Modern science has proved that scraping can dilate capillaries, increase sweat gland secretion, promote blood circulation, and have immediate effect on wind-cold arthralgia caused by hypertension, heatstroke and muscle soreness. Regular scraping can regulate menstruation, relieve fatigue and increase immune function.
Scraping is a method to treat diseases by repeatedly scraping the scraper with scraping oil and rubbing the patient's skin. Scraping refers to scraping the meridian points with scraping instruments, and through benign stimulation, giving full play to the role of ying Wei Qi, making the meridian points congested, improving local microcirculation, eliminating pathogenic factors and dredging collaterals, relaxing muscles and regulating qi, expelling wind and cold, clearing away heat and dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, thus enhancing the body's own potential disease resistance and immune function, thus achieving the purpose of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors.
The origin and reason of scraping: The word "scraping" is also called "scraping disease". This therapy originated in the Paleolithic Age. When people are sick, they instinctively touch and pat a certain part of the body surface with their hands or stones, and sometimes their illness can be alleviated. Through long-term practice and accumulation, Bian Shi's treatment method has gradually formed, which is also the embryonic form of scrapping therapy.
Scraping therapy has developed into a natural therapy, which is suitable for many diseases. As early as the Complete Works of Treatise on Febrile Diseases by Zhang Fengkui, a medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, the etiology, pathogenesis and symptoms of the disease were described in detail. He believes that if the toxin enters from fur, it can block the vein of human body, block qi and blood, and make qi and blood circulation not smooth; When toxic pathogens are inhaled through the nose and mouth, they will block the collaterals and make the qi and blood of the collaterals impassable. The deeper these evils go, the more stagnant they become, so the stronger they become, the more urgent they are. In this case, first aid measures must be taken, that is, scraping and bloodletting must be used for treatment. Scraping therapy is to scrape the blood vessels on the acupoints of the epidermis meridian until the subcutaneous hemorrhage condenses into red spots like rice grains. Sweating makes sweat pores open, and the virus (virus) is excreted immediately, thus achieving the purpose of healing.
Scraping principle: Based on the twelve meridians's theory of traditional Chinese medicine, with the principle of "treating the symptoms in case of emergency", the method is used to strongly stimulate the meridians to make the local skin red and congested, so as to achieve the effects of waking up, detoxicating, eliminating pathogenic factors, clearing away heat and relieving exterior syndrome, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain, strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach.
The role of scraping The role of scraping on the skin can be divided into two categories, one is preventive and health care, and the other is therapeutic.
I. Preventive and health functions
The preventive and health care functions of scraping therapy include health care prevention and disease prevention. The function of scraping therapy is the skin on the body surface. Skin is the most superficial part of the human body exposed to the outside world, which is in direct contact with the outside world and plays an adaptive and defensive role in the change of the external climate. The skin has these functions, mainly relying on the function of defending qi in the body. Stephy originates from the upper energizer and is driven by lung qi. It circulates in the skin at first, and Stephy is harmonious, so the skin is soft and dense (Soul Pivot is hidden in this place). Regular scraping by healthy people (for example, taking Beishu point and Zusanli point) can enhance the defense of qi. Strong defensive qi protects the exterior, and external evils are not easy to invade the exterior, so that the body can be healthy. If exogenous pathogens invade the exterior and interior, it will cause exterior and interior symptoms such as aversion to cold, fever, stuffy nose, runny nose, etc. Scraping in time (such as taking Shu Fei and Zhongfu) can eliminate exterior and interior pathogens in time and prevent them from being introduced into the five internal organs, which will lead to aggravation of the disease.
Second, the therapeutic effect
The therapeutic effect of scrapping therapy can be shown in the following aspects:
(1) Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Scraping can regulate the contraction and relaxation of muscles, thus regulating the pressure between tissues and promoting blood circulation around scraping tissues. Increase tissue flow, thus playing the role of "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis" and "removing blood stasis and promoting tissue regeneration"
(2) regulating yin and yang
Scraping can obviously regulate the balance of yin and yang in zang-fu organs. For example, for patients with excessive peristalsis, abdominal and back scraping can inhibit excessive peristalsis and return to normal. On the other hand, people with decreased intestinal peristalsis can promote their peristalsis to return to normal. This shows that scraping can improve and adjust the function of viscera and balance the yin and yang of viscera.
(3) Relaxing tendons and dredging collaterals
Muscle attachment points and injured soft tissues such as fascia, ligament and joint capsule can send out pain signals, and the related tissues are put on alert through the reflection of nerves. Muscle contraction, tension and spasm are the reflection of this alert state, and their purpose is to reduce physical activity and thus relieve pain, which is a natural protective response of the human body. At this time, if the treatment is not timely or thorough, the injured tissue may form different degrees of adhesion, fibrosis or scarring, so that harmful impulses are constantly emitted, which will aggravate pain, tenderness and muscle contraction tension, and then cause secondary pain foci in surrounding tissues, form metabolic disorders, and further aggravate the pathological changes of "no access leads to pain".
Clinical experience shows that whenever there is pain, muscles will be tense; Where there is muscle tension, there is bound to be pain. There is often a causal relationship between them. In the treatment of scraping, we can see that the pain focus is eliminated and the muscle tension is eliminated. If the tense muscles are relaxed, the symptoms of pain and oppression can also be obviously alleviated or disappeared, which is conducive to the repair of lesions.
Scraping is an effective method to eliminate pain, muscle tension and spasm. The main mechanisms are as follows:
First, strengthen local circulation and increase local tissue temperature;
Secondly, under the direct stimulation of scraping plates in various methods, the pain threshold of local tissues is increased;
Third, the relationship between nerves or spasmodic meridians and twelve skin parts: "If you want to know the skin parts, all meridians are natural." The division of the twelve-skin position is based on the distribution of the twelve meridians, that is, the twelve meridians has its own branch collaterals, which float on the body surface and have its own distribution area. Because there are twelve meridians, the skin area is also divided into twelve meridians, and the combination of six meridians of hand, foot and mouth is called six meridians skin area.
The branch of meridian is collateral, and skin can also be said to be the division of collateral. Therefore, Su Wen's Spleen Theory also said: "Anyone who has the twelve meridians has skin." The relationship between skin meridians is of great significance to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Su Wen Pi Bu Lun: "The skin is the part of the pulse, and the evil guests in the skin will open, and the evil guests in the collaterals will open. When the collaterals are full, they will be injected into the meridians, and when the meridians are full, they will stay in the house. " It is pointed out that pathogenic factors from the outside to the inside, with scraping board as a tool and various manipulations, can stretch the muscles groaning through skin and contracture of fu organs, thus relieving their tension, spasm and pain.
(4) Information adjustment
Every organ of human body has its specific biological information (natural frequency and bioelectricity of each organ, etc.). ). When the organ is diseased, the relevant biological information will change, and the change of organ biological information can affect the functional balance of the whole system and even the whole body.
Through various stimuli or various forms of energy transfer, it acts on specific parts of the body surface, producing certain biological information, and inputting it into relevant organs through the information transmission system to adjust abnormal biological information, thus playing a regulatory role in diseased organs. This is one of the foundations of scraping treatment and health care. Scraping, acupuncturing and inputting regulation information to stimulate Neiguan point can regulate coronary blood circulation, prolong left ventricular ejection time, enhance myocardial contractility and cardiac output of patients with angina pectoris, improve S-T segment and T wave of coronary heart disease electrocardiogram, and increase coronary blood flow and blood oxygen supply. Stimulating Zusanli point with scraping method, acupoint pressing method and pressing method, and inputting regulatory information, can have a benign regulatory effect on the functions of pituitary and adrenal medulla, improve immunity and regulate intestinal movement.
(5) Eliminate toxins
The scraping process (scraping makes the skin boil) can make local tissues highly congested, stimulate blood vessels and nerves to dilate blood vessels, increase blood flow and lymph, strengthen phagocytosis and processing power, accelerate the elimination of wastes and toxins in the body, nourish tissues and cells, thus purifying blood, increasing systemic resistance, alleviating illness and promoting rehabilitation.
(6) promoting qi and blood circulation
The transmission of qi and blood (through the meridian system) plays a nourishing and warming role in the human body. Scraping acts on the muscle surface, making the meridians unobstructed and qi and blood accessible, then the blood stasis will be dispersed, the blood stasis will be disintegrated and eliminated, the whole body will be smooth, and the local pain will be alleviated or disappeared.
Modern medicine believes that scraping can make local skin congested, capillaries dilated and blood circulation accelerated; In addition, the stimulation of scraping can regulate the relaxation and contraction function of blood vessels and the permeability of blood vessel walls through neuroendocrine, enhance local blood supply, and improve the process of scraping and abscess formation throughout the body. It is a phenomenon that blood vessels gradually expand until capillaries rupture, blood overflows, and blood stasis spots are formed locally on the skin. These blood clots (abscesses) will disintegrate quickly and produce autohemolysis.
Autohemolysis is a kind of delayed benign weak stimulation process, which can not only stimulate and regulate immune function, but also act on cerebral cortex through cardiac nerve, and continue to regulate the excitement and inhibition of brain and the balance of endocrine system.
Rash "rash" in traditional Chinese medicine is a name based on symptoms, which refers to a disease with obvious scars after scraping. One of its characteristics is that a series of scratches and countless tiny sand grains (bleeding spots) will appear on the skin soon after shaving, and it will last for a long time.
Dysentery and bloating. The so-called abdominal distension means dizziness, chest tightness, abdominal pain and body aches. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a doctor named Guo Zhijia in China who studied consumption. He once wrote the book "Exudation and Jade Balance", which is a monograph on consumption.
The concept of "tuberculosis"
Also known as miasma. It contains two meanings. Broadly speaking, on the one hand, it refers to the sign of "rash", that is, rash; On the other hand, it refers to the appearance of a rash, that is, the skin is small and red as millet, which refers to a rash that walks along the skin and is slightly hindered. Shao Xinfu in the Qing Dynasty said in the Clinical Guide to Medical Records: "Rash is a general term with a head." It is a towel in the process of the development and change of many diseases, which is embodied as a sexual expression of skin on the body surface. It is not an independent disease, many diseases can have prickly heat, which is the same syndrome of many diseases, and is collectively called "prickly heat syndrome", so there is a saying that "all diseases can cause prickly heat".
What disease is tuberculosis equivalent to modern medicine? It's hard to be sure now. Malnutrition syndrome covers a wide range. In the existing ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine, the records of malnutrition syndrome involve many diseases such as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and pediatrics. Scare the wall-the book introduces more than 40 kinds of pulmonary tuberculosis syndrome, including more than * * * 100. According to the analysis of the symptoms described, the "angle arch reverse expansion" is similar to tetanus in modern medicine; "Intestinal abscess" is similar to indirect inguinal hernia; "Postpartum rash" seems to refer to postpartum fever; "Swelling" is similar to ascites; Pan-intestinal abscess resembles intestinal obstruction; "Headache" is similar to migraine; "Shrinking carbuncle to produce carbuncle" is similar to acute appendicitis. In addition, there are so-called cold, hot, summer, wind, dull, dull, white hair, blunt head, hanging foot injury and so on.
Malnutrition in a narrow sense refers to a disease. The ancients believed that the disease was caused by internal wind, dampness and fire. There are eight evils in the sky, hot and humid in the earth, and people are hungry and tired. Summer and autumn monsoon, humidity and heat are sufficient. If people are overworked, exogenous pathogens will invade the skin, and Yang Can will not be fully vented, but this will often lead to mumps. The possibility of tuberculosis occurs all year round, but it is more common in summer and autumn. There are two main characteristics of prickly heat syndrome: one is prickly heat, and the other is a feeling of acid swelling. According to the severity of the disease, its clinical manifestations can be divided into general manifestations and acute manifestations: 1) General manifestations: dizziness, upset, depression, ache all over, fatigue and weakness, and burning in the chest and abdomen. Limbs numb, even as cold as ice. When evil spirits enter the qi, they will swell and expand; Blood is divided into blood storage and blood stasis; In case of food accumulation and phlegm fire, Anhui's abdomen will be full if it gathers but does not disperse. Even nausea and vomiting. 2) Urgent performance: Start from scratch.
Chest tightness, dysphoria, chest pain, or vomiting or diarrhea, or vomiting or diarrhea, or even sudden dizziness and fainting, pale face and lips, silent mouth, fainting like a corpse, cold hands and feet, or cold sweat on the head and forehead, or no sweat, blue veins exposed, no blood when needles are released, and now when acupuncture is hidden, the lips are black and the tongue is black.
Modern medicine believes that eczema is a kind of natural hemolysis caused by the rupture of skin or subcutaneous capillaries, which is easy to appear in the parts where meridians are blocked and blood circulation is not smooth. It is different from traumatic congestion and swelling. On the contrary, scraping can make the meridians unobstructed, accelerate the absorption of congestion and swelling, and relieve or eliminate pain, so scraping can promote the early recovery of the disease.
Tools and postures: The scraper is made of buffalo horn, rectangular with blunt edges. Take a prone position when scraping your back, and take a positive sitting position on your shoulders. Blue-purple bleeding spots will appear after scraping.
Indications: common cold, fever, heatstroke, headache, gastrointestinal diseases, stiff neck, scapulohumeral periarthritis, lumbar muscle strain, muscle spasm, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.
Taboos for scrapping:
1. It is forbidden to scrape pregnant women's abdomen, lumbosacral region and female nipples.
2. Leukemia, platelets should be used with caution.
3 heart disease, heart failure, renal failure, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, severe edema, scraping is prohibited.
4. For varicose veins of lower limbs, the scraping direction should be from bottom to top, and the technique should be light.
5. This therapy is not suitable for skin ulceration, injury and inflammation at the scraping site, and it is also not suitable for scraping in the state of initial recovery from serious illness, serious illness, deficiency of qi and blood, satiety and hunger.
Scraping technique: Ancient coins are the most commonly used tool for scraping therapy. At present, it has developed into a professional tool: scraping board.
There are more than a dozen scraping methods, among which the most common method is to hold the scraping device in your hand, with the thick side of the scraping device facing the palm during treatment and the thin side facing the palm during health care. The direction of scraping is from neck to back, abdomen, upper limbs to lower limbs, from top to bottom, and chest from inside to outside. Scraper and scraping direction generally keep 45-90 degrees for scraping. Scraping boards must be disinfected. The scraping time of each part is generally 3-5 minutes, and the longest is no more than 20 minutes. For some patients who have no or a few cases, there is no need to force them to break out. The principle is that patients feel comfortable. Generally, the frequency of scraping is 3 ~ 5 days after the first scraping, and then the second scraping is carried out after scraping. One or two days after the eruption, the skin may have slight pain and itching, and these reactions are normal.
Scraping therapy can not only cure diseases, but also play a role in health care. As long as there is nothing wrong with the skin, especially hemorrhagic diseases, proper scraping along the meridians is good for the body. The health function of scraping is mainly used to dredge meridians. It is common that some 50-year-old patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis have better curative effect by scraping therapy, but generally it will not be completed at one time, and it takes about two or three times.
Scraping is harmful to the skin, so it takes a period of time after the first scraping, usually about five to seven days, and then scraping for the second time, which has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating yin and yang, relaxing muscles and tendons, and removing toxins. The operation is convenient and the curative effect is remarkable, which is welcomed by the majority of patients.
Accidents that may occur in the process of scraping and their treatment: Scraping therapy, like acupuncture and massage, stimulates human acupuncture points, but uses different tools. Therefore, scraping is the same as acupuncture, and there may be dizziness like acupuncture.
(1) Symptoms such as dizziness, pallor, palpitation, cold sweat, cold limbs, nausea or fainting.
(2) Preventive measures: patients with fasting and fatigue should avoid scraping; Patients with low blood pressure, hypoglycemia, excessive weakness and nervousness are particularly afraid of pain.
(3) First aid measures: let the patient lie flat quickly; Let patients drink 1 cup of warm sugar boiled water; Quickly scrape the patient's Baihui (re-scraping), Renzhong (lightly scraping corners), Neiguan (re-scraping), Zusanli (re-scraping) and Yongquan (re-scraping) points with a scraper.
What should I pay attention to during and after scraping?
1. During scraping treatment, keep warm indoors, especially in winter, to avoid catching cold and through flow. When scraping in summer, the fan should be avoided from blowing directly at the test site.
2. Avoid taking a cold bath within 30 minutes after scraping.
3. It is not advisable to try scraping again in the same place before the spots on the previous scraping part are removed. The second scraping time should be 3-6 days apart, subject to the shrinking of the skin.
4. After shaving, it is best to drink a cup of warm water (preferably light sugar salt water) and rest 15-20 minutes.
Will "eruption" damage the skin? When can red skin return to normal?
Bubbing's skin is red and looks a little scary. In fact, no matter how red it is, don't worry, because it is harmless to the skin. The color of erythema usually reflects the severity of the disease. The more serious the illness, the more "prickly heat" and the darker the color. If the illness is mild, the less "prickly heat" there is, the lighter the color is. Under normal circumstances, the "congestion" on the skin will gradually subside within 3-5 days and return to normal later than 1 week, which will not only damage the skin, but also strengthen the local blood circulation because of this method of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, making the skin healthier and more beautiful than before.