How to use the Gua Sha tools in your hand correctly to get rid of fine lines on your face?

Facial scraping is a beauty technique with Chinese characteristics. It can dredge the meridians, accelerate the blood circulation of our skin, and make your skin look younger and fuller. Benign facial "scraping" stimulation can not only improve the microcirculation of facial blood vessels, increase the flow of blood, lymph and body fluids, so that the cells in the skin can get sufficient nutrition and oxygen, accelerate cell metabolism, promote the shedding of aging cells, maintain the elastic state of fibers, stimulate the "potential" of the human body, and make the brain feedback information and redistribute the energy of the whole body, which has the effects of detoxification, wrinkle relief, spot removal, and health care.

"Sha" is the metabolic product of the struggle between the positive and evil in the meridians. Scraping can open local sweat pores, promote the excretion of evil, improve microcirculation, clean the meridians, and eliminate hidden dangers; at the same time, it can dredge the meridians, promote the flow of qi and blood, invigorate the yang, replenish oxygen and remove blood stasis, regulate the internal organs, and improve the body's disease resistance; change the hypoxic state of tissues, strengthen the metabolism of the human body, and promote the regeneration and activation of cells.

Historical Development

As early as the Tang Dynasty, people used ramie scraping to treat Sha diseases. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, there were many records of therapies, including scraping the back with a porcelain spoon to drive away evil spirits. By the Qing Dynasty, scraping syndrome was not only recorded in works such as "Liyu Parallel Essay", but also appeared in "Seventy-two Kinds of Treatment". Monographs such as "Methods for the Treatment of Sha Symptoms" provide a comprehensive and systematic description of the theory and operation of scraping therapy, which is commonly used in the folk treatment of colds. Facial scraping has a significant effect on improving the skin of the face and neck. It is also a good solution to common skin problems such as eye bags, dark circles, spots and acne. It has become the main treatment and beauty method in major traditional Chinese medicine beauty institutions.

Before we do facial scraping, we must apply some massage oil or some moisturizing cream on our face to keep the skin moisturized and avoid pulling the skin and forming wrinkles when scraping.

Stage 1

1. From the middle of the connection between the ear and the cheek, that is, the concave point when the mouth is opened (Tinggong point), follow the contour of the cheek downward and forward to the middle and lower part of the cheek, and do this technique 5 times

2. Then from the node of the parotid gland, that is, the concave point in the middle of the side of the cheek contour, follow the contour upward and backward to the bottom of the earlobe (that is, Tinghui point), and do it 5 times

3. Move from the inside to the outside at the clavicle, and do it 5 times.

4. Repeat the above 3 steps and switch to the other side of the face

Second stage

1. Move vertically upward from the midpoint of the eyebrow to the center of the hairline, 1-2 times.

2. Move diagonally upward from the eyebrow to the hairline at a 45-degree angle, 1-2 times.

3. Move from the eyebrow to the temple along the eyebrow shape, 1-2 times.

4. Repeat the above scraping technique and switch to the other side

Stage 3

1. Start from the outer edge of the nose (Yingxiang point), and slowly move to the bottom of the pupil, at the same height as the nose

2. Then move to the bottom of the outer corner of the eye, to the depression at the lower edge of the cheekbone, and stop in front of the ear, to the depression on the side of the cheekbone️

Stage 4

As shown in the picture, gently scrape the cheeks in a spiral manner

Scrape diagonally from the middle and outer side of the nose bridge to the temple. You can do it several times according to your own situation. Then scrape diagonally from the outer edge of the nose to the temple, and do the same technique on the other side.

Stage 5

Use flat scraping technique, starting from the philtrum (the center between the nose and lips), and scraping outward to the upper edge of the nasolabial folds, 2-3 times, then switch sides.

Stage 6

Scrape upward from the corner of the mouth along the lower edge of the zygomatic bone to the Tinggong point (the middle of the ear and the face, which is concave when the mouth is open), 2-3 times

Then scrape upward from the chin to the Tinghui point (below the earlobe), 2-3 times, and then switch sides️

Stage 7

According to the picture, follow the outer side of the nose bridge and nose wing to the corner of the mouth in a spiral manner, 1-2 times, then switch sides

Stage 8

1. Move from the center of the forehead to the temple, 2-3 times

2. Move from the outer edge of the nose to the Tinggong point, 2-3 times

3. Move from the middle of the chin to the Tinghui point, 2-3 times

4. From below the earlobe, along the outside of the neck, scrape the lymphatic system to help lymphatic detoxification. This action can be done several times

5. Repeat the above method and do it on the other side of the face

If you feel that scraping is too troublesome, you might as well learn this slightly lazy method~

This massage technique does not require a Gua Sha board, you can also massage with your bare hands! There are really significant changes~

1. Apply essential oil according to the direction of the picture, and massage with the pulp of your middle finger and ring finger. The end point of the technique is 1.2.3 in Figure 1

2. Massage from the middle of the entire face outward. Repeat until the essential oil is almost absorbed and then stop!

3. When massaging the mandibular position, bend and scrape with your index finger! Scrape from the tip of the chin to the earlobe and then down to the lymph nodes.

Another tip is to look up at the sky and stick out your tongue every day, then lower your head and look up again and stick out your tongue. Do this five times a day, and keep it for five seconds each time~ It will help eliminate double chins!

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ps: There are a few things to note about scraping

1️, do not ignore facial acupuncture (opening acupuncture will accelerate facial dredging)️, do not use too much force

️2, do not pull down (must pull up uniformly to play a lifting effect)

️️3, determine the frequency of scraping according to your own situation, do not scrape frequently (1-2 times a week is enough)

️4, choose the essence or essential oil that suits your current skin to cooperate with scraping

️After scraping, your face will become red, and your lips will become rosy.

️If you insist on doing it, it can also improve the condition of acne during menstruation!

️It is not recommended to scrape the face to get Sha otherwise the face will become ugly. Be sure to master the appropriate strength, don't be too harsh!