How to use a gua sha board? What material is a good gua sha board

Traditional Chinese medicine is easy to scrape and magnetic therapy equipment.

Gua sha utensils include a gua sha board and gua sha oil. The choice of gua sha equipment is directly related to the effect of gua sha treatment and health care.

Gua sha board. 1. In the folk, as long as the edge is more rounded, such as combs, enamel cup lids, smooth copper coins, copper spoon handles, porcelain spoons, etc., can be used instead of a scraping board. Among them are buffalo horn products, as well as jade products.

Buffalo horn and jade gua sha board both help to promote qi and blood, dredge tendons and do not have ***. Buffalo horn is tough, smooth and durable, rich in medicinal properties, and easy to process. Buffalo horn can diverge qi, invigorate blood and nourish it; Salty can be soft and firm; Cold can clear away heat and detoxify.

Jade has the effect of clearing the sound and dumbness, quenching polydipsia, fixing deficiency and asthma, calming the nerves, and nourishing the five internal organs. The ancients often wore jade products on the wrists, neck, and mid-body. For example, the jade scraping board is worn in the middle of the body, through its local massage and the body's chronic absorption of some of its components, it can nourish the mind and calm the mind, and keep fit and cure diseases.

Gua sha oil. 1. Before scraping, in order to prevent the scraping board from scratching, a layer of lubricant should be applied to the surface, that is, scraping oil. Any kind of natural and pollution-free oil can be used as gua sha oil.

Of course, if conditions permit, the dialectical selection of gua sha oil on the premise of understanding the medicinal properties and effects of gua sha oil can enhance the efficacy of gua sha.

2. Refined oil: cooling oil: peppermint oil, cool oil, etc., which can be cool and detoxify; Hot oils: activating oil, safflower oil, musk rheumatic oil, etc., which can invigorate blood circulation, dispel wind and dehumidify; Neutral oil: tea oil, etc., can be used universally.

3. Homemade oil: Any kind of external formula can be oily to produce gua sha oil with different effects for clinical dialectical use.

Chinese medicine is easy to gua sha cupping team.

First touch a little petroleum jelly on the **, preferably essential oil, and then put the bevel of the gua sha board at an angle of 60 degrees, and repeatedly scrape the **

The material is recommended to use horn or stone, don't buy anything so-called jade.

In terms of material, according to the research of traditional Chinese medicine, rhinoceros horn or horn is the best, jade, stone, porcelain tiles are also good, and there are some smooth wooden gua sha boards.

In terms of shape, it is best to be square, but the corners must be rounded, not sharp. This shape of gua sha board is easy to handle and easy to use, and at the same time convenient for different techniques. The gua sha board needs to be of moderate thickness and should not be too thin.

When there is insufficient qi and blood, the function of the viscera is weakened, metabolites are retained, the immune function is abnormal, inflammation and connective tissue lesions are abnormal, it will cause microcirculation disorders and metabolite accumulation. The downward pressure of the scraper during gua sha will cause the blood containing toxins in the body to leak out of the capillary wall of the permeability disorder, forming the "sha" seen under **. A small amount of sha not only does not cause tissue damage, but also improves local microcirculation.

1. Common scraping board materials include porcelain (edges of bowls, plates, spoons and cups), metals (copper, silver, aluminum coins and metal plates), biology (hemp wool, cotton thread balls, clam shells), etc., and the scraping parts are the back, neck, chest and abdomen, elbow fossa, and popliteal fossa. Although there are many types of gua sha boards, from the perspective of gua sha effect, Sibin stone gua sha board is the first choice, followed by horns, jade and porcelain pieces again.

2. The gua sha board can be replaced with coins and spoons, and its effect is the same. You can also use a comb instead, the comb is a good health weapon, it is equivalent to a scraping board, good use of the comb to maintain health, can prevent and treat a variety of diseases.

31. When scraping, the gua sha board should be at an angle of 60 ° or 90 ° with the human body, and the gua sha board should be coated with medium first when scraping, and then centered on the operation site, and try to expand its scope to the periphery.

2. When using the gua sha board, the key to its manual operation lies in the mastery and control of strength and speed. If it is heavy, it may cause local ** breakdown; If it is light, it will not achieve the effect. "Heavy but not boardy, light but not floating" is the requirement of strength.

When scraping, it is necessary to constantly ask the patient's subjective feelings, and pay attention to the local ** situation. "Fast but not slippery, slow but not sluggish" is the requirement of speed. If the speed is too fast, it will not penetrate; If it's too slow, it won't work.

3. That is, some matters that should be paid attention to when carrying out gua sha operations. For example, it is necessary to apply a certain amount of media to the operation site first. This can not only reduce the friction between the scraper and the first grade, reduce the damage to the first grade, but also enhance the penetration and increase the first effect; For patients with special conditions such as certain blood diseases, infectious diseases, and serious damage to organs, gua sha should not be used**, or under the strict guidance of a doctor; Avoid taking a cold bath within 30 minutes after gua sha comes out, and it is best to drink a glass of warm water (preferably light sugar salt water) after gua sha comes out, and rest for 15-20 minutes.