Can scraping treat high blood pressure?

Hypertension is a relatively common cardiovascular disease, and its incidence is particularly high among the elderly. Moreover, hypertension is a lifelong disease that needs to be controlled by medication and diet, but it cannot be completely cured. It is also affected by emotions, eating habits and other aspects. The treatment method also focuses on control, so traditional Chinese medicine treatment is more suitable. So can scraping treat high blood pressure?

Nowadays, many patients with hypertension choose traditional Chinese medicine to treat hypertension, hoping to achieve a fundamental cure. Hypertension is a chronic disease that is difficult to cure and requires patients to persist in treating hypertension for a long time. Here I will tell you a Chinese medicine scraping method to treat hypertension.

Hypertension is a disease caused by disorders of higher nervous activity. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by mental stress, depression, or excessive consumption of fatty and sweet foods, and excessive drinking, which cause the yin and yang of the liver and kidneys to lose balance. Modern medicine believes that this disease is hereditary to a certain extent.

Patients have systemic symptoms such as headache, dizziness, head swelling, tinnitus, blurred vision, insomnia, palpitations, etc., among which headache and dizziness are common symptoms of this disease. Head heaviness and tightness in the neck may also be seen. This disease is a common and frequently occurring disease that seriously endangers health. Its incidence rate increases with age, and increases rapidly above 40 years old.

Hypertension is a disease caused by disorders of higher nervous activity. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly caused by mental stress, depression, or excessive consumption of fatty and sweet foods, and excessive drinking, which cause the yin and yang of the liver and kidneys to lose balance. Modern medicine believes that this disease is hereditary to a certain extent. In terms of treatment, in addition to using various antihypertensive drugs, Chinese medicine's scraping therapy can be used, which has a certain effect.

Acupuncture points for scraping:

Baihui (top of the head).

Tianzhu (neck, 1.3 inches away from the Yamen acupoint).

Fengchi (the depressions on both sides of Fengfu point on the neck).

Jianjing (between the scapula and clavicle, above the supraclavicular fossa).

Fengshi (7 inches above the knee, on the midline of the outer side of the leg).

Quchi (the depression at the outer end of the elbow transverse line when the elbow is bent).

Renying (neck, one inch and five fen on both sides of the throat).

Zusanli (three inches below the outer knee point).

Gua Sha is one of China's traditional natural therapies. It is based on the skin theory of Chinese medicine and uses instruments (ox horns, jade, cupping jars) to scrape the relevant parts of the skin to achieve the purpose of dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

The above article introduces some methods of treating hypertension, mainly introducing the scraping treatment method. In addition to scraping, other Chinese medicine therapies such as massage, acupuncture, cupping, etc. can stimulate acupoints and help lower blood pressure. In addition, patients with hypertension also need to control their emotions and avoid large fluctuations. So as not to increase blood pressure.