What is the best way to get a gua sha? How to do gua sha properly.

Gua sha, everyone has heard of it, but everyone must have heard less about the soles of the feet, in fact, the soles of the feet can also be scraping, and it is very good for the human body, the sole of the feet is also a kind of knowledge, so how do we scrape the soles of the feet in daily life? Let's take a look at it.

1. Clean the surface.

Clean the patient's feet** and trim the recipient's toenails to avoid cross-infection or injury.

2. Exposure**.

In general, the recipient's socks should be removed and the pants on the calf should be rolled up to expose the area to be treated. However, it is also possible to perform a gua sha massage through socks and underwear, especially when using a gua sha massage board for self-care**, without being exposed**.

3. Warm your feet.

You can use warm Chinese medicine or warm water to soak your feet in warm water, which can generally be soaked for about 15 minutes, which can promote blood circulation in the feet and smooth the meridians.

4. Accurate positioning.

In order to achieve satisfactory results in gua sha massage in the plantar reflex area, the operator is first required to master and be familiar with the accurate position of each reflex area of the foot.

5. Appropriate strength.

Find the sensitive point or the point of deqi, even if the recipient has local soreness, numbness, swelling and pain.

6. Sequence of operations.

If you take full-foot gua sha massage for health care, generally the left foot first, then the right foot, according to the order of the sole of the foot, the inside of the foot, the outside of the foot, and the dorsum of the foot.

These six steps are not very simple, as long as you follow the above steps, every day when you are tired, give the soles of your feet a scrape, can be a good way to alleviate your fatigue!

Gua Sha Order:

The techniques and the order of operation of gua sha are the head and neck, back, chest, hands, abdomen and waist and legs according to the parts of the body.

Gua sha strength: the force should be uniform and moderate when scraping, the force should be gradually heavy, not light and heavy, and at the same time, the tolerable force is limited, and the area of scraping can be pulled to the longest as possible.

Gua sha direction: The gua sha force should be unidirectional force, and the return trip should not be scraped.

Gua sha angle: the angle between the gua sha appliance and ** should be 45 degrees, not into a push, cut the momentum, the scraping direction should be from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, and maintain the same angle, each part scrape about 20 times.

Frequency of gua sha: The frequency and duration of gua sha vary according to the nature of the disease and the patient's physical condition. The time of each scraping should be 20 to 30 minutes.

The first gua sha time should not be too long, and the technique should not be too heavy, and the time for the second use of gua sha** should be 1 to 2 weeks apart. ‍‍

After scraping, the black and purple marks on the ** are unsightly, and hot towels and drinking more water are easier to reduce. The length of time for sha to retreat varies depending on the body constitution. People with good physique can generally subside in 2 to 3 days; People with poor physical fitness generally need 4 days to 5 days.

If you use a hot towel after gua sha to keep the body in a warmer and hotter environment, it can improve the local blood circulation, shorten the existence time of the sha, and accelerate the subsidence of the sha. Drinking plenty of water after gua sha can promote the elimination of toxins from the body. Because gua sha will cause local capillaries to rupture and blood to overflow, proper fluid supplementation is beneficial to accelerate blood circulation and the discharge of metabolites.

Although the effect of gua sha is good, it is not suitable for everyone, and there are contraindications to gua sha, especially for facial gua sha, which needs to be more cautious. Some people say that facial gua sha will promote facial blood circulation and metabolism, and the technique of gua sha is very light and will not hurt**. However, people with acne on the face should not do facial gua sha, if the disinfection is not strict or the operation is not done properly, it can easily cause infection.

At the same time, people with weak constitution, weak qi and blood, and people with bleeding tendencies such as thrombocytopenia should not do scraping.

Gua sha through the meridians and detoxification, but when scraping, there are "4 points" to pay attention to, otherwise.

1. The tool used in gua sha can be a soup spoon, but the soup spoon is best to use a ceramic spoon, because in this way, the parts that need to be scraped can be scraped, which is not harmful.

2. Gua sha can be done without gua sha oil, or olive oil, essential oil, vegetable oil, etc. can be used for gua sha, and it will be better to have essential oils.

3. Don't go to gua sha vertically when scraping, it's best to keep an oblique angle, so that it won't hurt you.

4. When scraping, it is best to wait for ** no red symptoms before you can continue to scrape, and the reason why you can't scrape often is to avoid scratching.

5. Be sure to pay attention to the technique, don't use too much force, and don't use coins to scrape, which will hurt very much.

Self. , gua sha can be divided into scraping according to the meridians, scraping according to the pain points, patting and scraping (also use gua sha oil) and so on.

The large meridians of the human body have the Du Pulse in the middle of the neck and back, the bladder meridian of the side opening inch and 3 inches, a total of 5, which can be divided into three sections from top to bottom to start scraping. (Take the board with your right hand, one corner against the palm of your hand, that is, the Lao Gong acupoint, the plate is at an acute angle in **, scraped from top to bottom). It takes about 30 minutes to scrape the neck and back, and you can't see the wind when you blow it, and you can't see it after blowing, and drink a glass of water to help detoxify it after 30 minutes.

Other veins, as well as the Ren pulse in the middle of the chest, the heart meridian on the arm, the stomach meridian on the leg, etc., can be scraped, all from top to bottom. When shaving the front chest and abdomen, there can be no sand spots, only redness. There is generally no sand on the legs.

In fact, sometimes sand scraping does not have to follow the vein to scrape, but it can also be scraped painfully, such as the neck and waist.

You can also pat the joints to get out of the sand, smear gua sha oil before the shooting, and pat at the joints about 15 cm apart, the sound is crisp, and the elbow fossa can even shoot out the sand bag until the sand is shot.

In addition to the package of health ** gua sha, you can also beautify gua sha, generally on the scrape, before scraping on the massage cream, scraping from the middle to both sides, from top to bottom. No sand.