Have you ever tried Gua Sha?
Do you really understand the benefits of Gua Sha?
Gua Sha is one of the traditional natural therapies in China, based on the TCM theory of the skin. It involves scraping the skin with materials such as cow horn or jade on relevant areas to achieve the purpose of unblocking meridians and promoting blood circulation.
The most commonly used Gua Sha boards are made from cow horn, but jade Gua Sha boards also have their unique advantages. Today, let’s talk about Jade Gua Sha~
Expert Explanation:
Jade is smooth and delicate on the outside, which can moisturize and smooth the skin. The properties of jade are sweet and neutral, entering the lung meridian, moistening the heart and lungs, clearing lung heat, and has effects of clearing heat, moisturizing the skin, and beautifying, mainly used for scraping on facial and head acupoints.
Benefits of Jade Gua Sha
Jade Gua Sha can unblock meridians, promote Qi and blood circulation; clear heat and detoxify, calm the mind and settle agitation; soften hardness and disperse nodules, reduce swelling and relieve pain; support the righteous Qi and expel pathogenic factors, regulate Yin and Yang.
It promotes blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, enhances metabolism, boosts immunity, and relieves muscle pain and regulates brain function. It is mainly used to treat insomnia, headaches, neck and shoulder pain, and also has certain beauty effects!
PS: Gua Sha is prohibited for individuals with skin damage on the face and head, coagulation disorders, during pregnancy, and during menstruation.
Patients in need of Gua Sha
can register for the “Preventive Health Department Outpatient”
or “Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialty Nursing Outpatient”
Expert Introduction
Wu Xiumei Assistant of Nursing Department
Chief Nurse, National Backbone Talent in Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing
Medical Specialty: Proficient in traditional Chinese medicine techniques: copper Gua Sha, wrist and ankle acupuncture, jade Gua Sha, acupoint massage, auricular acupuncture, etc.
Introduction to the Preventive Health Center
The Preventive Health Center was established in 2010 and is one of the demonstration pilot units approved by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for “Preventive Health” and a key specialty in Guangdong Province.
It focuses on spreading the TCM concept of “preventing disease before it occurs, preventing changes in existing diseases, and preventing recurrence after recovery”. It conducts joint examinations of Chinese and Western medicine, based on modern medical check-ups, using advanced TCM diagnostic equipment such as the TCM constitution identification system, body composition analyzer, TCM four diagnostic instruments, meridian detection instruments, and sound recognition instruments, combined with the clinical experience of TCM experts to form a health assessment model oriented towards TCM constitution identification, psychological assessment, and TCM health maintenance. This is complemented by assessing individual health status, risk warning, and early intervention to achieve the goal of “preventing disease before it occurs, preventing changes in existing diseases, and preventing recurrence after recovery” for health maintenance.
The center adheres to the service philosophy of “people-oriented, health-centered” and is committed to providing standardized, high-quality, and efficient preventive health services to the public.
Medical Overview
The Preventive Health Center currently mainly conducts: TCM constitution identification, sound recognition, meridian detection, pulse diagnosis, body composition analysis, and TCM health maintenance which are TCM characteristic diagnostic and treatment projects. Under the guidance of TCM experts, personalized health maintenance adjustment plans (including dietary guidance, medicinal diet adjustment, meridian regulation, and TCM syndrome differentiation health maintenance) and health intervention plans can be provided based on the above detection results for the public.
The Preventive Health Center fully utilizes the advantages of our hospital’s integrated Chinese and Western medicine disciplines, innovating new mechanisms for center construction, and striving to explore “integrated Chinese and Western medicine for preventive health”. Our hospital’s Preventive Health Center integrates the Preventive Health Department, Health Management Department, Fuxin Building (special services) ward, and Chronic Disease Management Office. It also leverages the characteristics and advantages of some of our hospital’s integrated Chinese and Western medicine specialties, closely collaborating with clinical specialties such as neurology, gastroenterology, oncology, etc., to create a comprehensive medical area based on specialized diagnosis and treatment, quality service, and TCM identification and intervention as its features.
The Preventive Health Center is led by Professor Peng Kang as the academic leader, Professor Wen Xiaomin as the center director and discipline leader, Dr. Liao Rongxin as the deputy chief TCM physician and director of the Fuxin Building (special services) ward, and renowned experts such as Professor Li Aimin in oncology and Professor Chen Junpao in neurology are part of the team, working mainly in the Preventive Health Outpatient Department and Fuxin Building (special services) ward.
The Fuxin Building (special services) ward currently has 50 beds, with 2 medical teams and 1 diagnostic technology team. It has 14 physicians (including 4 senior titles, 2 associate senior titles, 3 doctoral supervisors, 1 master’s supervisor, 2 national old TCM experts guiding academic experience inheritance, 1 national third batch of excellent TCM clinical talents, and 1 famous TCM physician in Guangdong Province), and 1 therapist. It is a comprehensive preventive health center integrating physical examinations, outpatient services, hospitalization, health assessments, and health interventions with characteristics and advantages of integrated Chinese and Western medicine.
In the next issue, we will detail the “Yang Deficiency Constitution”
Please stay tuned~
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Source: Preventive Health Center, Zhao Peng
Editor:Li Kaixin
Chief Editor: Peng Fengmei
Produced by the Southern Chinese and Western Medicine Multimedia Team
