Women often gua sha turns out to have so many benefits!

       

Gua sha can dilate capillaries, increase the secretion of sweat glands, promote blood circulation, and have an immediate effect on wind and cold paralysis caused by high blood pressure, heat stroke, muscle aches, etc. Frequent gua sha can play a role in adjusting meridian qi, relieving fatigue, and increasing immune function.

1. Scrape the abdomen and can defecate

Long-term constipation not only affects digestion and absorption, but also allows the body to absorb toxins. You can use the side of a gua sha board to scrape from top to bottom on the abdomen, from left to right. It should be noted that if there is a sagging internal organs, it should be scraped from the bottom up.

2. Scrape the hands and feet, and circulate the air

Women often experience cold hands and feet, which is believed by TCM to be mainly related to the lack of yang qi in the body, or the poor flow of qi and blood.

It is recommended to first scrape the palm of the hand with the surface of the gua sha board, and then use the grooves on the gua sha board to scrape the four sides of the finger after the palm is hot, from the root to the fingertip, 5 to 10 times in each direction, so as to facilitate qi circulation. The same can be done for scraping feet.

3. Scrape the eye area and can brighten the eyes

I believe everyone has done eye exercises, and they are also very familiar with several acupuncture points. Scraping instead of finger kneading can form a more effective stimulation of acupuncture points.

First, use a gua sha comb to tap the eye acupoint, and then use the eye point as the starting point and the outer corner of the eye as the end point, and scrape from the upper and lower eye sockets respectively. It can improve the circulation of qi and blood in the meridians around the eyes, and relieve visual fatigue and dryness.

4. Scrape the neck, invigorate blood and relax tendons

Neck and shoulder discomfort is an "occupational disease" of desk workers, and gua sha can invigorate blood and relax tendons, and improve the state of local qi and blood stasis.

There are three main routes, namely, the midpoint of the posterior hairline to the large vertebral points, and the upper edges of the two outer corners of the posterior hairline to the left and right shoulders respectively. In addition, scraping this area when you have a cold also has the effect of dispelling wind and dissolving muscles.

5. Scrape the sternum and widen the chest to regulate qi

Many people will have chest tightness and shortness of breath after being in a bad mood or tired, and you can use the single horn of a gua sha comb to slowly scrape the lower part of the sternum from top to bottom.

In this position, there is the "Qi Hui" Jizhong acupoint in the Bahui acupoint, which stimulates this acupoint to have the effect of widening the chest and regulating qi. In addition, people who love to burp can also scrape this area frequently.

6. Scrape the flank ribs, soothe the liver and relieve depression

Anxiety, depression, irritability, and long-term mental stress can lead to disorders in the entire body's functions. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that normal emotional activity depends on the regulation of qi, and the liver can dredge the qi, so it can regulate the emotion.

Since the flank on both sides of the human body mainly has the distribution of liver meridians, scraping this area can relieve liver depression, among which, the focus is on the nipple line and the stage gate point of the intersection of the sixth intercostal point. When scraping, move slowly, looking for and scraping the area of pain or nodule.

7. Shave your head to refresh your mind

The head is where the yang meridians of the whole body converge. After getting up in the morning, scraping your head with a gua sha comb can invigorate yang energy and refresh people.

The method is to take the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head as the center and scrape it radially around until the scalp feels hot. If there is a painful spot, you can scrape it 5 to 10 times.