刮痧

刮痧的三大养生作用

一、活血祛瘀：刮痧可调节肌肉的收缩和舒张，使组织间压力得到调节，以促进刮拭组织周围的血液循环。增加组织流量，从而起到“活血化瘀”、“祛瘀生新”的作用。

二、调整阴阳：刮痧对内脏功能有明显地调整阴阳平衡的作用，如肠蠕动亢进者，在腹部和背部等处使用刮痧手法可使亢进者受到抑制而恢复正常。反之，肠蠕动功能减退者，则可促进其蠕动恢复正常。这说明刮痧可以改善和调整脏腑功能，使脏腑阴阳得到平衡。

三、舒筋通络：肌肉紧张和疼痛常互为因果关系，刮痧治疗消除了疼痛病灶，肌紧张也就消除；如果使紧张的肌肉得以松弛，则疼痛和压迫症状也可以明显减轻或消失，同时有利于病灶修复。

身体8部位刮痧保健法

1、刮手脚，行气通络

女性经常出现手脚冰凉的症状，这主要和机体阳气不足，或气血运行不畅有关。建议，先用刮痧板的面刮拭手掌，手掌发热后用刮痧板上的凹槽刮拭手指的四面，从根部到指尖，每个方向刮5至10次，能行气通络。同理可运用于刮拭双脚。

2、刮腹部，能通便

长期便秘不但会影响消化吸收功能，还会使机体吸收毒素。可用刮痧板的面在腹部自上而下，从左向右依次刮拭。需要注意的是，如有内脏下垂，应由下向上刮拭。

3、刮眼周，能明目

相信大家都做过眼保健操，对其中的几个穴位也非常熟悉。而以刮痧代替手指的按揉，能对穴位形成更有效的刺激。先用刮痧梳点按睛明穴，然后以睛明穴为起点，外眼角为终点，分别从上眼眶和下眼眶两个方向刮拭。能改善眼睛周围的经络气血运行，缓解视疲劳、干涩。

4、刮颈部，活血舒筋

颈肩不适是伏案工作者的“职业病”，刮痧可以活血舒筋，改善局部气血淤滞的状态。主要选择三条路线，即后发际中点向大椎穴，以及后发际两个外角上缘分别向左右肩部方向刮拭。另外，感冒时刮拭这个部位还具有祛风解肌的效果。

5、刮胸骨，宽胸理气

很多人在心情不好或劳累后，会有胸闷气短的感觉，可用刮痧梳的单角自上而下缓慢刮拭下半段胸骨。这个位置上有八会穴中的“气会”膻中穴，刺激这个穴位有宽胸理气的作用。此外，爱打嗝的人也可以经常刮拭这个部位。

6、刮胁肋，疏肝解郁

焦虑、抑郁、烦躁，长期的精神压力会导致整个身体机能的紊乱。正常的情志活动依赖于气机的调畅，而肝脏能疏通气机，因此能调节情志。由于人体两侧的胁肋主要有肝经分布，刮拭这个区域能疏肝解郁，其中，重点是乳头直线和第六肋间交点的期门穴。刮拭时，动作要慢，寻找并刮拭疼痛或结节的部位。

7、刮头部，提神醒脑

头部是全身阳经汇聚的地方。清晨起床后，用刮痧梳刮拭头部，能振奋阳气使人神清气爽。方法是以头顶的百会穴为中心，向四周呈放射状刮拭，至头皮有热感。如果有疼痛点，可在此点上反复刮拭5至10次。

8、刮脚底，缓解失眠

失眠症患者可以在晚上临睡前刮拭脚底，有助于促进睡眠，缓解头痛。方法是先从脚掌到脚后跟方向全脚底刮拭，刮热后再用刮痧板单角刮拭脚心中央的涌泉穴。

刮痧时要注意以下几点

一、刮痧时应避风和注意保暖

治疗刮痧时应避风，注意保暖。室温较低时应尽量减少暴露部位，夏季高温时不可在电扇处或有对流风处刮痧。因刮痧时皮肤汗孔开泄，如遇风寒之邪，邪气可通过开泄的毛孔直接入里，不但影响刮痧的疗效，还会因感受风寒引发新的疾病。

二、刮痧后饮热水一杯

治疗刮痧使汁孔汗泄，邪气外排，要消耗部分体内的津液，刮痧后饮热水一杯，可以补充消耗部分，还能促进新陈代谢，加速代谢产物的排出。

三、刮痧后洗浴的时间

治疗刮痧后，为避免风寒之邪侵袭，须待皮肤毛孔闭合恢复原状后，方可洗浴，一般约3小时左右。但在洗浴过程中，水渍未干时，可以刮痧。因洗浴时毛孔微微开泄，此时刮痧用时少，效果显著，但应注意保暖。

Three health benefits of scraping

1. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis: Gua Sha can regulate the contraction and relaxation of muscles, so that the pressure between tissues can be adjusted to promote blood circulation around the scraped tissues. Increase tissue flow, thereby playing the role of "activating blood and removing blood stasis" and "removing blood stasis and regenerating new ones".

2. Adjust yin and yang: scraping can obviously adjust the balance of yin and yang on the function of internal organs. Conversely, those with hypoperistaltic function can promote their peristalsis to return to normal. This shows that scraping can improve and adjust the function of the zang-fu organs, so that the yin and yang of the zang-fu organs can be balanced.

3. Relaxing tendons and dredging collaterals: Muscle tension and pain often have a causal relationship with each other. Gua Sha treatment eliminates the pain lesions and muscle tension. At the same time, it is conducive to the repair of lesions.

Gua Sha health care method for 8 parts of the body

1. Scratch hands and feet

Women often have symptoms of cold hands and feet, which is mainly related to the lack of yang qi in the body or the poor circulation of qi and blood. It is recommended to scrape the palm with the surface of the scraping board first. After the palm is heated, scrape the four sides of the fingers with the grooves on the scraping board, from the root to the fingertips, scraping 5 to 10 times in each direction, which can promote Qi and collaterals. The same can be applied to shaving feet.

2, scraping the abdomen, can laxative

Long-term constipation will not only affect digestion and absorption, but also make the body absorb toxins. The surface of the scraping board can be used to scrape the abdomen from top to bottom, from left to right. It should be noted that if the internal organs are sagging, they should be wiped from the bottom to the top.

3. Scraping around the eyes, can improve eyesight

I believe that everyone has done eye exercises and is very familiar with several of the acupuncture points. The use of scraping instead of finger massage can form a more effective stimulation to the acupoints. First, use a scraping comb to touch the Jingming point, then take the Jingming point as the starting point and the outer corner of the eye as the end point, and scrape from the upper eye socket and the lower eye socket respectively. It can improve the blood circulation of the meridians around the eyes, relieve visual fatigue and dryness.

4. Scrape the neck, activate blood and relax muscles

Neck and shoulder discomfort is an "occupational disease" of desk workers. Gua Sha can activate blood and relax tendons, and improve local qi and blood stasis. Three main routes are selected, namely, the midpoint of the posterior hairline is directed to Dazhui point, and the upper edges of the two outer corners of the posterior hairline are scraped toward the left and right shoulders respectively. In addition, wiping this area when you have a cold also has the effect of expelling wind and soothing muscles.

5. Scrape the sternum, wide chest and qi

Many people will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath when they are in a bad mood or tired. They can use the single corner of the scraping comb to slowly scrape the lower half of the sternum from top to bottom. At this position, there is the "Qihui" Tanzhong point in the Bahui point, stimulating this point has the effect of widening the chest and regulating the qi. In addition, people who love to burp can also shave this area frequently.

6. Scrape the flanks, soothe the liver and relieve depression

Anxiety, depression, irritability, and long-term mental stress can lead to disorders of the entire body. Normal emotional activities depend on the regulation of Qi, and the liver can unclog the Qi, so it can regulate emotions. Since the flanks on both sides of the human body are mainly distributed by the liver meridian, scraping this area can relieve the liver and relieve stagnation. Among them, the focus is on the Qimen point at the intersection of the nipple line and the sixth intercostal space. When scraping, move slowly, looking for and scraping the area of pain or nodule.

7, shave the head, refresh the mind

The head is where the yang meridians of the whole body converge. After getting up in the morning, use a scraping comb to scrape the head, which can invigorate the yang energy and make people feel refreshed. The method is to use the Baihui acupoint on the top of the head as the center, and scrape it radially around until the scalp feels hot. If there is a sore spot, repeat the scraping at this spot 5 to 10 times.

8. Scrape the soles of the feet to relieve insomnia

Insomniacs can shave the soles of their feet before going to bed at night to help promote sleep and relieve headaches. The method is to first scrape the soles of the feet from the soles of the feet to the heels, and then scrape the Yongquan acupoint in the center of the soles of the feet with a single corner of the scraping board.

When scraping, pay attention to the following points

1. Avoid wind and keep warm when scraping

When treating scraping, you should avoid the wind and keep warm. When the room temperature is low, the exposed parts should be minimized. When the temperature is high in summer, scraping should not be done at the fan or where there is convective wind. Due to the opening of the skin's sweat pores during scraping, in the event of an evil wind and cold, the evil qi can directly enter through the vented pores, which not only affects the curative effect of scraping, but also causes new diseases due to the feeling of wind and cold.

2. Drink a cup of hot water after scraping

The treatment of scraping can make the juice hole sweat out and the evil qi is discharged, and part of the body fluid is consumed. Drinking a cup of hot water after scraping can supplement the consumed part, and can also promote metabolism and accelerate the discharge of metabolites.

3. The time of bathing after scraping

After the treatment of scraping, in order to avoid the invasion of wind-cold, it is necessary to wait for the skin pores to close and return to the original state before taking a bath, usually about 3 hours. But in the bathing process, when the water stains are not dry, you can scrape. Due to the slight opening of the pores during bathing, scraping takes less time at this time, and the effect is remarkable, but you should pay attention to keeping warm.