Can I use scraping to treat a cold?

Cold is a common upper respiratory tract infection in winter and spring. Its main symptoms are cough, runny nose, and general fatigue, which have a very serious impact on life and study. In clinical Chinese medicine, there is a method of scraping therapy, which is very effective in treating colds. This physical therapy method can open up the meridians throughout the body, accelerate blood circulation, and remove the cold toxins in the body as quickly as possible.

Gua Sha can relieve the symptoms of colds. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that a cold is an exogenous disease caused by the body's insufficient positive energy, coupled with the effects of wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, fire or epidemic toxins. Gua Sha is effective in treating colds. Gua Sha can vent the lung defense, thus helping the body resist external pathogens. The effect is more obvious for patients with good physical constitution, especially those with mild and early stage colds. Because the cold wind has just entered the body, it is easy to "scrape" it out.

Colds are caused by the entry of evil cold or heat into the body, and scraping can help the body remove dampness and cold, and can also remove and dredge the meridians. Scraping can adjust the balance of yin and yang in the body, strengthen the body, stimulate the body's own immune function, and thus relieve cold symptoms. After scraping, you should pay attention to preventing wind and cold to avoid aggravation of the secondary course of the disease. Do not take a cold shower within 30 minutes after scraping. Patients with severe colds should seek medical attention promptly. Scraping can only be used as an auxiliary therapy and should never delay the course of the disease.

Scraping is a commonly used physical method in clinical treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. Its therapeutic and regulating effects are very good. However, this treatment method is not suitable for everyone. Scraping on some patients with weak constitutions will aggravate the patients' pain and fail to achieve the desired effect in alleviating the disease.