The advantages of scraping
Scraping is one of the health preserving methods in traditional Chinese medicine. In our daily life, many people will use scraping to ward off evil spirits, dispel wind and cold, and enhance immunity. This is a good way to keep in good health. Experts pointed out that scraping is to achieve the effect of health preservation through benign stimulation of the body surface, and the benefits are very obvious. The common benefits of scraping mainly include:
First, scraping hands and feet can play the role of promoting qi circulation and dredging collaterals. Women often have symptoms of cold hands and feet, which Chinese medicine believes is mainly related to insufficient yang or poor blood circulation. You can scrape the palm of your hand with the surface of the scraping plate first, and then scrape the periphery of your finger with the groove on the scraping plate after the palm gets hot, scraping 5~ 10 times in each direction from the root to the fingertip, which can effectively promote qi circulation and dredge collaterals.
Second, scraping the abdomen can relax the bowels. Long-term constipation will not only affect the digestion and absorption function, but also cause the body to absorb a lot of toxins. Patients can scrape the surface of the plate from top to bottom and from left to right in the abdomen. It should be noted that if the internal organs droop, they should be scraped from the bottom up.
Third, scraping your eyes can improve your eyesight. Many people do eye exercises and are very familiar with several acupoints. Scraping instead of finger massage can stimulate acupoints better. You should first press Jingming point (on both sides of the bridge of the nose, about half a minute away from the inner corner of the eye) with a scraping comb, and then scrape from the upper and lower eyelids with Jingming point as the starting point and the outer corner of the eye as the end point. This can effectively improve the circulation of meridians and qi and blood around the eyes and achieve the purpose of relieving visual fatigue.
Fourth, scraping the neck can relax muscles and promote blood circulation. Neck and shoulder discomfort is an occupational disease of desk workers. Scraping can relax muscles and promote blood circulation, and improve local qi and blood stasis. Patients should choose three routes, that is, from the midpoint of the posterior hairline to Dazhui point (the depression under the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra), and from the upper edges of the two external angles of the posterior hairline to the left and right shoulders respectively. In addition, scraping this part can also play a role in expelling wind and evil spirits when catching a cold.
Disadvantages of scraping
The scraping site is usually only on the patient's back or neck. According to the needs of the disease, scraping can sometimes be performed in front of the neck, chest, both sides of the spine, both sides of the arms or inside the knees. You can also choose a suitable part to scrape according to the needs of the disease. In addition, long-term scraping is easy to cause the following problems:
1, long-term scraping, without restraint, will cause skin tissue damage, which will not only help relieve fatigue, but also increase the burden on the body.
2. For people with skin ulcers or other skin diseases, scraping is not enjoyment at all, but a torment, and it will do more harm to the already fragile skin tissue, even cause infection and aggravate the condition.
3, for some people with blood diseases, or friends with heart and liver function problems, we should also avoid scraping, which is easy to cause more harm to the body.
Scraping is also a taboo, and the following conditions are not suitable for scraping:
1, the body is too thin and the skin loses elasticity.
2. Patients with heart disease.
3. Patients with edema.
4, hemophilia or bleeding tendency.
5. Children and the elderly.
6, pregnant women's abdomen, lumbosacral, female nipples are prohibited from scraping.
7, leukemia, platelets should be used with caution.
8, heart disease, heart failure, renal failure, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, severe edema, do not shave.
9, varicose veins of lower limbs, scraping direction should be scraped from bottom to top, and the technique should be light.
10. This therapy is not suitable for skin ulceration, injury and inflammation at the scraping site, and it is not suitable for scraping when you are recovering from a serious illness, are seriously ill, lack of qi and blood, are full and hungry.
Scraping therapy has certain damage to the skin, so it takes a period of time after scraping, usually about five to seven days.
Scraping method
Scrape repeatedly on a certain part of the body until the scraped skin appears dark erythema. The order of scraping is generally from top to bottom, from middle to both sides. Scrape in one direction, not back and forth, about twenty times at a time.
First, the head scraping method
The head is covered with hair, so it must be scraped with a scraper, and there is no need to apply lubricant. In order to enhance the scraping effect, the scraping edge or scraping angle of the scraper can be used for scraping. Scrape each part about 30 times, and it is appropriate to scrape the skin hot. The manipulation adopts the method of flat reinforcing and diarrhea, holding the head with one hand to keep the head stable.
Second, shaving method
Because facial rash affects the appearance, the technique should be gentle, and it is not necessary to apply blood-activating drugs on the face. Usually use the patching method, and it is forbidden to scrape a large area with gravity. The direction is scraped from the inside out according to the muscle direction. But once a day.
Third, the neck scraping method
The high bone behind the neck is the Dazhui point, so the force should be gentle, supplemented, not too heavy, and scraped with a scraper. Take the disease as the degree. Shoulder muscles are rich, so push harder. From the Fengchi point to the Shoulder Basket point, do not stop at once. Generally, reinforcing and reducing methods are used.
Fourth, back scraping method
Wipe your back from top to bottom. Generally, the Du meridian of the middle line of the back is scraped first, and then the bladder meridian and Jiaji points on both sides are scraped. When scraping the midline of the back, the technique should be gentle and tonic, not too hard, so as not to hurt the spine. The edges and corners between spinous processes can be pressed with a scraper, and the reinforcing and reducing methods can be selected on both sides of the back according to the patient's physique and condition, and the force should be uniform without stopping in the middle.
Five, four limbs scraping method
When scraping limbs, don't scrape joints hard. Varicose veins and edema of lower limbs should be scraped from bottom to top. If the skin is infected, ulcerated, nevus, etc. Avoid when scraping. For example, acute bone and joint trauma and contusion should not be scraped, but healthy scraping can be done in the rehabilitation stage and rehabilitation can be carried out in advance.
Sixth, the scraping method of knee joint
The structure of knee joint is complex, so scraping should be done with scraper edges and corners to master the correct scraping position and direction without damaging the joint. Scraping should be gentle. Those with hydronephrosis of the knee joint should not be scraped locally, but should be scraped at the distal acupoints. It is easy to blister after scraping the back and lower end of the knee joint. At the beginning of the blister, gently scrape or touch varicose veins to change direction and scrape from bottom to top.
Overall order of scraping:
The overall scraping order is from top to bottom, first head, neck, back, waist or abdomen, and the hind limbs, back, waist, chest and abdomen can be determined according to the condition. Generally, the yang meridian is scraped first, and then the yin meridian is scraped. Scrape the left side of the body first, then the right side.