【Health Lecture】The role of copper scraping for the health care of the elderly

Elderly people are generally referred to as people over 60 years old. When people enter the elderly stage, many changes will occur in their bodies, such as the gradual loss of cell vitality, decline in body functions, gradual loosening of bones, slow decline in endocrine and nerve conduction functions, degeneration of body metabolic functions, gradual reduction in body water, reduction in muscle proportion, gradual reduction in body fluid volume, muscle atrophy, and decline in body immune function. The above changes in the body can easily lead to poor sleep quality, unbalanced diet, and various elderly diseases in the elderly. Therefore, it is extremely important to carry out health care for the elderly, which can effectively avoid the occurrence of related diseases, enhance sleep quality, and improve the quality of life.

What is copper scraping therapy? Bianstone therapy originated in the Stone Age and later evolved into scraping therapy through continuous development among the people. Both therapies are closely related to the basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine and are traditional Chinese therapies. Mr. Li Daozheng combined Bianstone therapy with scraping therapy and created copper scraping therapy based on the theory of meridians and acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine. Copper scraping therapy is to replace Bianstone with brass to make a scraping board, and then scrape the meridian points of the body with specific scraping oil to achieve the effect of detoxification, replenishing qi, and unblocking meridians. Copper scraping therapy combines the principles of meridians, selects specific acupoints, and repeatedly scrapes the skin, causing local skin congestion, improving blood circulation, relieving pain, and achieving the effect of treating diseases and maintaining health.

The characteristic of copper Bian scraping therapy is that brass is used instead of Bian stone for scraping therapy. Brass has good conductivity and can effectively kill toxins and bacteria. The use of copper Bian scraping therapy can enable the human body to achieve a good resonance frequency, which can further enhance the scraping effect and achieve a therapeutic effect beyond ordinary scraping.

Gua Sha therapy is based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, meridians and zang-fu as theoretical foundations, combined with acupoint theory, to scrape the human skin, so that the toxins in the human body are presented on the surface of the skin, so as to achieve the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, detoxification, and removing evil and dampness, thereby achieving the effect of health care. The mechanism of action of Gua Sha therapy mainly has the following effects:

※ Immunomodulation: Gua Sha therapy can effectively reduce the level of IgG in human serum and upregulate the expression of nNOS in human tissues, thereby achieving the effect of immunomodulation.

※ Anti-inflammatory effect: During the scraping process, the human capillaries will be broken and blood will overflow to the surface of the skin, forming ecchymosis. The human body has a good hemolysis mechanism, which can enhance the body's metabolic function by releasing hormones, thus achieving an anti-inflammatory effect.

※ Antioxidant: Gua Sha therapy can increase the activity of the body's antioxidant enzymes, thereby accelerating the elimination of MDA in the body, stimulating immune cells to proliferate and activate them, and thus strengthening the body's immunity.

Copper scraping therapy is also based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and its mechanism of action is similar to that of scraping therapy. Conventional scraping therapy uses common jade, porcelain, etc. as scraping boards, and occasionally copper coins are used. The scraping boards used in copper scraping therapy are made of brass metal materials, which perfectly utilize the thermal conductivity of brass. Through repeated scraping, it resonates with the human body at the same frequency, which is conducive to presenting the sha syndrome on the surface of the skin. The principle of copper scraping therapy is to stimulate specific acupuncture points of the human body through a brass scraping board, so that the evil qi inside the human body is presented on the surface of the skin, thereby achieving the effect of regulating qi and blood, and can also dissolve the stasis in the human body's veins, making the qi more unobstructed. The action area of ​​conventional scraping therapy is relatively limited, only including the diseased parts of the human body, while copper scraping therapy can expand the scope of action. Combined with specific meridian acupoints, different point, line, and grinding scraping techniques are applied to scrape the skin all over the body, ultimately achieving the effect of improving liver function and achieving health care.

At present, with the continuous advancement of medical technology, copper scraping therapy is also maturing and developing, and its clinical application is becoming more and more extensive. In the health care of the elderly, copper scraping therapy can effectively improve the sleep quality of the elderly. Copper scraping therapy can be performed by scraping the ears. After scraping the ears, the positive points of the ear acupoints can be fully exposed, making the acupoint selection more accurate. By continuously scraping the ears, the excitement and inhibition functions of the brain can be adjusted. Specific acupoints have the effects of calming the mind and helping sleep. Copper scraping therapy can prolong sleep time, connect the heart and kidneys, and maintain the balance of the internal organs of the human body. It can also be combined with the deficiency and excess of the internal organs to adjust the qi and blood, and achieve the effect of nourishing qi and calming the mind, thereby achieving the effect of improving sleep quality.

Knee arthritis is relatively common among the elderly, which has a serious impact on the daily quality of life of the elderly. It is often accompanied by pain and even loss of joint function. Using copper scraping therapy, specific acupuncture points, veins and skin of the human body are scraped. Specific areas of the patient's back and the patient's knees are scraped repeatedly with even force, first up and then down, and the scraping time for each part is maintained for about 3-5 minutes. Through copper scraping therapy, the brass scraping board is used to scrape the human body to generate a resonant frequency, which can effectively promote local blood circulation and improve the clinical treatment effect.

Copper scraping therapy is also used in the treatment of neck and shoulder pain in the elderly. Neck and shoulder pain is a common symptom among the elderly. When the pain occurs, it will have a serious adverse effect on the quality of life of the elderly. Western medicine often uses analgesics to treat neck and shoulder pain, which is very harmful to the elderly and has side effects. Copper scraping therapy belongs to traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine classifies neck and shoulder pain as arthritis, which is mostly caused by wind and cold invasion or fatigue injury. Therefore, through copper scraping therapy, the neck and shoulders of elderly patients are scraped, and specific acupuncture points on the neck and shoulders are repeatedly scraped to stimulate the acupuncture points and meridians, dredge blood vessels, and improve blood circulation, thereby making the skin more permeable, eliminating pain-causing substances, improving local inflammation in elderly patients, and achieving the effect of relieving shoulder and neck pain.

As the elderly age, their physical functions continue to decline. It is extremely important to do a good job in health care for the elderly, which can effectively improve the quality of life of the elderly. Copper scraping therapy is used in the health care of the elderly. It uses traditional Chinese medicine to help the elderly improve their physical condition. It has good application value and no side effects.

About the Author:

Tao Cui is from the emergency department of Chongqing Jiulongpo District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.