Does gua sha work when you have a bad stomach?

The stomach is difficult to belong to the category of Chinese medicine stomach pain, gua sha therapy is in Chinese medicine meridian acupuncture point theory under the guidance of the use of different materials and shapes of gua sha instruments and media, in the body surface for the corresponding manual scraping, in order to prevent and cure the disease of the external treatment method of Chinese medicine, equivalent to the western medicine surface stimulation of the physical therapy method. Gua Sha therapy has blood circulation, improve blood circulation, drive away evil spirits and detoxification, promote metabolism, benefit qi to support the correct, adjusting the joint structure and function and so on. Particularly exogenous diseases, painful diseases, degenerative bone and joint diseases and neurological, muscular, vascular diseases, etc., all have better prevention and treatment effects. However, it is not recommended to simply use Gua Sha to alleviate the symptoms, it only plays a role in treating the symptoms, it is recommended to cooperate with some traditional Chinese medicine soup, to play the effect of both symptoms and root causes. There are many types of stomach pain in Chinese medicine, which are divided into diet stagnation evidence, liver qi against the stomach (liver qi is not smooth and affects the function of the stomach) evidence, cold evil guest stomach evidence, dampness and heat in the obstruction (dampness and heat evil gathered to form a stasis blockage) evidence, silt and blood stagnation evidence, spleen and stomach cold (spleen and stomach weakness and cold) evidence, stomach yin insufficiency (insufficient yin fluid in the stomach) evidence. The treatment principles and methods are different for different types of syndromes. It is recommended to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, who should give the most suitable treatment plan according to the patient’s own situation and constitution, so that the condition can recover faster. It is not recommended to blindly carry out Gua Sha health care treatment.