Can Gua Sha treat headaches?

Most people have experienced scraping, which is a very healthy way of maintaining health. In today's life, many people choose scraping to ensure they have good physical fitness and good sleep quality. It can also treat some diseases. So can scraping treat headaches?

Gua Sha therapy is a method that is commonly used among the people and is effective. When using it, just dip a copper plate or porcelain spoon into hot tea oil, and scrape it from top to bottom on the forehead, the central depression behind the neck, and both sides of the spine until the skin turns purple. This method can be used to treat headaches caused by cold or heat, with satisfactory results.

However, when scraping, you should pay attention to scraping in a single direction and not scrape back and forth randomly. The movements should be gentle and the force should be even. It is not appropriate to be too fast, too heavy or too short. At the same time, scraping should be performed indoors or in a windproof place to avoid catching a cold from the wind.

1. Preparation: The patient sits upright on a chair, with his chest tucked in and his back straightened, his breathing coordinated, and the patient takes a suitable posture.

2. After finding the acupoints, perform routine disinfection, and then evenly apply scraping oil or lotion on the selected acupoints.

3. During operation, hold the scraping board with one hand and support the patient with the other hand.

4. Use the edge of the scraper to scrape, first scrape Baihui to Fengfu, Fengchi to Jianjing, Touwei to Shuigu, including scraping the cervical vertebrae and the side of the cervical vertebrae. Scrape your back. Vertebral body, paravertebral body. Lightly scrape the sun and nearby areas.

5. Scrape Zusanli and Taichong again. The degree of scraping should be determined when the local skin becomes red, hot, or sha appears. You can also use the edge of a scraping board to press the Baihui and Jianjing points.

When scraping, you should pay attention to scraping in a single direction and not scraping back and forth. The movements should be gentle and the force should be even. It is not appropriate to be too fast, too heavy or too short. At the same time, scraping should be performed indoors or in a windproof place to avoid catching a cold from the wind. Remember to use gentle force when scraping the elbow.

Add or subtract according to symptoms: For headache caused by exogenous factors, add scraping of the extra meridian points: the bilateral temples, scraping of the collateral point Waiguan of the Shaoyang Triple Burner Meridian of the Hand; for headache caused by liver yang, add scraping of the original point Taichong of the Liver Meridian of the Foot Jueyin; for headache caused by phlegm, add scraping of Zhongwan, Yinlingquan, Fenglong and other points; for headache caused by blood deficiency, add scraping of Shenshu, Taixi, Zusanli, Xuehai, Sanyinjiao and other points; for headache caused by kidney deficiency, add scraping of Shenshu, Taixi, Xuehai, Sanyinjiao and other points; for migraine, add scraping of Shuigu, Yifeng and other points.