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Skinscraping is one of the traditional natural therapies. It is based on the skin theory of traditional Chinese medicine. It uses instruments (horns, jade, cupping), etc. to scrape the relevant parts of the skin to achieve dredging. The purpose of meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. In the Ming Dynasty, Guo Zhisui wrote a book called "Sha Blowing Yuheng", which completely recorded more than 100 types of Sha diseases. Wu Shangxian, a famous modern Chinese medicine specialist, fully affirmed Gua Sha. He said, "Impotent abdominal pain caused by impotence can be cured by scraping the back with a porcelain spoon dipped in sesame oil, covering the five internal organs and leaving salt on the back. When scraping, the evil qi will drop and the disease will be relieved." untie".

Modern science has proven that scraping can expand capillaries, increase sweat gland secretion, and promote blood circulation. It has an immediate effect on wind-cold paralysis caused by high blood pressure, heat stroke, muscle aches, etc. Regular scraping can adjust menstrual energy, relieve fatigue and increase immune function.

Gua Sha is a method of treating diseases by repeatedly scraping with a scraping board dipped in scraping oil to rub a certain part of the patient's skin. Gua Sha means using a scraping instrument to scrape and test the meridians and acupuncture points. Through benign stimulation, the role of Yingwei Qi can be fully exerted, causing congestion at the meridians and acupoints, improving local microcirculation, eliminating evil spirits, dredging the meridians, relaxing muscles, regulating Qi, and driving away wind. It can dispel cold, clear heat and remove dampness, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain, so as to enhance the body's own potential disease resistance and immune function, thereby achieving the effects of strengthening the body, dispelling evil, preventing and curing diseases.

The origin and rationale of scraping: The word "sha" in "gua sha" means "sha syndrome". This therapy originated in the Paleolithic Age. When people were sick, they instinctively stroked or pounded a certain part of the body surface with their hands or stones, which sometimes relieved the disease. Through long-term practice and accumulation, the method of treating diseases with meteorites was gradually formed, which was also the prototype of "Gua Sha" therapy.

Gua Sha therapy has developed to this day and has become a natural therapy suitable for a wide range of diseases. As early as the Ming Dynasty medical scientist Zhang Fengkui's "Shangshu Complete Book", there are specific descriptions of the cause, pathogenesis, and symptoms of Sha syndrome. He believes that if the poisonous evil enters through the fur, it can block the meridians of the human body, block the Qi and blood, and make the Qi and blood flow blocked; when the poisonous evil is inhaled through the mouth and nose, it will block the collaterals and block the Qi and blood in the collaterals. . The deeper these poisonous evils are and the more severe they are, the more violent they will be, like a prairie fire. In this case, first aid measures must be taken, that is, scraping and bloodletting must be used to treat the disease. Using scraping therapy, scrape the scraping utensil on the epidermal meridians and acupuncture points until the subcutaneous bleeding condenses into red spots like rice grains. The sweat pores are opened through sweating, and the sha poison (that is, the virus) is immediately excreted from the body. So as to achieve the purpose of healing.

The principle of scraping: It is based on the twelve meridians and eight extra meridians of traditional Chinese medicine, and follows the principle of "treating the symptoms if they are urgent". It uses techniques to strongly stimulate the meridians to make the local skin red and congested, thereby awakening the body. It has the functions of rescuing epilepsy, detoxifying and dispelling pathogens, clearing away heat and relieving external symptoms, promoting qi and relieving pain, and strengthening the spleen and stomach.

The effects of scraping on the skin can be divided into two categories: one is preventive and health care, and the other is therapeutic.

1. Preventive and health care effects

The preventive and health care effects of scraping therapy include health care prevention and disease prevention. The action site of Gua Sha therapy is the skin on the body surface. The skin is the most superficial part of the body exposed to the outside world. It is in direct contact with the outside world and plays a role in adapting and defending against changes in external climate and other factors. The reason why the skin has these functions mainly depends on the function of the body's internal defense qi. Wei Qi comes from the upper burner, is pushed by Lung Qi, and first travels through the skin. When Wei Qi is harmonized, "the skin will be softened and the interstitium will be dense" ("Lingshu·Ben Zang"). Healthy people often do Gua Sha (For example, taking Beishu acupoint, Zusanli acupoint, etc.) can enhance the defense qi. If the defense qi is strong, the ability to protect the surface will be strong, and external evils will not easily invade the surface. The body will be healthy if external evils invade the surface. Aversion to cold, fever, and nasal congestion will occur. , runny nose and other superficial symptoms, timely scraping (such as taking Feishu, Zhongfu, etc.) can remove superficial evils in time, so as to prevent superficial evils from spreading into the internal organs and causing serious illness.

2. Treatment. Effect

The therapeutic effect of scraping therapy can be manifested in the following aspects:

(1) Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

Gua Sha can regulate the contraction and relaxation of muscles, so that The inter-tissue pressure is adjusted to promote blood circulation around the scraped tissue and increase tissue flow, thus playing the role of "activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis" and "removing blood stasis and regenerating new energy"

(2) Adjusting yin and yang.

Gua Sha can significantly adjust the balance of yin and yang on visceral functions. For example, for people with hyperactive intestinal peristalsis, using scraping techniques on the abdomen and back can suppress the hyperactive intestinal peristalsis and return it to normal. If it decreases, it can promote the peristalsis to return to normal. This shows that scraping can improve and adjust the functions of the internal organs and balance the yin and yang of the internal organs.

(3) Relax the muscles and unblock the meridians

Muscle attachment. Injured soft tissues such as points and fascia, ligaments, joint capsules, etc. can send out pain signals. Through the reflex action of nerves, the relevant tissues are placed in an alert state. Muscle contraction, tension and spasm are reflections of this alert state. The purpose is to reduce limb movement and thereby relieve pain, which is the body's natural protective response.

At this time, if it is not treated in time or is not treated thoroughly, the damaged tissue can form varying degrees of adhesion, fibrosis or scarring, causing it to continuously send out harmful impulses, aggravating pain, tenderness and muscle contraction and tension, and then causing The surrounding tissues cause secondary pain lesions and form metabolic disorders, further aggravating the pathological changes of "blockage leads to pain".

Clinical experience tells us that if there is pain, the muscles must be tense; if there is muscle tension, there must be pain. They often have a causal relationship with each other. In Gua Sha treatment, we see that when painful lesions are eliminated, muscle tension will also be eliminated; if the tense muscles are relaxed, pain and compression symptoms can also be significantly reduced or disappeared, and it is conducive to the repair of lesions. .

Gua Sha is an effective method to eliminate pain, muscle tension and spasm. The main mechanisms are:

First, it strengthens local circulation and increases the temperature of local tissues;

The second is that the pain threshold of local tissues is increased by using a scraping board as a tool and a variety of direct stimulation methods;

The third is the relationship between tense or spasmodic meridians and the twelve skin parts: "Desire" The division of the twelve meridians is based on the distribution of the twelve meridians, that is, each of the twelve meridians has branching collaterals, and these collaterals are floating. On the body surface, there are respective distribution areas. Because there are twelve meridians, the skin is also divided into twelve. The combination of the six meridians of the hands and feet is called the six skin meridians.

The branches of the meridians are collaterals, and the skin can be said to be the division of collaterals. Therefore, "Suwen·Pibu Lun" also says: "All the twelve meridians are the skin. "The relationship between the meridians of the skin is of great significance to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. "Su Wen Pi Bu Lun": "The skin is the part of the meridians. If evil comes to the skin, the colic will be opened. If it is opened, the evil will come to the collaterals. If the collaterals are full, it will be injected into the meridians. If the meridians are full, it will be stored in the palace." "It is pointed out that the pathogenic factors come from the outside into the inside, and the muscles of the transcutaneous meridians, meridians, and abdominal muscles can be stretched by using a scraping board as a tool and a variety of techniques, thereby relieving their tension and spasm and eliminating pain."

(4) Information adjustment

Each organ of the human body has its own specific biological information (the inherent frequency and bioelectricity of each organ, etc.). When an organ becomes diseased Relevant biological information will change, and changes in the biological information of organs can affect the functional balance of the entire system and even the whole body.

Through various stimulation or various forms of energy transmission, it acts on specific parts of the body surface to generate certain biological information, which is input to the relevant organs through the information transmission system to adjust the abnormal biological information. This plays a role in regulating diseased organs. This is one of the basis for Gua Sha treatment and health care. For example, using scraping, pointing, and pressing to stimulate Neiguan acupoint and input adjustment information can adjust coronary blood circulation, prolong left ventricular ejection time, enhance myocardial contractility, increase cardiac output, and improve coronary heart disease in patients with angina pectoris. The s-T segment and T wave of the electrocardiogram increase coronary flow and blood oxygen supply. For example, stimulating the Zusanli point by scraping, pointing, and pressing, and inputting adjustment information, can have a positive regulatory effect on the functions of the pituitary gland and adrenal medulla, improve immunity, and adjust intestinal motility.

(5) Eliminate toxins

The scraping process (scraping the skin to cause sha) can cause local tissue to become highly congested, vascular nerves are stimulated to dilate blood vessels, and blood flow and lymph The fluid increases faster, the phagocytosis and transportation force are strengthened, which accelerates the elimination of waste and toxins in the body, and the tissue cells are nourished, thereby purifying the blood, increasing the body's resistance, which can alleviate the disease and promote recovery.

(6) Promoting Qi and blood circulation

The transmission of Qi and blood (through the meridian system) nourishes and warms the human body. Gua Sha acts on the muscle surface to make the meridians unobstructed and the Qi and blood to flow. Then the blood stasis will be dispersed, the stagnant blockage will be disintegrated and eliminated, the Qi and blood of the whole body will be unobstructed, and the local pain will be alleviated or disappeared.

Modern medicine believes that scraping can cause local skin congestion, dilate capillaries, and accelerate blood circulation; in addition, the stimulation of scraping can regulate the vasodilation and contraction functions and the permeability of blood vessel walls through neuro-endocrine, and enhance Local blood supply improves blood circulation throughout the body. The process of scraping to produce Sha is a phenomenon in which blood vessels gradually expand until capillaries rupture, blood flow overflows, and blood spots are formed locally on the skin. These blood clots (sha) will soon break up. , and act as autologous hemolysis, forming a new stimulant, which can strengthen local metabolism and have anti-inflammatory effects.

Homemade hemolysis is a delayed benign weak stimulation process. It can not only stimulate the immune function and adjust it, but also act on the cerebral cortex through centripetal nerves to continue to regulate the excitation and inhibition of the brain. processes and balance of the endocrine system.

Sha syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine is named after the symptoms. It refers to a condition in which the scars are obvious after scraping. After scraping, the skin will soon appear strips of scars and accumulated fine grains of sand (bleeding points), and they will remain for a long time, which is one of its characteristics.

Sha syndrome is characterized by excessive swelling. The so-called bloating means that Sha syndrome often includes dizziness, chest tightness, abdominal pain and distension, and body soreness. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a doctor named Guo Zhisui in my country who had researched on Sha disease. He once wrote "Sha Blowing Yuheng", which was a specialized book introducing Sha disease.

The concept of "Sha"

It is also called "miasma" and so on.

It contains two meanings. Broadly speaking, on the one hand, it refers to the sign of "Sha" rash, that is, the phenomenon of Sha; on the other hand, it refers to the shape and appearance of Sha rash, that is, small red spots on the skin like millet, which are traced by the fingers. Skin, slightly obstructed rash. Shao Xinfu in the Qing Dynasty said in "Clinical Guidelines and Medical Records": "Sha, a general name for rash, has scalp rashes such as rash." It is a kind of inflammatory disease that is reflected in the skin of the body surface during the development and change process of many diseases. Performance. It is not an independent disease. Sha symptoms can appear in many diseases. Sha is the common syndrome of many diseases and is collectively called "Sha syndrome". Therefore, there is a saying that "all diseases can cause Sha".

What disease is equivalent to Sha disease in modern medicine? It's hard to say for sure yet. Sha syndrome covers a wide range. In the existing ancient Chinese medicine books, records of Sha syndrome involve internal, external, gynecological, pediatric and other diseases. "Sha Jing He Bi" - This book introduces more than 40 kinds of syndromes of Sha, including more than 100 kinds of accompanying medicines. According to the analysis of the symptoms described: "opisthotonus syndrome" is similar to tetanus in modern medicine; "falling intestinal syndrome" is similar to an indirect inguinal hernia; "postpartum syndrome" seems to refer to postpartum fever; "expanding syndrome" is similar to ascites; "disk syndrome" is similar to ascites; "Intestinal Sha" is similar to intestinal obstruction; "Head Crazy Sha" is similar to migraine; "Shrunk Foot Carbuncle" is similar to acute appendicitis, etc. In addition, among the people, there are so-called cold Sha, hot Sha, summer Sha, wind Sha, dark Sha, stuffy Sha, white hair Sha, Chong Nao Sha, hanging leg Sha, green vein Sha, etc. There are many names.

In a narrow sense, Sha syndrome refers to a specific disease. The ancients believed that Sha syndrome was mainly caused by the conflict between internal wind, dampness, and fire qi. There are eight evil winds in the sky, damp and hot air in the earth, and people are hungry and full from work and rest. In summer and autumn, wind, dampness, and heat are strong. If a person loses control over work and rest, external evils will invade the skin, and Yang Qi will not be released and released, and Sha syndrome will often occur. — Sha syndrome is possible in all seasons, but it is more common in summer and autumn. There are two main characteristics of Sha syndrome: one is Sha spots, and the other is soreness and swelling. According to the severity of the disease, its clinical manifestations can be divided into general manifestations and acute and severe manifestations: 1) General manifestations: Most symptoms include dizziness, upset and depression, body soreness, fatigue and weakness. Burning in chest and abdomen. The limbs are numb, even as cold as ice. If the evil enters Qi, it will cause swelling and swelling; if it enters the blood, it will accumulate and cause stasis; if food accumulates phlegm and fire, it will accumulate and not disperse. Then the Anhui belly will be full. Nausea and vomiting may occur. 2) Symptoms of acute and severe symptoms: Immediately

suffocation and irritability, severe chest pain, vomiting or diarrhea, or desire to vomit but not vomiting, desire to have diarrhea but not diarrhea, or even sudden dizziness and fainting, blue and white face and lips , silent, fainting like a corpse, cold hands and feet, or cold sweat like beads on the forehead, or no sweat all over the body, exposed veins, no blood after acupuncture, sha spots that appear and disappear, lips and tongue are blue and black, are all signs of a critical condition. .

Modern medicine believes that Sha is the rupture of capillaries in the skin or subcutaneous tissue. It is a natural hemolysis phenomenon that easily occurs in areas with blocked meridians and poor blood circulation. It is different from congestion and swelling due to trauma. On the contrary, scraping can unblock the meridians, accelerate the absorption of congestion and swelling, and reduce or disappear pain, so scraping can promote the early recovery of the disease.

Tools and posture: The scraping board is made of buffalo horn and is rectangular in shape with blunt edges. For back scraping, take a prone position and for shoulders, take a sitting position. Purple bleeding spots will appear after scraping.

Indications: Colds, fevers, heatstroke, headaches, gastrointestinal problems, stiff neck, frozen shoulder, lumbar muscle strain, muscle cramps, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions.

Contraindications for scraping:

1. It is forbidden to scrape the abdomen, lumbosacral area of ??pregnant women, and women’s nipples.

2. Leukemia and low platelets should be scraped with caution.

3. People with heart disease, heart failure, renal failure, liver cirrhosis, ascites, and severe edema all over the body are prohibited from scraping.

4. For varicose veins in the lower limbs, the scraping direction should be from bottom to top, using a gentle technique.

5. This therapy should not be used if the skin of the scraped area is ulcerated, damaged or inflamed. Gua Sha should not be used when recovering from a serious illness, seriously ill, deficient in qi and blood, or in a state of fullness or hunger.

Details of Gua Sha technique: Ancient coins are the most commonly used tool for Gua Sha therapy. It has now developed into a professional tool: the scraping board.

There are more than a dozen scraping techniques, among which the most commonly used technique is: holding a scraper in hand, with the thick side of the scraper facing the palm during treatment, and the thin side of the scraper facing the palm during health care. The direction of scraping is from the neck to the back, abdomen, upper limbs and then to the lower limbs, scraping from top to bottom, and scraping the chest from the inside to the outside. The scraper and wiping direction are generally kept at 45-90 degrees for scraping. The scraping board must be disinfected. The scraping time is generally 3-5 minutes for each part, and the longest time should not exceed 20 minutes. For some patients who have no or few symptoms of Sha, the patient should not be forced to have Sha. The principle is that the patient feels comfortable. The frequency of scraping is usually 3 to 5 days after the first scraping, and then the second scraping is performed after the scraping subsides. One to two days after the onset of Sha, the skin may feel mild pain and itching. These reactions are normal.

Gua Sha therapy can not only cure diseases, but also play a role in health care. As long as there are no skin diseases, especially bleeding diseases, proper scraping along the meridians is quite beneficial to the body. The health care function of scraping is mainly used to clear the meridians. It is common for some people around 50 years old who suffer from frozen shoulder to use scraping therapy to achieve better results, but it generally cannot be completed in one session, but takes about two or three times.

Gua Sha therapy will cause certain damage to the skin, so you have to wait for a period of time after scraping once, usually about five to seven days, before performing the second Gua Sha therapy. It can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, adjust yin and yang, and It has the functions of relaxing muscles and unblocking meridians, eliminating toxins, etc. It is easy to operate and has remarkable curative effect. It is very popular among patients.

Possible accidents and treatments during the scraping process: Gua Sha therapy is the same as acupuncture, massage and other methods. They both stimulate acupuncture points on the human body, but the tools used are different. Therefore, Gua Sha is the same as acupuncture, and it is possible to experience dizziness from Gua Sha like needle dizziness.

(1) Symptoms of dizziness include dizziness, pale face, palpitation, cold sweats, cold limbs, nausea, vomiting, or fainting.

(2) Preventive measures: Patients with fasting and excessive fatigue should avoid scraping; patients with low blood pressure, hypoglycemia, excessive weakness and nervousness who are particularly afraid of pain should scrape gently.

(3) First aid measures: quickly make the patient lie down; let the patient drink 1 cup of warm sugar boiled water; quickly use a scraper to scrape the patient’s Baihui point (heavy scraping) and Renzhong point (light scraping at the edges) ), Neiguan point (re-scraping), Zusanli point (re-scraping), Yongquan point (re-scraping).

What should you pay attention to during and after scraping?

1． When treating Gua Sha, you should pay attention to keeping warm indoors, especially in winter, you should avoid cold and wind. When scraping in summer, you should avoid blowing the fan directly on the test area.

2. Do not take a cold bath within 30 minutes after scraping.

3． It is not advisable to scrape again at the original place to remove the sha spots before the sha spots on the previous scraping site have receded. The time between scraping again needs to be 3-6 days, and the standard is based on the recovery of the skin.

4. After scraping, it is best to drink a cup of warm water (preferably light sugar and salt water) and rest for 15-20 minutes.

Will "sha" damage the skin? When will red skin return to normal?

The skin of "Sha" is red and looks a bit scary. In fact, no matter how red it is, there is no need to worry because it is not harmful to the skin. The color of the erythema usually reflects the severity of the disease. If the disease is more serious, the "Sha" will appear more often and the color will be darker. If the disease is milder, the "Sha" will appear less and the color will be lighter. Under normal circumstances, the "blood stasis" on the skin will gradually subside within 3-5 days, and will return to normal in no more than 1 week later. Not only will it not damage the skin, but because this method promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, it will strengthen the Local blood circulation will make the skin healthier and more beautiful than before.

There are many scraping tools. Which one is the best?

Like the scraping method, the tools for scraping are also very simple and convenient. Anything with a rounded edge, such as a comb, a porcelain cup lid, etc., can be used for scraping. Of course, if it is used for a long time or as a treatment, it is better to use a more regular scraping board. The scraping board is made of natural buffalo horn, which has no toxic stimulation or chemical adverse reactions on human skin. Moreover, buffalo horn itself is a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the functions of dispersing qi, promoting blood circulation and nourishing.

In addition, before scraping, in order to prevent the skin from being scratched, a layer of lubricant should be applied to the skin surface. Sesame oil and salad oil can be used. Of course, if possible, it is best to use a special "gua sha and blood-activating agent". It is a kind of scraping oil that uses natural vegetable oils and more than ten kinds of natural Chinese medicines, and is refined and processed through a combination of traditional and modern high-tech methods. It has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, opening pores, dredging meridians, detoxifying and expelling evil spirits, and reducing inflammation. Pain relief and other effects.

The historical development of scraping therapy

Chinese scraping health method is an inheritance and development based on traditional scraping therapy. The development of modern science and technology has improved the external structure and surface finish of scraping tools. It is more suitable for the needs of scraping various parts of the human body, and the scraping board made of buffalo horns further embodies the characteristics of green, ecological and natural methods, and also avoids the pain, easy damage to the skin, static electricity and other adverse reactions caused by metal instruments. , it also avoids factors such as porcelain and biological instruments being fragile and difficult to carry, and also avoids the possible harm caused to human skin by modern chemicals such as plastic products.

The Chinese Gua Sha Health Method not only makes a more reasonable choice of Gua Sha tools, but also combines the Gua Sha techniques with massage, acupoints, pestle needles and other techniques, making Gua Sha a massage and acupoint therapy without using hands directly. Acupuncture, which does not require needles to penetrate the flesh, and cupping therapy, which does not require cupping equipment.

Due to the above characteristics, the treatment scope of Chinese Gua Sha Health Method has been expanded, and it can treat 400 diseases in 11 categories including internal medicine, gynecology, andrology, pediatrics, surgery, dermatology, traumatology, and ophthalmology. . In terms of theory, the Chinese scraping health method is guided by the theory of viscera and meridians of traditional Chinese medicine, and is systematically improved compared to the empirical method of traditional scraping therapy.

After a long historical development, scraping therapy has developed from a superficial and intuitive treatment method with a single experience to today, which has systematic theoretical guidance of traditional Chinese medicine, complete techniques and improved tools, and is suitable for a wide range of diseases, both for health care and health. A green ecological natural therapy that can be treated. The Chinese Gua Sha health method is bound to contribute to human health due to its characteristics of being easy to learn, understand, simple and practical, and having obvious curative effects.

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Gua Sha

The name of the massage method. Also used as Kuo Sha. Use porcelain or coins with smooth edges, dip them in vegetable oil or warm water and scrape the neck, shoulder blades, back or intercostal areas, from top to bottom, from the inside out several times until the skin appears purple-red. It is often used for colds, heat stroke, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, chest tightness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, food accumulation, motion sickness, seasickness, airsickness, and acclimatization. "Jingyue Quanshu·Za Zheng Mo": "It is connected with the five internal organs and is attached to the back, so when it is scraped downward, the evil qi will also fall with it. Any poisonous qi will go against when it goes up, and it will go down when it goes down. Change the inverse to make it smooth. Therefore, it is cured. Although there is a method of scraping sand with two arms, it can also cure the pain. However, if the poison is serious and the disease is urgent, the back must be treated.

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