The "sha" is one type of toxins or waste "bleeding", which already be blocked in the blood vessels, It is totally different from the bleeding after physical breakness of the blood vessels. After this type of "bleeding" The toxins and waste are expelled from the blood but the blood vessels remains intact.

Under normal circumstances, the "sha" on the skin will gradually subside within 3-5 days and will take one week maximumly to go back to normal status. So It will not damage the skin, on the contrary,It will make the skin more healthy, beautifull than before by promoting the blood circulation and strengthening the local blood circulation.

Benefit one: Prevent and curl diseases.

The Blocking of the metabolic poisons (toxins) in the blood vessels is the main reason of causing human sub-health and various diseases.

Irregular work-rest time, fewer exercises, excessive mental activity is always the normal lifestyle for the modern people, and it will easily cause physical fatigue and Endocrine disorder for the body.

Slow blood flow could not exclude the metabolic poisons thoroughly from their body, and It will cause congestion of the blood vessels. Then it will lead to multiple organ dysfunction in the body, and it will induce many kinds of disease. The representative symptoms and disease are: high blood cholesterol. dysmenorrhea, gastrointestinal disease, inflammatory, and so on.

By scraping the skin, gua sha will expand blood vessels and sweat pores to enhance blood flow. So it will easily blow away Intravascular stasis, fever, toxin and other waste of metabolism. And then blood containing nutrients will circulate unimpeded to provide enough nutritions to organs and tissues. Maintaining good internal circulation, we can achieve the effect of preventing and curing disease.

Benefit two: anti-aging, skin beauty.

When blood flow was impeded by Intravascular waste of metabolism, blood flow will be weakened, the organs of the body will happen pathological changes, toxins will turns to lesions, It will cause: face dull, constipation, dark urine, and so on.

By regular scraping for the meridian point of the limbs, We can enhance the excretory function of the organs and blood vessels, and promote our diuresis, defecation, sweating, and thus timely excrete the metabolites to achieve anti-aging and skin beauty effect.

1, P ay attention to the indoor temperature, especially in winter , do not operate gua sha at the outlet of the room, and in summer, do not let the patient being exposed under blowing fan .

2, Do not have shower within 30 minutes after gua sha.

3,Do not perform gua sha to the previouslly treated position if the "sha" still have not disappeared. Normally, rescraping to the same place needs an interval of 3-6 days but the "sha" disappearing time should be our standard.

4,D rink a cup of warm water after gua sha (salt or sugar water will be better) ,and have a rest for 15 to 20 minutes .

5 Gua sha should be performed with caution or avoided for the following groups : pregnant women; leukemia, thrombocytopenia ; a high skin allergy or skin deseases patient, heart disease, heart failure , renal failure , cirrhosis, systemic severe edema ; people in drunkenness, hunger , fullness, excessive thirst , fatigue.

1,Ramie, Flax, Cotton Thread
2,Coin,
3,Bow, Porcelain Spoon, Back side of comb
4,Shell of small clam
5,sandalwood, a small buffalo horn plate and so on.

For Lubricant, People used bellow materials.. water,Edible Oil, Essential Oil, Alcohol,

Today, the gua sha tools are improved a lot and there are many type of gua sha tools with different material, Among them, the most widely used instrument is green jade and horn material gua sha tools. These tools are very popular in china and the price is also cheap.

For high class gua sha tool material, the obsidian and basalt stone is widely used in high Class Clinic and SPA Beauty Salon..Basalt stone is help to the enhancement of energy of human body. So this material is also widely used in western contry for hot and cold therapy or massage therapy too. Obsidian Material is Extremely protective. Transmutes negative to positive. Repels negative spirits, energy, habits. Aids pain relief.

With the skin being scraped by a gua sha tool, The skin will be raised small red petechiae which called 'sha' in chinese ,and the "sha"will fade within 2 or 3 days. By Raising sha, the capillaries will be highly dilated and it will enhance the sweat secretion and circulation of the body blood.It will helps to remove blood stagnation which considered pathogenic and promote body metabolic processes.

Gua sha has immediate effect for Hypertension,stiffness,heat stroke, fever,cough,chill,nausea,and muscle pain caused by cold syndrome. The patient will experience immediate relief from above symptom after gua sha tehrapy.By performing gua sha regulary, we also can coordinate the "qi" of the body, relieve fatigue and enhance immune function of the body.

For these reasons, gua sha is widely used in clinic,SPA relaxation salon, Beauty Salon and homes in China, But in western contry, gua sha is seldom known to the poeple, But we also can find some trace of gua sha therapy from the current popular graston therapy, massage therapy or some other natural therapy.

Gua sha therapy is an easy performing technique and it is valuable in preventing and treatment of upper respiratory,digestive problems,acute infectious illness and many other acute or chronic disorders.

Many people want to learn gua sha but they are fully upset by complicated theory of the TCM (traditional chinese medicine ),But I can declare that, for the beginner, you are no need to grasp everything includding "meridians" "qi" "acupoint" and so on, What you need to do is just follow the gua sha guide step by step and scrape the appropriate position with gua sha tool by correct method. That's enough to get effect no matter whether you understand the theory of TCM or not.