Improve insomnia, open the first four acupoints!
Gua sha originated from the folk, and was first recorded in the Yuan Dynasty physician Wei Yilin's "World Doctor Prescription", and other medical classics also have detailed records of the principles and methods of gua sha.
For example, "Sha Swelling Yuheng" says: "Gua sha method, up and down the back and neck bones, and the chest, flanks, two back, shoulders and arms, scrape it with copper coins dipped in sesame oil."
Wu Shangxian's "Li Han Piaowen" contains: "Impotence abdominal pain, Mo Miao scraped the back with a porcelain spoon dipped in sesame oil, covering the five internal organs, salty in the back, scraping the evil qi with the fall, the disease will be relieved."
Gua sha is a special scraping device, dipped in a certain medium, repeatedly scraped and rubbed on the body surface, so that the skin is partially "out of the sha", so as to achieve the effect of invigorating blood and relieving tendons, detoxifying and dispelling evil, clearing heat and dissolving the surface, relieving pain, strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that qi circulates endlessly in the human body, and the hub that governs the rise and fall of qi is called "qi". Therefore, qi is a disease, mainly because of the imbalance of the "qi machine" rising and falling. Gua sha is headed by regulating qi, mobilizing the body's qi and blood to run, attracting evil spirits out of the surface, and then mobilizing self-healing power through self-dissolving sha, so as to treat diseases.
The skin is closely connected with the meridians, and gua sha stimulates the meridians on the surface of the human body to dredge the meridians, activate blood and eliminate blood stasis, and regulate the qi and blood of the human organs. According to the interpretation of modern medicine, the pores on the skin can emit skin heat toxins, excrete skin toxins, and evaporate water. These pores on the skin are not only the healing pores during treatment, but also the channels for relieving diseases. Gua sha can promote local blood circulation and mobilize the body's immune response.
Modern life is fast-paced and stressful, and many people often have irregular lives due to various reasons. Plain likes spicy, spleen and stomach disharmony, damage to the heart and spleen, mental nourishment, unable to sleep, wake up after a little sleep, insomnia and dreams.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that insomnia is generally the disharmony of qi and blood, yin and yang, and the use of copper scraping and opening four acupoints, combined with the acupuncture points of Anmian acupoint, Shenmen, and Sanyinjiao, can improve insomnia.
▌ Open four holes
The large vertebrae is an important acupuncture point on the human body's veins, which can pass through the yang energy of the body and play a role in promoting the lungs. It is located in a depression under the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.
It nourishes blood, mobilizes human qi and blood, and is located 1.5 inches on the left and right sides of the spinous process of the first thoracic vertebra.
It is located 3 inches below the spinous process of the fourth thoracic vertebra and on the left and right sides, at the medial border of the scapula.
The shrine is located 3 inches below the spinous process of the fifth thoracic vertebra, on the medial border of the scapula.
To improve insomnia, you can also add the acupuncture points of Anmian acupoint, Shenmen, and Sanyinjiao, and you can also use the fingertips of your fingers to rub these acupoints, and the strength is appropriate to feel soreness. Pressing each acupuncture point for 2 minutes is also beneficial to improve insomnia.
▌ Gua sha prescription
Apply gua sha oil, scrape the large vertebrae, bilateral large spine, bilateral plaster, and Shentang acupoints, 30-40 times for each acupuncture point, scraping from top to bottom, to the extent that the skin is shady or the pores are fully opened; Rub the sleeping acupoints and Shenmen acupoints for 2 minutes each, and it is advisable to feel soreness and deqi; Scraping the three yin sex, it is also 30-40 times, and the order is also scraped from top to bottom. The next scraping can be carried out only after the sha has receded, and the sha can be removed in 5-7 days.
Finally, remind everyone that if you have the need for gua sha, try to go to a regular hospital or physiotherapy hall to be operated by professionals, and remember to inform the medical staff in time if there is any discomfort on the way to gua sha.