Clearing meridians can beautify the skin, and TCM beauty treatments are more effective

Traditional Chinese medicine has become increasingly popular in recent years. Many female friends have begun to use traditional Chinese medicine methods to beautify their bodies, including massage, scraping, and moxibustion. It has a very good effect in skin beautification and weight loss. Moreover, this kind of beauty treatment is not just about the appearance, it first takes care of the inside. It is very good for the body. Traditional Chinese medicine skin care methods inherit thousands of years of Chinese civilization, allowing you to slowly change in comfort...

Massage: Meridian Relaxation Card

Use gentle hand massage to slowly dredge the meridians and provide energy to the body. When the body has sufficient energy, the meridians will be unblocked. It is suitable for people with minor health problems, and its advantage is that it can be done every day. The accuracy of acupoints is not high and can be used for home health care

Gua Sha: Meridian Express Card

It uses the method of unblocking as the means of supplementation. It is a massage technique that does not require hands and an acupuncture technique that does not require needles. Use a scraping board to metabolize sha directly from the blood. It is extremely fast and can expel toxins and waste from the body the moment the sha appears, immediately clearing congestion and relieving pain. It is suitable for people with strong bodies, heat in the body, and a lot of toxin accumulation, but it is not suitable for the elderly and children with weak qi and blood. Scraping cannot be done every day. You have to wait until all the sha has faded away before doing it. The requirements for acupoint accuracy are not high and it can be used for home health care.

Does scraping necessarily produce sha?

The most taboo in scraping therapy is not to stop until sha is seen. Not everyone can scrape out sha. When we scrape hard but no sha comes out, it means that the Qi and blood in the body are not stagnant there, and scraping hard will be useless. However, there is also a therapeutic effect even if there is no sha, because after scraping, the pores are opened and the local skin is warm, which can still play the role of venting pathogenic qi, unblocking meridians and blood, and promoting blood circulation. In addition, the lack of sha may also be due to stagnation of qi in the body. If the blood flow is not smooth, sha will certainly not appear. If you persist in scraping a few more times, sha may appear.

Moxibustion: a body warming tonic

The moxa sticks used in moxibustion are made from mugwort. Moxibustion has a purely yang nature and can open up the twelve meridians, regulate yin and yang, and regulate qi and blood. If your body temperature is not high enough, your constitution is weak, and you happen to be feeling a cold, the first thing you should do is use moxibustion.

Cupping: Body Dehumidifier

When using a fire cup or a gas cup, sha will appear after the cupping, which is not only very effective in treating wind-cold. And it has a unique feature - dehumidification, which is especially suitable for fat people or people with edema, but not suitable for people with yin deficiency or very thin body. In addition, cupping is limited by body parts, such as the small finger joints, head, etc., and it cannot be done every day, at least until the sha is completely eliminated. The requirements for acupoint accuracy are not high and it can be used for home health care.

Acupuncture: Secret Point Detector

The needle is thin and long, which can stimulate some deeper acupuncture points, such as those in the abdomen, which other methods cannot achieve. However, its effect in removing blood stasis is not as good as cupping and scraping. Acupuncture can be done every day, but because it requires very precise acupuncture points, it needs to be performed by professionals and is not a home health care method.

Meridians are all vertical, so horizontal scraping cannot achieve the purpose of dredging meridians?

A: Wrong. The direction of scraping should be determined according to the direction of meridians, local bone morphology, muscle texture and the needs of the human body. Strictly speaking, in traditional Chinese medicine, the direction of Qi and blood is based on the principle of Yin rising and Yang descending. The Yin meridians run from bottom to top, and the Yang meridians run from top to bottom. However, the requirements for scraping are not so strict. Unless your body is particularly weak, you need to scrape according to the direction of Qi and blood. Under normal circumstances, the limbs, back, abdomen, etc. are scraped from top to bottom, but because there are ribs in the chest cavity, they should be scraped horizontally along the direction of the bones.

Can all TCM treatments provide advance diagnosis?

No, first of all, scraping is done with a scraping board. When a hard object comes into contact with a soft body, it is easy to feel the bones and soft tissues of the body. You can feel whether the body is unobstructed and smooth. For example, you can sense whether there are tiny grains of sand, the amount, size, and hardness of the sand, and these are important bases for checking potential crises in the body. Techniques such as cupping and acupuncture cannot be sensed, so even if the principles of holographic diagnosis are applicable, advanced diagnosis cannot be made. Only when the blood circulation is smooth can spots and dark circles be faded.