It is not recommended to scrape on your own at home, so as not to cause harm to the body, you can use the following method of scraping, operated by a professional physician.
Commonly used gua sha method operation for, right hand holding gua sha tools, scraping tool and skin angle generally to 45 ° for appropriate. Flexible use of arm force, wrist force, force uniform, moderate, from light gradually heavy, strength to the patient can tolerate to the degree.
Scraping pressure to penetrate into the deep tissue, scraping surface to try to elongate. Scraping should be scraped in one direction, do not scrape back and forth, to the extent that there is a slight purplish red or purplish black gua sha point, plaque under the skin. The general order of scraping is: head and neck, spine and its sides, chest, abdomen, limbs.
Scraping direction is usually from top to bottom, from inside to outside, from left to right order scraping. Head from top to bottom straight scraping, or from inside to outside horizontal scraping; shoulder blade part from top to bottom or from yin to yang horizontal scraping; back waist, chest and abdomen from top to bottom, from inside to outside scraping; upper and lower limbs from top to bottom scraping; face, chest and hypochondrium from inside to outside oblique scraping.
Scraping should pay attention to indoor warmth, again scraping time need to interval 3 ~ 6 days, to the skin on the gua sha retreat as the standard. It is not recommended to unauthorized arbitrary scraping, should be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor.