What’s gua sha?Do you know gua sha? Gua sha is guided by the theory of meridians and acupoints of traditional Chinese medicine through special scraping instruments and corresponding techniques, like dipping a certain amount of medium, and then scraping and rubbing with moderate pressure until the skin is congested, or dark red bleeding spots and other scrapping changes, so as to achieve the effect of promoting blood circulation.
Do you know what’s the best shape to use for gua sha?Different effects vary from shape to shape. Let me introduce 5 most popular gua sha tools to you as follow.
1.The finger-shaped gua sha board is used to lift jaw and neck, massage face, eyes, forehead and arms.
You have worked for a long time every day. You should own a finger-shaped gua sha board to massage face, improve fine line and relax your muscle. You insist to use gua sha board every day, no more fear of having a double chin in your photos.
2. The caudal recessof the horn-shaped gua sha board is used to shave the bridge of the nose, fingers, chin and spine.
The bow’ back of the horn-shaped gua sha board is used on the back, chest, wrists, abdomen, extremities, and shoulders at the arch back.
The obtuse recess of the horn-shaped gua sha board is applied to scrap face, arms, legs and waist.
The bottom of the horn-shaped gua sha board is applied to massage on acupuncture points.
3. The dolphin-shaped gua sha board:
The dolphin-shaped scraper recess is used to eliminate double chin flab and create a pointed chin.
The convex area of the dolphin-shaped gua sha boaed is used for head pressure to relieve fatigue, invigorate the mind and improve insomnia.
The bow’ back of the dolphin-shaped gua sha board is applied to face to decrease the facial wrinkles and detoxification.
The bottom of the dolphin-shaped gua sha board is used on the back of your hands to unblock the meridians and relieve soreness in the muscles of your hand, and applied to canthus. Canthus is massaged with spot pressure to improve fine lines, eye bags and puffiness.
4. Concave-shaped gua sha board:
The concave area of the gua sha board is applied to finger and nose bridge to massage.
The two side area of the concave-shaped gua sha board is used to scrap a large of the back.
The bottom of the gua sha board is used to massage arm and palm.
5. The butterfly-shaped gua sha board is used on face, legs, eyes and back. It helps to lift face, slim for legs, keep fit and decrease wrinkle.
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