, etc., and corresponding to different acupuncture points, some diseases should also be combined with drug treatment, so it is recommended to consult a doctor in the hospital before gua sha.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="79" > misunderstanding three sha can damage the skin</h1>
After the sha, the skin becomes red, and many people think that this is harmful to the skin. Nie Bin pointed out that using the correct gua sha technique, the control time of gua sha in about 10-20 minutes is not harmful to the skin, and the shade of the color of the erythema is usually a reflection of the severity of the disease. For more severe diseases, the "sha" is more out and the color is darker; if the disease is milder, the "sha" is less out and the color is lighter.
In general, the "congestion" on the skin will gradually subside within 3-5 days, and generally return to normal within 1 week. Chinese medicine believes that "sha" not only does not damage the skin, but also because this method activates the blood and dissolves the stasis, strengthens the local blood circulation, and makes the skin healthier than before.
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Since gua sha can cure diseases and do health care, can everyone gua sha? In fact, gua sha is not suitable for all diseases.
Nie Bin pointed out that people who are overly tired, overly hungry, drunk, and physically weak, especially those with bleeding tendencies (advanced diabetes, severe anemia, leukemia, re-obstruction, thrombocytopenia) should not be gua sha.
Therefore, it is recommended to consult your doctor before gua sha whether gua sha therapy is suitable.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="81" > Tips: What tool to choose for Gua Sha? </h1>
In general, it is recommended to use natural buffalo horn for scraping boards, which have no toxic irritation and adverse chemical reactions to the human muscle surface. Moreover, buffalo horn itself is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effect of divergent qi, invigorating blood and nourishing. In addition, in addition to the gua sha board, gua sha should also apply a suitable lubricating medium, such as bruise kaleidoscope oil, vegetable oil, onion ginger juice, talc, moisturizer, etc., in order to prevent scratching the skin, but also to enhance the effect of gua sha.
Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Zhang Hua
Correspondent Li Chao
Photo/Visual China
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