What is Gua Sha?
Gua Shahu is an important technique in the practice of traditional Chinese medicine. The name consists of two Chinese characters Gua , which means scratching or rubbing and Sha means sand. This name indicates both the action and the visual outcome of the practice. Gua sha includes scratching the skin with a rounded edge of the tool that stimulates the formation of petechiae, red spots on the surface of the skin that resemble sand. The technique can be done using the back of the spoon, coin edges, rounded edges of metal closure or other tools created specifically for GUA SHA.
The skin surface is lubricated with massage oil and the device is firmly pressed down into the skin above the muscle. The tool is then used for a fixed shock or scraping below the muscle length or along the acupuncture of the body of the body in fast strokes of about 5 inches (12.7 cm) in length. The aim is to create friction by rubbing and causing blood evacuated capillaries. This causes the appearance of SHA or Petechiae that disappears within a few days.
GUA SHA marking does not indicate body injury. This appearance on SHA should not be confused with the rupture of capillaries, as in bruises. The appearance of SHA on the skin rather suggests that there was a stasis in the blood at this point. In fact, the color of SHA brands can mean the nature and severity of the blood stasis in the body. For example, a darker SHA indicates a longer -term overload of blood and energy.
GUA Sha technique is designed to support free flow in the body and is often connected by Wkoncept qi , Chinese words indicating energy or circulating life force. When stagnant blood evacuates capillaries due to GUA Sha, it must be replaced by new blood. Old blood, as soon as the capillaries left, must be re -evaluated by the body, leading to metabolic filtration. In other words, the body of the body that experienced stagnation is delivered a fresh supply of blood and the old blood is cleaned and recycled by the body.
Because Gua Shaha is essentially a treatment intended forAva stagnation and support of free flow of Qi and blood throughout the body, its indication varies greatly. Gua ShaHa is used to treat fever, fatigue, poor circulation, respiratory suffering, muscle and tendon damage or pain, digestive disorders, even gynecological and urinary disorders.
Gua Sha, like most techniques in traditional Chinese medicine, has been used for decades to treat and prevent disease and discomfort. Unfortunately, like other Techniques in traditional Chinese medicine, such as cupping, Gua Sha in the West is widely misunderstood. Both Gua sha and incentive have brands reminiscent of a rash or bruises. These brands are often wrong as a sign of physical abuse because they are clearly visible and seem to be painful. However, GUA Sha signs are completely painless. Unlike bruises, SHA quickly disappears and does not indicate that Gua has caused injury. If there was anything, SHA marking on the body should indicate that the individual had experienced a disease or discomfort and felt much better.