Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has shown good effectiveness in treating various diseases. In recent years, more and more women who care about beauty have been using TCM methods for beauty and health, including acupuncture, gua sha, cupping, and massage. Now there are more and more methods for weight loss, such as gua sha for slimming the legs. Is gua sha effective for slimming the legs? This is a question many people have. Now, let's take a look at the steps and precautions of TCM gua sha for slimming the legs.
There are various methods for slimming the legs, including exercise, diet, medication, acupuncture, gua sha, and massage, etc. However, not every method is suitable and effective. Many people have experience with gua sha for weight loss, and now gua sha for slimming the legs is also popular. However, many friends have misunderstandings about the application of gua sha for slimming the legs, and the steps are not correct, blindly scraping without following the correct procedure, resulting in ineffective slimming of the legs. Some people are also not suitable for gua sha for slimming the legs. What aspects should we pay attention to when using gua sha for slimming the legs? Let's take a look.
TCM Explains Gua Sha for Slimming the Legs
Many women with thick calves face the same problem: it doesn't look good to wear skirts in summer, and it doesn't look good to wear boots in winter. But slimming the legs is not easy, and if not done properly, it may make the legs even thicker. Now we will share with you a popular and extremely simple method for slimming the legs - using a gua sha board. Among the many weight loss methods, TCM gua sha for slimming the legs is increasingly favored by many girls. This gua sha method for slimming the legs can help you quickly achieve slim and straight legs that others envy, while saving costs.
However, to be clear, if you stick to this method, your calf circumference will start to slim down after one month, and after two to three months, you can lose about 3cm. If you are not determined to slim down your legs and are unwilling to stick to it, it's better not to try.
First, diagnose your own leg type
The first type: Muscular type. People with muscular legs generally like to exercise, eat meat, have obvious muscle lines, and their legs feel hard when pressed.
The second type: Fatty type. Soft flesh, no obvious muscle feeling when legs are used, generally love to eat meat, sweets, and snacks, do not like to exercise, and some may have stretch marks.
The third type: Edema type. Love to drink water, urinate less, face is swollen in the morning, large difference in leg circumference from morning to evening, especially the calves. When pressing on the legs, white marks appear and last for a long time. People with a heavy taste, who love to eat salty and spicy food, often fall into this category.
Steps for gua sha slimming
1. First, wash our legs.
2. Use a hot towel to apply heat to the thighs and calves for 2-3 minutes.
3. Drop essential oil into the palm and rub hands together until they become warm.
4. Apply the warm palms evenly to the legs, massaging the thighs and calves.
5. Use a patting motion to firm up loose flesh on the legs.
6. Use a grasping motion to massage the thick fat on the roots of the thighs.
7. Use a pinching motion to press on the meridians on the outside of the legs.
8. Use a pounding motion to relax the tight muscles in the calves.
