Remove toxins with guasha.
Guasha is an ancient beauty technique that has been used for anti-aging, circulation and pain relief. Although it’s way more than for the face. Guasha holds medicinal power.
A scraping therapy
Guasha is a scraping massage therapy where you use a scraping plate coupled with oil, to expel toxin and increase circulation all over your body. It can be used as prevention, or treatment, and is commonly used as a natural way to eliminate pain, enhance immunity, and maintain health.
When the plate is applied to the body repeatedly, it stimulates the vascular nerves in partial tissues and takes blood stasis attached to the wall of the blood vessels out, expelling the waste via circulation all over the body, purifying the blood and promoting recovery.
Guasha is a safe, simple, and effective way of expelling toxin. Sha is toxin.
All kinds of disease can result in sha
With Sha brought about by scraping, stasis in the vital energy and blood in energy channels can be expelled, removing toxin.
Sha
Refers to stasis in the vital energy and blood in your energy channels (meridians). It stands for red and purplish-red spots on the skin brought about by the scraping plate. Again, sha is toxin, and if not expelled, it will block the circulation of vital energy and blood in your body, that can lead to disease in your tissues and inner organs. In Chinese medicine, there´s a saying that all kinds of disease can result in sha, because it´s harmful toxin in your body. Therefor, it may also be called toxic sha.
Sha reflects the state of disease
Sha is the toxin expelled from your body, and reflects the state of of disease in your body. The form, colour, and the speed of sha appearance is all signs of the severity of the disease. Sha in light colour is equal to minor illness which can be recovered easily. Purple sha indicates more serious illness, requiring scraping several times for recovery.
Sha should disappear within a few days
Sha brought up to the surface of your skin will gradually disappear in 3-5 days. Not more than a week. It looks unpleasing to the eye, but it will not harm the skin. It serves to invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stains, strengthening the circulation of blood in the area scraped, and making skin appear healthier. No worries when sha appears, it´s part of the treatment.
A way to check up on your health
Guasha is a way to check up on your physical condition. With scraping done, if there is no sha, only local heat and a relaxed feeling, it´s healthy. If sha appears, it means there’s some work to be done.
A different technique for the face
Facial guasha is done in a different way than body guasha. You don´´t want to bring up sha in your face. Make sure you learn the different techniques for face and body, and talk to your acupuncturist before using guasha. Guasha is generally performed on your back, buttocks, neck, arms, and legs. A gentle version is used on the face as a facial technique.