Many people feel weak and exhausted all over their body after scraping, what's the reason behind this?
Why do you feel weak all over your body after scraping?
1. Insufficient Qi and Blood
People with insufficient Qi and Blood may also feel weak all over their body after scraping.
Scraping uses a specific material scraping board to repeatedly scrape and rub on specific acupoints of the body, causing the body to develop sha (red marks). While promoting blood circulation, detoxification, and dispelling evil energies, the opened pores in the treated area also consume the body's vitality. If there is already a deficiency of Qi and Blood, scraping can aggravate the symptoms and lead to dizziness and fatigue in a short period of time.
In addition, if a woman is menstruating, scraping during this time can easily result in symptoms of insufficient Qi and Blood. Excessive scraping can also lead to excessive depletion of Qi.
2. Showering after scraping
Feeling weak all over the body after scraping may also be due to immediate showering after scraping.
It is generally recommended not to touch cold water or take a shower within 3 hours after scraping because the pores of the body are open at this time. Showering can easily cause invasion of cold and dampness, resulting in symptoms such as headache, dizziness, limb soreness, fatigue, and drowsiness.
In addition, scraping breaks the capillaries on the surface of the body, and the stimulation of hot water on the broken capillaries can temporarily cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, resulting in symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue.
3. Scraping on rainy days
Scraping on rainy days can also lead to feeling weak all over the body after scraping.
Scraping is done to promote meridian circulation, activate Qi and Blood, reduce swelling and pain, and dispel wind and cold. Combined with the fact that scraping causes the pores to open, it is usually performed on sunny days. If scraping is done on rainy days, it is easier to increase dampness, leading to muscle weakness, pain, and other symptoms.
4. Existing illnesses
Feeling weak all over the body after scraping does not necessarily mean it is caused by scraping.
If you have a cold, low blood pressure, high blood pressure, low blood sugar, cervical spondylosis, anemia, cerebrovascular disease, Meniere's disease, etc., it is possible to experience symptoms of overall weakness.
If you have a medical history or if the symptoms do not improve after resting, seek medical treatment promptly to avoid delaying treatment.
Why do you feel particularly weak after scraping?
1. Excessive scraping
Feeling particularly weak after scraping may be caused by excessive scraping, such as applying too much force or scraping too frequently, which can lead to deficiency of Qi and Blood and symptoms such as mental fatigue, dizziness, and sweating.
2. Weak constitution
If you have a weak constitution, such as Yin deficiency or Qi deficiency, it is not suitable for scraping treatment. Otherwise, excessive consumption of Qi during scraping can easily lead to physical weakness and fatigue.
How to recover from feeling particularly tired after scraping?
1. Rest more
If you feel particularly tired after scraping, along with symptoms such as dizziness, fatigue, and pale complexion, it is important to rest more. During this time, pay attention to keeping warm. If excessive sweating occurs, promptly wipe away the sweat and drink plenty of water.
2. Dietary therapy
Feeling particularly tired after scraping is actually a manifestation of physical weakness. In this case, you can consume foods that have the effect of nourishing the body, such as beef, chicken, pork, glutinous rice, soybeans, mung beans, jujubes, crucian carp, carp, quail, eel, shrimp, mushrooms, etc. These foods can be alternated regularly.
Avoid consuming foods that deplete Qi, such as hawthorn, Buddha's hand citron, betel nut, garlic, burdock, radish greens, coriander, turnip, pepper, balsam pear, purslane, perilla leaves, mint, and lotus leaf.
3. Medication treatment
If the discomfort after scraping is severe, some people may experience excessive sweating, body aches, diarrhea, insomnia at night, or even fainting. In such cases, it is considered dangerous and requires consultation with a traditional Chinese medicine doctor who can prescribe Chinese herbal medicine or proprietary Chinese medicine with the effect of boosting Qi, stabilizing the exterior, and stopping sweating.
Precautions for scraping therapy
1. Precautions before scraping
1. Scraping therapy requires exposing the skin, and the sweat pores of the skin open during scraping. If it encounters cold and evil winds, the evil Qi can directly enter the body through the open pores, affecting the effectiveness of scraping therapy and easily causing new diseases. Therefore, before scraping, choose a good treatment location with fresh and well-ventilated air, pay attention to keeping warm, and avoid drafts. Try to expose as little skin as possible.
2. Choose a comfortable body position for scraping to facilitate scraping and prevent dizziness from scraping.
3. Strictly disinfect the scraping tools to prevent cross-infection. Before scraping, carefully check the scraping tools to avoid scraping the skin.
4. The hands of the practitioner should also be disinfected.
5. Before scraping, explain the general knowledge of scraping to the patient to eliminate their fear and gain their cooperation, in order to avoid dizziness from scraping.
6. Do not perform scraping treatment on patients who are extremely hungry, overly full, or excessively tense.
2. Precautions during scraping
1. The scraping technique should be evenly applied with appropriate force, reaching the tolerance level and achieving the desired sha (red marks).
2. For infants and the elderly, the scraping technique should be applied with light force.
3. Do not blindly pursue the appearance of sha and use excessive force or prolong the scraping time. The amount of sha is influenced by multiple factors. Generally, blood stasis conditions produce more sha; excess patterns and heat patterns produce more sha; deficiency patterns and cold patterns produce less sha; excessive medication, especially the use of corticosteroids, make it difficult to produce sha; obese individuals or those with well-developed muscles have difficulty producing sha; yin meridians are less likely to produce sha than yang meridians; and it is difficult to produce sha when the room temperature is low.
4. During scraping, frequently ask the patient about their sensations. If dizziness from scraping occurs, such as mental fatigue, dizziness, pale complexion, nausea, cold sweats, palpitations, cold limbs, or a drop in blood pressure and unconsciousness, immediately stop scraping. Comfort the patient and avoid nervousness, help them lie down, pay attention to keeping warm, and drink warm water or sugar water. If the symptoms do not improve, lightly press the angle of the scraping board on the water channel acupoint to prevent swelling after pressing. Apply a purging scraping technique to Baihui acupoint and Yongquan acupoint. After the patient's condition improves, continue scraping Neiguan acupoint and Zusanli acupoint.
3. Precautions after scraping
1. Scraping therapy opens the sweat pores of the skin, allowing evil Qi to be expelled externally, and it consumes some of the body's fluid, so after scraping, drink a glass of warm water and rest for a while.
2. After scraping therapy, to avoid invasion by cold and evil winds, the skin pores must be closed and return to their original state before bathing. This usually takes about 3 hours.
3. For patients with complex and critical conditions, in addition to scraping therapy, other treatments should also be combined, such as medication therapy, to avoid delaying treatment.
