Facial gua sha and health preservation

I believe you have seen celebrities sharing their “skin care secrets” on many platforms – facial gua sha, introducing that long-term use can play a role in firming and lifting, draining swelling, lightening lines and other effects.

Seeing the celebrity recommendation, many people want to give themselves a set of gua sha sets to lighten their lines through this simple operation. So is facial gua sha really that magical?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people’s health pays attention to the balance of yin and yang, and the imbalance of yin and yang is easy to get diseases, which are reflected in the symptoms of skin swelling, erythema, pimples, and pigmentation on the face.

The face is closely related to the 14 meridians, such as the Hand Yang Ming Large Intestine Meridian, the Foot Yang Ming Stomach Meridian, the Hand Sun Small Intestine Meridian, the Foot Sun Bladder Meridian, the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, the Zu Shao Yang Gall Meridian, and the Rendu Second Meridian are directly connected to the face, and the mutual relationship and the relationship between the surface and the inside of the other meridians are also indirectly connected to the face.

The scraping tool stimulates the local part of the face to achieve the purpose of dredging the meridians, invigorating qi and blood, and attracting evil spirits to go out.

Our common skin problems such as melasma, acne, dark circles, facial puffiness, loose and sagging skin, etc., can all be improved by facial gua sha to dredge the meridians, regulate yin and yang, and the five internal organs.

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Gua Sha tool selection

There are no hard and fast requirements for gua sha tools, and the gua sha boards we commonly use are made from buffalo horn. The color of the buffalo horn gua sha board is dark red, translucent, smooth surface, friction generally does not produce static electricity, non-toxic and non-irritating to the skin.

In addition, buffalo horn itself is also a traditional Chinese medicine, its taste is pungent, salty, cold, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood, and calming shock.

Gua sha boards are also made of natural yellow horns, sheep’s horns, jade, and ceramics, as well as microcurrent gua sha boards that integrate the characteristics of beauty instruments. No matter what the material, the gua sha board we choose must be in good condition and must not be damaged.

Specific methods of facial gua sha

01\The correct way to hold the plate:

Hold the scraping board with your hands, the bottom edge of the scraper is across the palm of your hand, and your five fingers are naturally placed on both sides of the scraper.

Facial gua sha should be scraped with the edges and corners of the gua sha board or 1/3 of the front edge, so that it is easy to grasp the scraping site without damaging the skin. The gua sha board is 45°~90° with the skin to be scraped.

02\Before scraping the face, be sure to use gua sha media such as creams and essential oils; During the process of facial scraping, the force should be even, not too hard, so as not to involve wrinkles.

Facial gua sha is for the purpose of dredging the meridians and promoting qi and blood circulation.

03\Scraping order for facial gua sha: forehead, eyes, cheeks, and chin.

Forehead: Includes the skin between the front hairline and the eyebrows. The anterior midline separates the forehead and scrapes the sides from the inside out.

Eyes: Scrape the lower orbit and then the upper orbit. Friends with eye bags can use a gua sha board to gently scrape back and forth with a gua sha board at the eye bags several times, and friends with crow’s feet can gently scrape and lift along the outer corner of the eye to the temple.

Cheeks and jaw: Centered on the midline of the chin, scrape from the inside to the outside on both sides, scrape from the middle of the chin along the jawline to the root of the ear, scrape from the mouth point to the ear, scrape from the corner of the mouth to the middle of the ear, and scrape from the apple muscle to the tip of the ear.

Because the bony structure of the nose is more prominent, there are higher requirements for operation techniques, so in addition to the treatment of some specific diseases, the nose is generally rarely scraped, and the edges and corners of the gua sha board can be used to tap the key acupoints and other gentle operations.

The time interval between each gua sha is 3~6 days. If the skin on the face is sha, you must wait for the sha to recede before proceeding with the next gua sha.

Contraindicated

If you want to use facial gua sha to make yourself more beautiful, in addition to mastering the scraping method, you must also understand the contraindications of gua sha:

1. Patients with critical illnesses such as severe heart disease, heart failure, liver failure, liver cirrhosis and hepatic ascites are prohibited from scraping.

2. Patients with hemorrhagic tendencies, such as thrombocytopenic purpura and leukemia, are prohibited from scraping.

3. It is forbidden to scrape the lesion site for infectious skin diseases, skin allergies, skin damage and inflammation, or traumatic fractures and unexplained skin masses.

4. Pregnant women, menstruating women, those who are too hungry, too full, and too thirsty are forbidden to scrape.

Gua sha therapy is acupuncture without needles, massage without hands, mastering gua sha beauty is equivalent to mastering youth, it not only makes the appearance beautiful, but also makes the body healthier.

Let’s become healthier and more beautiful together~