Is Gua Sha good for diabetes?

Gua Sha has no clear benefits for diabetes. Scraping is a therapeutic operation in traditional Chinese medicine, which can dredge the meridians, improve local blood circulation and adjust local functions, but there is no research showing that scraping has a clear benefit for diabetes. Due to the diabetic patient’s skin resistance is relatively low, blood vessel brittleness is relatively strong, in the gua sha must pay attention to the strength and method, it is best to use the complementary scraping method, flat scraping method, don’t use the leakage scraping method, so as not to lead to the patient’s skin or mucous membrane damage, if the patient’s blood glucose control is not good, the skin and mucous membrane and may be secondary to the infection of the situation. In addition, it should be noted that the bleeding tendency of the disease or infectious skin diseases, burns, skin ulcers and other conditions should not scrape. Therefore, diabetic patients can scrape should consult a professional physician, should not operate on their own, so as not to delay the condition.