After the National Day, I feel a little tired after traveling. I want to use traditional Chinese medicine to recuperate. Please give me some advice!

Both are traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy, both of which aim to regulate the circulation in the human body to achieve a healthy state of balance between yin and yang.

The benefits of scraping therapy

(1) Adjusting Yin and Yang

Yin and Yang are the basic core of traditional Chinese medicine theory. Under normal circumstances, the human body maintains a state of relative balance between yin and yang. If the balance of yin and yang is destroyed due to factors such as the seven emotions, six sexual factors, injuries from falls, etc., it will lead to pathological changes such as "yin prevails, yang disease, yang prevails, yin disease", and "yang excess leads to heat, yin overpowers" and other pathological changes. Clinical syndromes such as "sheng and cold". The key to Gua Sha health care is to adjust the excess and decline of yin and yang according to the characteristics of the syndrome, so that the body can return to the "Yin Ping Yang Secret" and restore its normal physiological functions, thereby achieving the purpose of curing the disease.

The role of Gua Sha in harmonizing Yin and Yang is basically achieved through acupoint compatibility and Gua Sha techniques. For example, if the disease is in the meridians or in the skin and flesh, it is superficial, so it is better to scrape lightly; if the disease is in the organs or muscles and bones, it is internal, so it is better to scrape heavily. Gua Sha's adjustment of the balance of yin and yang is bidirectional. For example, in patients with unstable blood pressure, after scraping the acupoints on the trunk and limbs, low blood pressure can be increased; high blood pressure can also be reduced.

(2) Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

Once the muscles, ligaments, and bones of the human body are damaged, congestion will occur locally, making the meridians qi and blood flow poorly. If the blood stasis does not disappear, it will cause pain. more than. At this time, scraping on the local area or corresponding acupoints can eliminate congestion, generate new blood, unblock the meridians, and circulate qi and blood, achieving the purpose of general circulation and pain relief. This is the role of scraping to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

(3) Clearing away heat and reducing swelling

According to the principle of "heat causes disease" in the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, through the stimulation of Sha manipulation, the heat evil can be quickly released, so as to clear away heat. The purpose is to make the internal yang-heat evil penetrate the body surface and finally be excreted from the body, so as to clear the body of stasis, heat and swelling.

(4) Expelling phlegm and relieving spasm, softening and dispersing stagnation

Surface masses and wind syndrome caused by phlegm-dampness can be treated by scraping and curing to dissipate the internal organs. Smooth, phlegm-heat sepsis leaks out, and has obvious antispasmodic and stagnation effect.

(5) Strengthen the body and eliminate evils

Scrap the skin of the corresponding acupuncture points of the disease to make it appear blue and purple congestion scars, so that the acupoints can be opened and dredged, and the stagnation will be Various evil spirits such as wind, cold, phlegm, dampness, blood stasis, fire, and sepsis in the meridians, acupoints, and corresponding tissues and organs penetrate through the skin to the outside, allowing the meridians to be dredged.

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The benefits of cupping

1. Balance yin and yang. If Yang is strong, it will be hot, if Yin is strong, it will be cold. Fever is a symptom of excessive Yang Qi, while chills and aversion to cold are symptoms of excessive Yin Qi. Cupping at Dazhui can treat fever-related diseases, while cupping at Guanyuan can treat cold-type diseases.

2. Reconciling the internal organs. Cupping therapy connects the meridians and creates local negative pressure at the acupoints to cause congestion, blood stasis and other changes in the acupuncture points on the body surface. The acupuncture points are connected to the internal organs through the meridians, thereby treating various organ diseases.

3. Dredge the meridians. Cupping therapy uses warm mechanical stimulation and negative pressure suction to stimulate acupuncture points on the body surface and the meridians, which are closely connected with the meridians. Therefore, cupping can dredge the meridians, harmonize nutrition and health, eliminate various pathogenic evil spirits in the meridians, make qi and blood flow smoothly, and nourish and unblock the tendons and joints, thereby treating various diseases.

4. Assist in diagnosis. By observing all changes in the body surface after cupping, the nature, location and relationship with internal organs of the disease can be inferred.

5. Eliminate disease and pathogenic factors. Cupping therapy uses negative pressure to acupuncture acupoints on the body surface, which can open up colic and dispel wind and cold. It can also adjust the functions of organs and meridians, stimulate the body's righteous energy, and help discharge evil spirits from the body.

6. Two-way adjustment. When the clinical acupoint selection and cupping methods remain unchanged, cupping therapy has a two-way benign regulatory effect.

It can be seen from the above two that the two can be used to complement each other, or they can be used separately.