It is not recommended to scrape Gua Sha frequently, so as not to cause skin breakage or cause other discomfort. Generally between two scrapes of Gua Sha should be 3 ~ 6 days, but the specific frequency of Gua Sha need to be based on the patient’s specific symptoms to decide.
Gua Sha therapy is in Chinese medicine meridian acupuncture point theory guidance, using different materials and shapes of gua sha instruments and media, in the body surface for corresponding techniques scraping, in order to prevent and cure diseases of Chinese medicine external treatment method. Gua sha therapy has the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, benefiting qi and supporting the correctness of the role.
The two scraping between the appropriate interval of 3 ~ 6 days, or to the skin on the gua sha retreat, hand pressure skin without pain is appropriate; if the condition needs, or scraping parts of the gua sha spot has not receded, should not be in the original part of the scraping, can be another selection of other related parts of the scraping.
Attention, drunkenness, too hungry, too full, too thirsty, over fatigue people can not scrape. Pregnant women’s abdomen, lumbar-sacral area can not scrape.
If you need to scrape, it is recommended to go to a professional medical institution.