Can scraping effectively remove melasma?

Scraping to remove chloasma is actually a method of internal adjustment, because it can help solve the problem of chloasma from the root. However, when scraping to remove chloasma, we also need to pay attention to the correct selection of acupoints, because only in this way can we achieve the ideal effect.

1. Scrape your back

Hold the scraping board at a 45° angle to the skin and apply the blood-activating agent. ① Governor Meridian: focus on scraping Dazhui, Lingtai, and Mingmen. ② Bladder Meridian: focus on scraping the lung point, heart point, diaphragm point, liver point, gallbladder point, spleen point, and kidney point. Scrape from top to bottom 20 to 30 times.

2. Scraping along the meridians according to syndrome differentiation

For the syndrome of Qi stagnation and blood stasis, the Liver Meridian, Spleen Meridian and Governor Vessel are taken, with the focus on scraping Xuehai, Sanyinjiao, Taichong and Geshu. For the syndrome of liver-kidney Yin deficiency, the Liver Meridian, Kidney Meridian, Ren Vessel and Governor Vessel are taken, with the focus on scraping Taichong, Taixi, Guanyuan, Qihai, Ganshu, Shenshu and Mingmen.

3. Local scraping

Scrape the forehead 30 times from the front midline to the left and right sides; scrape horizontally from the philtrum point to the left and right; scrape from the Chengjiang point to the left and right sides diagonally upward to the temples; push from the temples to the hairline to above the ears. If the lesions are around the eyes, gently press and scrape the area around the eye, the waist and pupil bone, and the temples. The yellow-brown spots may become slightly heavier. Take once every other day, 10 days as a course of treatment.

Most people with melasma can choose scraping as an auxiliary treatment. It should be noted that scraping is prohibited on areas with ulcers, sores, rashes, infectious skin diseases, unexplained lumps on the body or face, as well as areas with acute sprains, traumatic pain, etc.; scraping should be used with caution by people with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and liver and kidney dysfunction; people who are excessively hungry, full, tired, or drunk cannot accept gravity and large-area scraping; women should be careful about scraping their lower abdomen during menstruation, and scraping is also prohibited on the abdomen and lumbar sacral area of ​​pregnant women; scraping is prohibited for people with bleeding tendency such as severe anemia, leukemia, aplastic anemia, and thrombocytopenia.