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When is Gua Sha used?

Gua Sha is usually used when a patient has pain whether associated with an acute or chronic disorder. There may be aching, tenderness and/or a knotty feeling in the muscles. Palpation reveals Sha when normal finger pressure on a patient’s skin causes blanching that is slow to fade. In addition to resolving musculo skeletal pain, Gua Sha is used to treat and prevent common cold, flu, bronchitis, asthma, as well as any chronic disorder involving pain, congestion of Qi and Blood.

Gua Sha is effective to treat below conditions:

Reduce fever (the technique was used to treat cholera).
Treat fatigue caused by exposure to heat (often used to treat heat-stroke) or cold.
Cough and dyspnea: bronchitis, asthma, emphysema.
Treat muscle and tendon injuries.
Push sluggish circulation, fibromyalgia.
Treat headache.
Treat sunstrokes / heat syncope and nausea.
Treat stiffness, pain, immobility.
Treat digestive disorders.
Treat urinary, gynecological disorders.
To assist with reactions to food poisoning.

Where is Gua Sha applied?

Sha is raised primarily at the Yang surface of the body: the back, face, neck, shoulders, buttocks, and limbs. On occasion, Gua Sha is applied at the chest and abdomen.

Gua Sha Procedure

1. Lubricate the area with Gua Sha oil, or white flower oil
2. Skip the areas with moles, cuts or unhealed areas.
3. Hold the Gua Sha tool at a thirty degree angle to the skin allowing the smooth edge will touch the skin.
4. The skin is then rubbed with a round-edged instrument in downward strokes.
5. One area is stroked until the petechiae that surface are completely raised. If there is no Blood stasis the petechiae will not form and the skin will only turn pink.

What are the benefits of Gua Sha?

In most cases the patient feels immediate improvement in their condition particularly in their pain or sense of constraint. Gua Sha moves stuck Qi and Blood, releases the exterior mimicking sweating, and moves Fluids. In a modern medical construct these fluids contain metabolic waste that congested the surface tissues and muscles. Gua Sha promotes circulation and normalizes metabolic processes. It is a valuable treatment for both external and internal pain, and facilitates the resolution of both acute and chronic disorders.

Is Gua Sha Safe?

Gua Sha is a completely safe technique, but it is serious medicine. Knowing when to use it and what to expect from treatment is as important as good technique. People who live in chronic pain often erect emotional defenses to cope with it or can feel completely hopeless. Having that pain ‘touched’ and relieved can be unsettling, even shocking. It is good to be moderate in activity after treatment, even rest. After treatment, stay mellow, no drugs, booze, vigorous activity, exercise, fasting, feasting or hard labor for the rest of the day.

Scrapping Note

1. Scrapping the treatment should pay attention to indoor warm, especially in winter and cold air should be avoided. Scrapping the summer, the fan should avoid direct Chuigua test site.

2. bogey wash cold water bath Within 30 minutes

3. Scrapping Rear drink warm water (preferably light sugar brine), and rest for 15-20 minutes