What are the benefits of gua sha?
What benefits does gua sha do to human health? Gua sha therapy is one kind of natural therapy, which can reach the purpose of healing some diseases just by scraping some part of the skin. By scraping skin and stimulating the meridian points under skin, It will help to improve body microcirculation, dredge the meridian system, activate "qi", remove blood stasis, dispel wind cold, remove dampness, promote metabolism, reduce swelling and pain, and enhance the body's own potential disease resistance and immune function, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and curing diseases.
Benefit one: Prevent and curl diseases.
The Blocking of the metabolic poisons (toxins) in the blood vessels is the main reason of causing human sub-health and various diseases.
Irregular work-rest time, fewer exercises, excessive mental activity is always the normal lifestyle for the modern people, and it will easily cause physical fatigue and Endocrine disorder for the body.
Slow blood flow could not exclude the metabolic poisons thoroughly from their body, and It will cause congestion of the blood vessels. Then it will lead to multiple organ dysfunction in the body, and it will induce many kinds of disease. The representative symptoms and disease are: high blood cholesterol. dysmenorrhea, gastrointestinal disease, inflammatory, and so on.
By scraping the skin, gua sha will expand blood vessels and sweat pores to enhance blood flow. So it will easily blow away Intravascular stasis, fever, toxin and other waste of metabolism. And then blood containing nutrients will circulate unimpeded to provide enough nutritions to organs and tissues. Maintaining good internal circulation, we can achieve the effect of preventing and curing disease.
Benefit two: anti-aging, skin beauty.
When blood flow was impeded by Intravascular waste of metabolism, blood flow will be weakened, the organs of the body will happen pathological changes, toxins will turns to lesions, It will cause: face dull, constipation, dark urine, and so on.
By regular scraping for the meridian point of the limbs, We can enhance the excretory function of the organs and blood vessels, and promote our diuresis, defecation, sweating, and thus timely excrete the metabolites to achieve anti-aging and skin beauty effect.
Does the "sha" make damage to skin?
After gua sha, the skin will be raised red or purple "sha" and it looks very horrible. So some people wonder whether the skin was damaged, but you are no need to worry about it whatever the color of the "sha" is. Usually, the color of the "sha" will be a indicator of the disease severity. The heavier the disease is, the deeper color does the "sha" show.
The "sha" is one type of toxins or waste "bleeding", which already be blocked in the blood vessels, It is totally different from the bleeding after physical breakness of the blood vessels. After this type of "bleeding" The toxins and waste are expelled from the blood but the blood vessels remains intact.
Under normal circumstances, the "sha" on the skin will gradually subside within 3-5 days and will take one week maximumly to go back to normal status. So It will not damage the skin, on the contrary,It will make the skin more healthy, beautifull than before by promoting the blood circulation and strengthening the local blood circulation.
5 tips you should know before gua sha?
Gua sha have a good effect for heat stroke,gastrointestinal problems, cold, frozen shoulder, fever, lumbar muscle strain,headaches, stiff neck , ,, Muscle spasm, rheumatoid arthritis and other illnesses . So gua sha is very good natural therapy, but everyone should pay full attention to the following issues, to avoid cathing a cold during gua sha or causing new trouble .
1.Pay attention to the indoor temperature, especially in winter , do not operate gua sha at the outlet of the room, and in summer, do not let the patient being exposed under blowing fan.
2.Do not have shower within 30 minutes after gua sha.
3.Do not perform gua sha to the previouslly treated position if the "sha" still have not disappeared. Normally, rescraping to the same place needs an interval of 3-6 days but the "sha" disappearing time should be our standard.
4.Drink a cup of warm water after gua sha (salt or sugar water will be better) ,and have a rest for 15 to 20 minutes.
5.Gua sha should be performed with caution or avoided for the following groups : pregnant women; leukemia, thrombocytopenia ; a high skin allergy or skin deseases patient, heart disease, heart failure , renal failure , cirrhosis, systemic severe edema ; people in drunkenness, hunger , fullness, excessive thirst, fatigue.
