What are the taboos of scraping?

Scraping is a method of treating diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the function of health care. Many people will do scraping when they are tired at work. It is good for the body to relieve stress. However, excessive scraping will cause uncomfortable diseases. Therefore, we must pay attention to the fact that scraping has its advantages, but it also has disadvantages. Next, let's take a look at the taboos of scraping.

Methods/Steps

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(I) Indications.

Cold, fever, heat stroke, headache, gastrointestinal disease, stiff neck, periarthritis of shoulder, lumbar muscle strain, muscle spasm, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.

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(ii) Contraindications.

(1) Pregnant women’s abdomen, lumbar region, and nipples should not be scraped.

(2) For patients with leukemia and low platelet count, be careful when scraping. Patients with heart disease resulting in heart failure, renal failure, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, or severe generalized edema are prohibited from scraping.

(3) For varicose veins in the lower limbs, scraping should be done from bottom to top with gentle techniques.

(4) This treatment is not suitable for patients who have ulcers, damage or inflammation on the skin of the scraping area. It is also not suitable for patients who have just recovered from a serious illness, are seriously ill, have qi and blood deficiency, or are full or hungry.

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(III) Notes:

(1) The scraping board must be disinfected.

(2) Scraping time: Generally, each part is scraped for 3 to 5 minutes, and the longest time should not exceed 20 minutes.

(3) Number of scraping treatments: Generally, you should wait 3 to 5 days after the first scraping and then perform the second scraping treatment after the sha subsides.

(4) 1 to 2 days after the onset of sha, the skin may feel mildly painful and itchy. These reactions are normal.

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Gua Sha therapy can not only cure diseases, but also play a role in health care. As long as there is no skin disease, especially hemorrhagic disease, scraping along the meridians properly is beneficial to the body. The health-care effect of scraping is mainly manifested in dredging meridians. For example, for people around 50 years old suffering from periarthritis of the shoulder, scraping therapy is more effective, but the effect is generally not obvious after one time, and significant effect will be seen after two or three times.

Through the introduction of the above content, we have learned the indications, contraindications and precautions of scraping. Now everyone should have some understanding. Reasonable scraping can bring many benefits to the body. I hope that the above content can help friends who do scraping, so that everyone can better understand the benefits and precautions of scraping.