The advantages and disadvantages of scraping and the precautions of scraping

Gua Sha is a traditional health-preserving method in Chinese traditional medicine and is also one of the most popular health-preserving methods nowadays. However, Gua Sha also has its two sides. It has both advantages and disadvantages to the human body. It is recommended that you learn more about it before scraping, and also understand what you need to pay attention to when scraping.

The advantages and disadvantages of scraping

Benefits of Gua Sha

1. Normally, scraping can play an important role in dredging the meridians, especially for those who have cold hands and feet and are afraid of cold. After scraping, these symptoms can improve as soon as possible, because Chinese medicine believes that these symptoms are caused by poor blood circulation. Scraping can promote blood circulation, keep the body's qi and blood unobstructed, and the adverse symptoms caused by it will disappear.

2. Relaxing muscles and promoting blood circulation is also one of the important benefits of scraping. When people have low back and leg pain, cervical spondylosis and limb numbness, they can all be relieved by scraping. Although it cannot eradicate the symptoms of these diseases, it can significantly reduce the pain of patients. In addition to these benefits, scraping can also moisturize the intestines and relieve gastroenteritis.

Disadvantages of Gua Sha

Although scraping has many benefits to the body, it also has certain disadvantages. Frequent scraping can easily cause skin damage, and in severe cases can cause skin ulcers, swelling and pain, which is very detrimental to human skin health.

Precautions for scraping

1. When scraping, you must pay attention to varicose veins in the lower limbs. Scrape from bottom to top, and the technique should be light. In addition, people with heart failure, renal failure, and ascites due to cirrhosis can use paper-cutting scraping.

2. When scraping, you must also pay attention to the fact that if the patient has skin ulcers or damage, or suffers from skin inflammation, you must not scrape him, otherwise it will aggravate the skin damage. In addition, it is not suitable for people to scrape when they have just eaten or are hungry, otherwise it will cause physical discomfort and be harmful to human health.