Where should I scrape for pharyngitis

Gua Sha is well known to many people because it is a traditional Chinese medicine method that mainly achieves the effect of treating certain diseases by taking certain techniques on certain parts of the body. Pharyngitis is a common pharyngeal disease in people's daily life, which has a great impact on people's physical health. Usually when eye inflammation occurs, many people will take medication, but many people also like to use scraping to treat pharyngitis. So for pharyngitis, where should we scrape?

Step 1: First, scrape from the back of the neck. Scrape from the hairline downwards to the Dazhui point (on the posterior midline, in the depression below the spinous line of the 7th cervical vertebra) and press it hard. This point is an important point for reducing inflammation and fever, and can dredge the yang meridians throughout the body. Often after scraping and pressing, the throat will feel relaxed.

Step 2: After scraping the Dazhui point, scrape the Fengchi points in the depressions on both sides of the neck (on the gallbladder meridian), and press the Renying point on the stomach meridian (next to the Adam's apple on the front neck). These are the two main acupoints for treating sore throats; there is also the Dazhui point on the bladder meridian on the back (two horizontal fingers away from the downward spinous process of the Dazhui point). This acupoint has a very good effect in clearing away heat. The Feishu point on the bladder meridian (located 1.5 inches lateral to the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra) is an effective acupuncture point for treating throat diseases. Scrape downward from 1.5 inches lateral to the big vertebra and press this point.

Step 3: There is a Fengfu point one inch directly above the middle of the hairline. It is one of the important acupoints on the Gallbladder Meridian of Foot Shaoyang and is also an effective acupoint for treating the throat. Traditional Chinese medicine talks about "treating the disease before it happens" and regularly pressing this point on the back of the neck can be very helpful in relieving sore throat.

Step 4: The lung meridian on the inner front edge of the back of the hand is the main meridian for unblocking the respiratory system, including treating laryngitis, so it should be scraped with emphasis. Scrape from the concave part of the chest (Zhongfu point) along the upper edge of the arm all the way down to the outer tip of the thumb. In the middle of this meridian, there is a Chize point (where the elbow bends inward) and a Lie Xiaque point (cross your hands naturally with the base of your thumb and index finger of one hand pressed on the radial styloid process of the other hand, in the depression under the fingertip), which are special acupuncture points for treating "throat congestion" and sore throat.

Step 5: There is a "Shao Shang" point at the end of the lung meridian, which is a perfect point for treating sore throat. Pressing key points or using a three-edged needle to bleed is also a good way to achieve immediate results.