Have you ever used a gua sha stone? In the process of our daily use of gua sha, there are some things that we must pay attention to, otherwise it will not only not help us, but even endanger our health. The following are some gua sha precaution, hoping to provide you with some help.
- Before scraping, use 75% alcohol to disinfect the utensils, the operator’s hands and the gua shaarea, and apply lubricants such as water cream, green essential oil, cooling oil, baby oil or guasha cream on the guasha area.
- Facial Gua Sha is not to force out Sha, just warm the face and ears. If Gua shaoccurs, then scrape after the sha has subsided.
- If it is dry skin, thin skin, sensitive skin or daily maintenance scraping, the intensity shall prevail.
- If it is based on treatment and health care, it is suitable for medium intensity.
Pain is impossible. If you suddenly find pain somewhere during gua sha, you can intensify scraping to clear the blockage of meridians there. Although it will be very painful, it will be much better after a few more days of scraping.
- Do not dry gua sha, use special scraping oil.
- No makeup, no hot compresses within 4 hours of facial scraping, and no need to wash your face with cold water within one hour.
- Those who have skin diseases, skin ulcers, or skin peeling should not scrape.
- Before scraping, remember to clean and disinfect your hands, face, and gua shatools
- The edge of the scraping board to wipe the face should be thick, moist and smooth
- Slight red spots may appear on the second day after gua sha. This is a normal phenomenon. It is caused by accelerated skin metabolism and blood circulation. Don’t panic.
- After scraping, the effect of using skin care products will be faster and easier to absorb
- Avoid acne areas when scraping
- When scraping, the operator uses the wrist force and arm force to scrape the gua shapart with the scraper force. The gua shasequence is generally in the order of head, neck, back, chest, abdomen, upper limbs, and lower limbs, gua sha until the local occurrence of “sha”. Spots or purplish red patches.
- Gua Sha, like acupuncture, may have the same adverse reaction of “dizzy gua sha” as “dizzy acupuncture”. The symptoms of dizziness are mostly dizziness, pale complexion, palpitation, cold sweats, cold limbs, nausea and vomiting. In such a situation, the patient should lie down immediately, drink warm sugar and boiled water, and use a scraper to re-scrape Baihui, Renzhong and Neiguan, Zusanli and Yongquan. hole. If there is no obvious improvement, go to the hospital in time.
Of course, although it seems that there are many precautions for scraping, it is actually not complicated. As long as we pay more attention when using the scraping board. If you still have any questions or want to experience the best scraping board, you can always contact us. We will do our best to resolve your questions.
