How about scrapping in summer? Is cupping or scraping better in summer?
Is it good to shave in summer? Scraping is to scrape the meridian points with scraping instruments, and give full play to the role of Ying-Stephy through benign stimulation, so that the meridian points can be congested, local microcirculation can be improved, and the effects of eliminating evil, dredging collaterals, relaxing muscles and tendons, regulating qi, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain can be achieved. Modern science has proved that scraping can dilate capillaries, increase sweat gland secretion, promote blood circulation, and have immediate effect on wind-cold arthralgia caused by hypertension, heatstroke and muscle soreness. When scraping in summer, air conditioners and fans should be prevented from blowing directly to wipe the parts, and cold showers should be avoided within 30 minutes after scraping. It is not advisable to scrape again at the same place before the scratch spot at the previous scraping part is recovered. The interval of scraping again should be 3~6 days, depending on the spots on the skin. After scraping, it is best to drink a cup of warm water (preferably light sugar or salt water) and rest 15~20 minutes. Before scraping, in order to prevent the skin from being scratched, a layer of lubricant should also be applied to the skin surface.
Cupping or scraping in summer is better. Scraping/cupping, a physical health care method, does have many benefits to human health. Even so, scraping/cupping is by no means the more the better. Because the main mechanism of scraping/cupping is to forcibly remove some moisture, internal heat or other garbage toxins accumulated on the body surface by external force. From a deeper perspective, the removal of fire and wet wastes from the body lies in stimulating the human body to mobilize Yuanyang in the body through the action of this external force, and then opening the skin meridians such as human pores, so as to remove fire and wet wastes from the body. Therefore, it can be said that cupping/scraping is based on the premise of consuming Yuanyang, and many people know that cupping/scraping is a method of diarrhea. It is precisely because of this that professional Chinese medicine practitioners generally do not advocate cupping/scraping in winter unless absolutely necessary.
In summer, getting angry and scraping, catching cold and cupping.
Scraping has the function of expelling toxin and clearing heat. For people who get angry, the symptoms of scraping are very obvious, especially when there are symptoms such as dry mouth, bad breath, chest tightness and irritability. Cupping has the function of expelling cold and removing dampness, and cupping at Dazhui point can achieve good results when catching a cold. However, sometimes it is necessary to treat according to syndrome differentiation. Blowing cold air to catch cold causes neck and back pain. Using Bian Shi scraping board, such as Spin Bian Shi standard scraping board, is very effective for body surface scraping. When getting angry, cupping can also achieve good results by selecting some points with exothermic effect, such as temple, Fengchi point and bladder meridian. Therefore, you should choose scraping when getting angry, and cupping when catching cold.
Benefits of scrapping and cupping in summer
Scraping is characterized by rapid detoxification, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and dredging meridians. Promote qi and blood circulation in the form of eruption, and release the accumulated metabolites in the body through eruption and pore opening, which is especially suitable for excess syndrome, heat syndrome and blood stasis syndrome. If the scraping is not extruded, the scraping can be stopped, and no new scraping will occur at the scraping position. Cupping is a dehumidifier of the body, which, like scraping, has the functions of detoxification, blood circulation promotion and blood stasis removal. The biggest advantage of cupping is that it can make the pores open wider, suck out the damp evil, cold evil and cold evil in the body, dispel wind, dispel cold and remove dampness, especially suitable for phlegm-dampness and damp heat constitution. Cupping time should be based on physical fitness. Whether it's a can mark or a scratch mark, it's related to the body's own metabolism. In summer, summer heat and dampness prevail, and scraping and cupping are beneficial to the excretion of summer heat and dampness.