What is meridian scraping and what are the effects of scraping?

In traditional Chinese medicine, meridian theory is a very magical and effective medical method. So what is meridian scraping? What is the effect of meridian scraping?

1. What are meridians?

Meridians are a general term for meridians and collaterals. They are channels through which qi and blood circulate in the human body, connect internal organs, and communicate inside and outside, up and down, on the surface of the body, and throughout the body. They are a regulatory system for human functions. "The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" says that meridians can control all functions of the human body and have the function of "deciding life and death, treating all diseases, and adjusting deficiency and excess". In other words, the existence of life is determined by the meridians, diseases occur due to problems in meridian activity, and diseases are cured also due to the function of the meridians. Therefore, health means "communication" and "balance".

2. Why should we dredge the meridians?

Since the meridian system is an important regulatory system that objectively exists in the human body, it is also an important system that the human body is born with and helps solve health problems. Therefore, the main function of the existence of meridians is to maintain the normal life mechanism of the human body and enable people to adapt to various external natural environments. If there is a problem with the meridian system, people will develop various diseases and their physical condition will change accordingly. If the meridians are unobstructed and Qi and blood flow normally, people will not get sick and their physical condition will become peaceful. On the contrary, if the meridians are blocked, various diseases will follow and their physical condition will become unfavorable.

3. The therapeutic effect of meridian scraping can be manifested in the following aspects:

(1) Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis

Meridian scraping can regulate the contraction and relaxation of muscles, so that the pressure between tissues can be regulated to promote blood circulation around the scraped tissues. Increase tissue flow, thereby playing the role of "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis" and "removing blood stasis and promoting new blood".

(II) Adjusting Yin and Yang

Meridian scraping has a significant effect in adjusting the balance of yin and yang in the internal organs. For example, for those with hyperperistalsis, using scraping techniques on the abdomen and back can suppress the hyperperistalsis and restore it to normal.

(III) Relaxing muscles and unblocking meridians

It can relax tense muscles, and the pain and compression symptoms can be significantly reduced or disappear, and it is also beneficial to the repair of lesions.

(IV) Information Adjustment

Each organ in the human body has its own specific biological information (the inherent frequency and bioelectricity of each organ, etc.). When an organ becomes diseased, the relevant biological information will change, and the change in the organ's biological information can affect the functional balance of the entire system and even the whole body. By acting on specific parts of the body surface through various stimuli or various forms of energy transfer, certain biological information is generated, which is input into the relevant organs through the information transmission system, and the abnormal biological information is adjusted, thereby playing a role in adjusting the diseased organs. This is one of the bases of scraping for treatment and health care.

5. Eliminate toxins

The process of meridian scraping (using scraping to produce sha on the skin) can cause local tissue to become highly congested, the blood vessels and nerves are stimulated to dilate the blood vessels, blood and lymph flow are accelerated, phagocytosis and carrying power are enhanced, waste and toxins in the body are eliminated faster, tissue cells are nourished, and the blood is purified, which increases the body's resistance, can alleviate the disease and promote recovery.

(VI) Promoting Qi and Activating Blood Circulation

The transmission of Qi and blood (through the meridian system) nourishes and warms the human body. Meridian scraping acts on the skin surface, making the meridians unobstructed and the Qi and blood flowing freely. This will disperse the blood stasis, dissolve and eliminate the stagnation and blockage, allow the Qi and blood to flow freely throughout the body, and reduce or eliminate the local pain.