After scraping, many people feel itching on their skin. So what is the cause of itching after scraping? Is itching after scraping a detoxification process?
What is the cause of itching after scraping?
1. Improper scraping technique
Itching after scraping may be caused by improper scraping technique. If the scraping is too heavy or the direction is incorrect, it may cause subcutaneous damage. When the body repairs the skin damage, itching may occur.
2. Allergic reaction to scraping oil
Itching after scraping may also be caused by an allergic reaction to the scraping oil. During the scraping process, a special scraping oil is used for lubrication. If the patient is allergic or happens to be allergic to a certain component in the scraping oil, skin itching may occur.
3. Unsuitable for scraping
Some people with skin diseases such as ulcers or abscesses may be stimulated during scraping, causing itching and discomfort.
4. Inadequate post-scraping care
Itching after scraping may also be caused by inadequate post-scraping care, such as immediately touching water after scraping, taking a cold shower, getting cold, or wearing uncomfortable clothes.
Is itching after scraping a detoxification process?
Itching after scraping is not a sign of detoxification.
Scraping is the use of a specific scraping board to repeatedly scrape and rub specific acupoints on the body, causing local skin to show sha (reddish marks). This achieves the effect of promoting blood circulation, expelling evil, and detoxification. The sha is actually the result of capillary rupture and bleeding on the surface of the skin, and the blood permeates into the local tissue to dredge stasis and balance the body.
Therefore, after scraping, the normal situation should only be a burning sensation and some pain in the scraped area. Without external stimulation, it is rare to feel skin itching.
Benefits of back scraping for women
1. Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis
Scraping can regulate muscle contraction and relaxation, adjust the pressure between tissues, and promote blood circulation around the scraping area. By increasing tissue flow, it achieves the effects of "activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis" and "eliminating stasis and promoting new growth".
2. Prevents diseases and promotes health
Back scraping therapy has a good therapeutic effect on painful diseases, colds with fever, sub-health conditions, disease prevention and health promotion, as well as mild dysfunction of organs.
3. Relieves muscle tension and promotes recovery
Back scraping eliminates painful lesions and relaxes muscle tension. If tense muscles are relaxed, pain and compression symptoms can be significantly reduced or eliminated, which is also beneficial for lesion repair.
4. Eliminates toxins
The scraping process (causing the skin to show sha) can cause local tissues to become highly congested, stimulate blood vessels and nerves to dilate, accelerate blood flow and lymph fluid, enhance phagocytosis and transportation, and accelerate the elimination of waste and toxins from the body, thereby purifying the blood and increasing overall resistance, which can alleviate the condition and promote recovery.
5. Adjusts yin and yang
By scraping the corresponding acupoints on the skin of the affected area, purple or blue congested sha marks appear, which opens and smooths the channels and collaterals, allowing various pathogenic factors such as wind, cold, phlegm, dampness, blood stasis, heat, and pus toxins that are stagnating in the meridians, acupoints, and corresponding tissues and organs to be expelled through the skin, thus unblocking the channels and collaterals.
Color after scraping for excessive dampness
Interpreting the colors on the back after scraping
Usually, we can judge the health status of the body based on the different colors that appear after scraping:
1. Scattered sha points
Appearance: light red, scattered red sha points or patches, roughly the same height as other skin areas.
Health indication: indicates good health, this microcirculation disorder can be self-regulated by the body without treatment.
2. Mild sha appearance
Appearance: the appearance of 1-2 cm diameter light red or red patches, more densely distributed, not higher than the skin.
Health indication: mild microcirculation disorder, indicating mild oxygen deficiency in the meridians, for a short period of time; seen in sub-health status, without subjective symptoms.
3. Moderate sha appearance
Appearance: multiple purple-red or blue patches with a diameter greater than 2 cm, level with or slightly higher than the skin.
Health indication: moderate microcirculation disorder, indicating moderate oxygen deficiency in the meridians, for a longer period of time, can be seen in sub-health or disease states, sometimes with symptomatic manifestations.
4. Severe sha appearance
Appearance: one or more dark blue or dark green 1 or more lumps or patches on the skin surface with a diameter greater than 2 cm, significantly higher than other areas.
Health indication: severe microcirculation disorder, severe oxygen deficiency in the meridians, for a long time, can be seen in more severe sub-health or disease states, often with symptomatic manifestations.
What are the precautions for scraping?
1. Avoid wind and keep warm during scraping treatment
Avoid wind and keep warm during scraping treatment. When the room temperature is low, try to minimize the exposed areas. In high temperatures during summer, do not scrape in front of a fan or in places with drafts. When scraping, the sweat pores of the skin open and drain. If exposed to wind and cold, evil qi can directly enter the body through the open pores, not only affecting the efficacy of scraping, but also causing new diseases due to wind and cold.
2. Treat only one condition at a time
The scraping time should not be too long during treatment, and the principle of treating only one condition at a time should be strictly followed. Large-scale scraping should not be performed continuously to protect the body's positive energy.
For each condition, when applying the combination of meridian acupoints and holographic acupoint areas, multiple holographic acupoint treatment areas can be selected, and 1-2 types can be scraped each time.
3. Drink a cup of hot water after scraping treatment
During scraping treatment, sweat pores open and evil qi is expelled, which consumes some body fluids. After scraping, drink a cup of hot water to replenish the consumed water and promote metabolism, accelerating the elimination of metabolic waste.
4. Pay attention to the timing of bathing after scraping treatment
After scraping treatment, in order to avoid the invasion of wind and cold, the skin pores need to close and return to their original state before bathing, usually about 3 hours. However, during bathing, when the water is not dry yet, scraping can be performed. When bathing, the pores are slightly open, and scraping at this time has a short duration but remarkable effect, but attention should be paid to keeping warm.
5. Pay attention to the scraping direction
Do not scrape back and forth. In principle, scraping should be done from top to bottom and from inside to outside. For the face, scrape from the inside to the outside; for the head, scrape from the top to the surroundings; for the neck, scrape from top to bottom; for the back and waist, scrape from top to bottom and from inside to outside; for the chest, scrape from inside to outside; for the abdomen, scrape from top to bottom; for the limbs, scrape from top to bottom. After scraping one area, proceed to another area, and do not scrape randomly.
6. Pay attention to the scraping duration
The scraping time for each area is 3-5 minutes; the scraping time for each area using the replenishing scraping technique is 5-10 minutes. Generally, for one patient, 3-5 areas should be selected for scraping. For patients who do not show sha or have less sha, the appearance of sha points or purple patches on the skin is sufficient, and forcing the appearance of sha should be avoided.
7. Pay attention to the interval between scrapings
Before the sha marks at the previous scraping site have disappeared, scraping should not be performed at the same site again. There should be an interval of 3-6 days between consecutive scrapings, based on the disappearance of sha marks on the skin. Generally, 3-5 times constitute one course of treatment.
