Can scraping remove dampness?

Many people have excessive moisture in their lives, especially for women. Once the moisture is too heavy, it will directly affect the health of the body. Gua Sha, a health care method, is to relieve the symptoms of some diseases by massaging the meridians and acupoints of the human body. Moisture is discharged from the body through urine or sweat, but it is easy to accumulate in the body. So can Gua Sha remove moisture?

First, can scraping remove dampness? Scraping can indeed remove dampness and detoxify. Therefore, if there is heavy dampness, you can do scraping, mainly scraping the spleen meridian, and then scrape the entire back. What is scraped is the back, which is the acupoints of the yang meridians, such as the acupoints on the bladder meridian and the governing vessel. Through scraping, that is, with the help of external force, the body's yang energy can be invigorated. After the yang energy is invigorated, the moisture in the body will naturally be removed. Acupoint stimulation, cupping, etc. are all based on this principle. Although scraping or cupping have certain effects in removing dampness, they are not the main treatment methods for removing dampness. The essence of "dampness" mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine is water. Moisture is mainly discharged through urination, defecation and sweat. The effects of cupping and scraping in removing dampness are actually very limited. Therefore, eliminating dampness mainly relies on internal treatment rather than external treatment.

Second, patients with heavy dampness should first identify the type of dampness and then use diuretic drugs to relieve surface symptoms. Since the fundamental cause of heavy dampness is insufficient spleen and stomach function, after removing dampness, you also have to regulate the spleen and stomach to fundamentally improve your physical condition.

Can scraping remove dampness? Scraping can indeed remove dampness and detoxify. Therefore, if there is heavy dampness, you can do scraping, mainly scraping the spleen meridian, and then scrape the entire back. What is scraped is the back, which is the acupoints of the yang meridians, such as the acupoints on the bladder meridian and the governing vessel. Through scraping, that is, with the help of external force, the body's yang energy can be invigorated. After the yang energy is invigorated, the moisture in the body will naturally be removed. Acupoint stimulation, cupping, etc. are all based on this principle. Although scraping or cupping have certain effects in removing dampness, they are not the main treatment methods for removing dampness. The essence of "dampness" mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine is water. Moisture is mainly discharged through urination, defecation and sweat. The effects of cupping and scraping in removing dampness are actually very limited. Therefore, eliminating dampness mainly relies on internal treatment rather than external treatment.