(A) regulating Yin and Yang

Yin and Yang are the basic core of TCM theory. Under normal circumstances, the human body maintains a relatively balanced state of Yin and Yang. If the balance of Yin and Yang is disturbed due to seven emotions and six lewdness, it will lead to pathological changes such as "Yin wins Yang disease and Yang wins Yin disease", resulting in clinical syndromes such as "Yang is full of heat and Yin is full of cold". The key of scraping health care is to adjust the deficiency and excess of Yin and Yang according to the attributes of syndromes, so that the body can return to the secret of Yin and Pingyang and restore normal physiological functions, thus achieving the purpose of treating diseases.

The role of scraping in regulating yin and yang is basically achieved through the compatibility of acupoints and scraping techniques. For example, the disease is in the meridians, and the skin belongs to the surface, so it is necessary to scrape it lightly; The disease is in the viscera, the disease is in the bones and muscles, and it needs to be scraped again. Scraping can adjust the balance of yin and yang in both directions. For example, blood pressure is unstable, and hypotension can be increased after scraping acupuncture points on trunk and limbs. Hypertension can also be reduced.

(2) promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

Once the muscles, ligaments and bones of the human body are injured, there will be blood stasis locally, which will make the blood circulation in the meridians not smooth. Blood stasis does not go away, but the pain does not stop. At this time, scraping at local or corresponding acupoints can eliminate blood stasis, generate new blood, make the meridians unobstructed and blood circulation smooth, and achieve the purpose of general principle without pain. This is the function of scraping, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

(3) clearing away heat and reducing swelling

According to the principle of "heat is the cause" in traditional Chinese medicine, through the stimulation of heat-expelling method, the pathogenic heat can be induced out of the body to clear away heat, so that the pathogenic heat in Yang Can can penetrate the body surface and finally be discharged from the body, thus removing the blood stasis, heat and swelling in the body.

(4) Resolving phlegm and stopping spasm, softening and resolving hard mass.

For body surface swelling and wind syndrome caused by phlegm-dampness, the method of scrapping and resolving phlegm can make phlegm-heat purulent leakage, and the effect of stopping spasm and resolving stagnation is obvious.

(5) strengthening body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors

Scraping will change the skin of the corresponding acupoints, resulting in bruising and purplish red blood stasis, which will open and dredge the acupoints, expose wind, cold, phlegm, dampness, blood stasis, fire and poison stuck in the meridians and corresponding tissues and organs from the fur, and dredge the meridians.

The taboo of scraping

1. Keep the indoor air fresh and circulating, keep warm and avoid direct blowing.

2. After scraping, it is best to drink a cup of warm water (light salt water is better), avoid taking a bath within 30 minutes, and avoid eating cold and greasy food; Don't face the fan when scraping in summer, and keep warm after scraping in winter.

3. Pain, itching, insect sensation, cold/hot air or rubella-like changes on the skin surface within 1 ~ 2 days after scraping are normal.

4. If it is used for beauty, you can use scraping oil or ointment with moisturizing and firming effect, and the technique should be light.

5. Scraping the seventh cervical vertebra (Dazhui point) should be light.

6. Don't shave your nipples.

7. Pregnant women are forbidden to scrape their waist and abdomen.

8. Old and infirm people should shave lightly.

9. Skin diseases such as ulcer, severe allergy, nevus tumor, subcutaneous unknown mass and fresh wound are prohibited from scraping.

10. It is forbidden to scrape the fracture site of fracture patients.

1 1. It is forbidden to treat diseases such as leukemia and thrombocytopenia.

12. For patients with varicose veins and edema of lower limbs, the scraping direction should be from bottom to top, and the technique should be light.

13. Health scraping and head scraping can be done by clothes without media, and the technique should be light. Children should be treated lightly and shaved every other clothes. 14. Patients with fasting, excessive fatigue, hypoglycemia, excessive weakness and nervousness should avoid scraping; Patients with low blood pressure who are particularly afraid of pain should shave lightly.

15. The second scraping time should wait until the last rash subsides (about 5 ~ 7 days).

16. After several correct scraping treatments, if the condition is not relieved or aggravated, you should go to the hospital for further examination and use other methods for treatment.

17. Scraping, like acupuncture, may be as dizzy as acupuncture. Most of the symptoms are dizziness, pallor, palpitation, cold sweat, cold limbs, nausea and vomiting. In this case, we should first calm down, immediately let the patient lie flat, drink 1 cup of warm sugar boiled water, and quickly scrape the patient's Baihui (re-scraping), Renzhong (lightly scraping the corner of the eye), Neiguan (re-scraping), Zusanli (re-scraping) and Yongquan (re-scraping) with a scraper. If there is no obvious improvement, it should be sent to the hospital in time.

Cupping taboo

First, contraindications

1. People with allergic skin, emaciated body or inelastic skin.

2. The whole body twitches violently or is agitated.

3. Edema, or edema.

4. Severe blood loss, hemorrhagic diseases and bleeding tendency.

5. Female menstrual period.

6. Lower abdomen and lumbosacral region of pregnant women.

Second, matters needing attention

1. The skin in the cupping area should be smooth and the muscles should be plump. It's best to wash and dry first.

2. If you dip a cotton swab or cotton ball in alcohol or use liquid alcohol, don't use too much alcohol, and be careful not to heat the jar mouth when burning, so as not to burn local skin.

3. Cupping is generally not suitable for parts with prominent bones, parts with rich blood vessels, and parts such as apical pulsation and breasts.

4. Cupping can stimulate the skin mechanically, affect the cerebral cortex reflexively and activate the meridians. The types of cupping are congestive cupping (skin flushing after cupping), blood stasis cupping (subcutaneous bleeding after cupping, purple spots or spots on the skin) and temple cupping with cold and headache. Bronchitis and asthma can be cupped in the back of Shu Fei.

5. According to the situation of cupping, it is generally to take turns to take acupuncture points, and it should not be too much at a time. When the local blood stasis has not subsided, cupping should not be repeated in the original position.

6. During cupping, don't move your body position to avoid cupping falling off.

7. Pay attention to heat preservation when cupping to prevent catching cold in the wind.

8. Prevent burns or scalds. If you have local burns, you can apply drugs such as gentian violet. When local blisters appear, small ones do not need to be treated and can be disinfected and bandaged; For large ones, after disinfection, use sterile empty needle to suck out the effusion, keep the blister membrane, and then apply cool oil, or cover with vaseline gauze and dressing, or use rhubarb, Sanguisorba officinalis and mirabilite in equal parts, grind them into fine powder, and apply ointment with sesame oil.