A few days ago, the topic of "Grandma's Gua Sha to 10-month-old babies caused their facial ulcers" caused a hot discussion.
It is reported that after the 10-month-old baby girl was hospitalized for 9 days and returned home, there was a situation where repeated coughing fever and taking medicine did not improve, and the anxious and distressed grandmother, using a silver ring and egg white, scraped the child's forehead area for treatment, thinking of "driving away the cold", what she did not expect was that the child not only did not get better, but the forehead was accompanied by a rash, and then there was a rupture and exudation.
What is Gua Sha used for?
1. Facial gua sha stimulates the peripherals of the epidermis, enhances its conduction function, can activate damaged dry and weak cells, promote and restore the secretion, regeneration and cleaning functions of the cells themselves, accelerate the discharge of metabolites from the skin sweat holes, comfortable and clean pores.
3. Shrink pores and tighten skin. Facial gua sha can enhance muscles, reshape the shape of the face, activate blood, dredge the meridians, promote the metabolism of the skin, eliminate excess water and metabolites, ensure that the skin has an adequate supply of nutrients, make the pores naturally contract, the skin naturally tightens and lifts, and the face shape changes.
2. Meridian activation, whitening and freckle removal, blood circulation and stasis, detoxification and antioxidant. Facial gua sha can accurately find the part of meridian stasis, and clear the positive reaction, can quickly dredge the meridians, activate blood stasis, improve the deep microcirculation of the skin, so that the skin metabolic waste from the blood circulation of the pathway quickly eliminated, thereby improving the face, darkening into rosy, bright white, effectively clearing, fading pigmentation.
What are the contraindications to gua sha?
Gua Sha therapy has a certain damage to the skin, so it is necessary to wait for a period of time after a shaving, usually about five to seven days.
2. People who are too thin, whose skin has lost elasticity, heart disease patients, edema patients, leukemia, platelet deficiency patients, children and the elderly who are weak, pregnant women, etc. should not be gua sha.
3. Heart failure, kidney failure, cirrhosis of the liver, ascites, severe edema of the whole body; the initial recovery of serious diseases, serious illness, qi deficiency and blood loss, full food, hunger and conditions are prohibited.
Doctor's Reminder:
Treatment needs to vary from person to person,
The body is not suitable for timely medical treatment.
Improper treatment after local infection of the skin after breakage,
causes local suppuration,
The most severe can cause sepsis.