Gua Sha is guided by the theory of meridian acupoints of traditional Chinese medicine, through a special scrapping tool and the corresponding technique, dip in a certain medium, repeated scraping and friction in the body surface, the skin appears red millet, or dark red bleeding points such as “out of the scrapping” changes, so as to achieve the role of active hemodialysis scrapping.Because of its characteristics of simplicity, convenience, low cost and efficiency, it is widely used in clinic and suitable for medical treatment and family health care.It can also be used in combination with acupuncture, cupping, puncture and bloodletting to enhance the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling evil and detoxifying.
Commonly used Gua Sha tools include scraping board and scraping oil.
Gua Sha board has a lot of different materials, such as horn class, jade class, bian-stone class, copper class and so on, and copper quality scraping board is a more welcome.
As Cu is indispensable trace element in human body, which is all transition elements. It serves as important active sites of enzymes, and have good antibacterial activities.
Copper is believed to possess a heat releasing properties and is famous for its energy balancing benefits. According to Ayurveda water stored in a copper vessel can balance all the three doshas in your body — vata, kapha and pitta. When doing gua sha with a pure copper scraper it tarnishes and is believed to draw toxins out of the body.
Copper Gua Sha/Soft Tissue Scraper – Gentle scraping instantly improves blood and lymph circulation under your skin rendering a strong anti-aging and anti-wrinkle effect if applied to facial skin.
Unbreakable – Comparing to other popular materials,metal tools will be safe when dropping on the floor, It is designed for use on smaller to medium sized areas of the body,the pointed design can be used on smaller joints of the body.
TARNISH and CARE
Brass Gua Sha Tool:
1. You can clean brass naturally with
Vinegar, Salt and Flour.
2.Dip on some toothpaste with a damp
cloth and wipe it back and forth on its
surface.rinse with water and dry the surface
with a dry cloth.Then wipe with scraping
oil or vegetable oil, In particular, the handle
needs to be rubbed a few more times.
Pure copper Gua Sha Tool:
You can clean copper gua sha tool naturally
with Vinegar, Salt and Flour.
Dissolve 1 teaspoon of salt into one-half cup
of vinegar, and add flour until the mixture
becomes a paste. Rub into the copper scraper,
leave for about 10 minutes, then rinse with
warm water and buff dry. Another simple
method is boiling a pure copper gua sha
muscle scraper in salty water for a minute.
