The correct technique of whole body gua sha is to use a professional gua sha board to choose the appropriate medium in accordance with according to the head, neck, shoulder, back and waist, upper limbs, chest and abdomen and lower limbs order step by step operation.
Scraping apparatus is mainly scraping board, generally with buffalo horn or jade material production and become. In order to lubricate the skin so that the scraping board can move smoothly in the skin, without damage to the skin, scraping Gua Sha often scraping milk or scraping oil as a medium can also choose paraffin oil, safflower oil, sesame oil and other media.
Choose gua sha parts order of the general principle for the first head and face after hands and feet, first waist behind the chest and abdomen, first upper limbs after the lower limbs of the order of gradual operation, the whole body gua sha order for: head, neck, shoulder, back waist, upper limbs, chest and abdomen and lower limbs.
The direction is generally according to from top to bottom, from inside to outside, single direction scraping, and as long as possible distance. For the lower extremity varicose veins or lower extremity swelling, can be used from the bottom up the reverse scraping method.
Usually each patient each time to choose 3 ~ 5 parts, each part of the scraping 20 ~ 30 times, to the skin appears flushed, purplish red and other color changes, or pimple-like spots, stripes and other morphological changes in the form of plaques, and accompanied by local heat or slight pain to the degree. For some patients who are not easy to produce gua sha or less gua sha, should not be forced to produce gua sha.
It is recommended to go to the regular hospital, the professional physician to operate, do not private identification operation, so as not to cause damage to the organism.