Gua sha is technique used by East Asian Traditional Medicine. It usually treats muscles’ pain and tension. Recently, i have collected many information about its effects and side effects. I think those contents may be useful to you.
The purpose of gua sha is to smoothly move energy around the body. This treatment involves the use of tools that apply enough pressure to scrape the skin in one direction to allow the energy to flow smoothly. Gua sha can help break down scar tissue and connective tissue and improve joint movement.
What is gua sha?
Gua sha is the practice of using gua sha boards to apply pressure and scrape the skin to promote circulation, reduce inflammation, and encourage lymph flow to clear congestion in the face. Gua means “to scratch”, and sha refers to what the skin looks like after the scratching occurs.
According to Chinese Traditional Medicine, qi or chi is the energy of the body. People think that only the body’s qi or chi stays balanced and flow smoothly can the health and wellness of body be guaranteed. On the contrary, it causes pain or tension in the muscle and joints if qi is blocked.
Don’t worry. Gua sha can effectively make blocked energy flowingto relieve muscle’s pain and tension.
Traditional medicine shows that blood stasis or stagnation causes pain and illness.
Once people start to work, no matter how long they have been, they will have muscle or joint pain condition. For example, a salesman or coder sitting in an office will suffer neck and back pain. An athlete will strain a tendon. Thus people need gua sha treatment to relieve neck and back pain.
Medical science also shows that gua sha can improve immune system, decrease inflammation, treat cold and fever, and lung disease. Gua sha helps break down scar tissue and is very helpful in treating minor injuries on the body.
Strengths
- Gua sha can alleviate the symptoms of female menopause. When entering menopause, women is prone to sweating, insomnia and headaches. Gua sha is useful for those conditions.
- Gua sha can relieve working fatigue. Workers easily suffer from body fatigue, especially programmers. They often need to scrape on back.
- Gua sha can speed up muscle recovery. For an injured weightlifter, gua sha can reduce time and effort in rehab.
- Gua sha increase flexibility too.
The following people can’t scrape, take care.
- Easily bleed
- Suffer from deep vein thrombosis
- Medical conditions that affect the skin and meridians after gua sha
- Person with infections, tumors or incompletely healed wounds
- People with implanted pacemakers or internal defibrillators
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