Guasha Therapy
1) Acupoints Selected: Fengchi, Jianjing, the back of head and the shoulder, bladder meridian on the back, Quchi (LI 11), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP6).
2) Location:
Fengchi: On the nape, below the occipital bone, on the level of Fengfu, in the depression between the upper ends of the sternocleidomastoid and trapezius muscles
Jianjing: Midway between Dazhui and the acromion.
Quchi (LI 11): With the elbow flexed, at the lateral end of the cubital crease, atthe midpoint of the line connecting Chize (LU5) and external humeral epicondyle.
Zusanli (ST 36): 3 cun below Oubi, one finger-breadth from the anterior crest of the tibia
Sanyinjiao (SP6):On the medial side of the leg, 3 cun above the tip of the medial malleolus,posterior to the medial border of the tibia.
3) First, Scrape the Fengchi, the back of head, Jianjing and the shoulder; then the bladder meridian on the back; later the Quchi (LI 11) on the arm; and the Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Zusanli on the low limbs at last.
Reducing Method.
Apply the scraping oil on the effected parts. The parts for reducing of the pressure are the back of neck, the swelling pain parts of the muscle on the chest; if there's no obvious swelling pain, the parts of the acupoints on both sides of the governor vessel, the bladder meridians of foot-taiyang, the gallbladder meridian of the foot-shaoyang and the walking part of the artery at the neck and the armpit should be mainly scraped; for the people with heavy headache, the point of Baihui should be scraped with heavy strength from top to bottom; the heart meridian of hand-shaoyin and the pericardium meridian of hand-jueyin are added for the people with agitation, palpitation and vexation; the spleen meridian of foot-taiyin and the stomach meridian of foot-yangming.
Manipulation and Attentions:
Apply the scraping oil on the effected parts and then scrape them with heavy strength from top to bottom and there is and angle of 45? formed between the convexity of the scraping board and the skin surface. The strength should from light to heavy. For deducing the pressure, the scraping with heavy strength should be promoted and it should be done until the patients feel relaxed; for the high blood pressure with headache, people should scrape the points with heavy strength repeatedly and each time for about 10 times; the appearing of the manual petechias after the scraping for the people without the hindrance of the clotting mechanism is a normal phenomenon and it is helpful to promote the effect; the manual petechias will disappear spontaneously after 3-5 days. The Measles scratching should be avoided for the people with diabetes and clotting mechanism. The scraping oil must be used to avoid the hurt of the skin. Click to read Chinese medicine Treatment for Hypertension.
