Where should we scrape? Teach you 5 major scraping acupoints

Nowadays, scraping is a very popular health care method. It can expel toxins from the body and has a very good health care effect. For women, scraping can also detoxify, beautify and prolong life. But do you know how to do scraping?

1. Xuehai Point

Positioning method: bend the knee, and locate the bulge of the medial head of the quadriceps femoris on the inner side of the thigh, two inches above the inner end of the patellar base. When you sit on a chair and straighten your legs, you will see a depression on the inside of the knee. The top of the raised muscle above the depression is the Xuehai point.

The effect of scraping: It can help relieve irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, abdominal distension due to gas reversal, eczema, skin itching, anemia and other conditions.

2. Fenglong Point

Location: On the anterior and lateral side of the calf, 8 inches above the tip of the lateral malleolus, two thumb widths away from the anterior edge of the tibia.

The effect of scraping: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness will produce phlegm. This acupoint can eliminate phlegm and dampness, and clear the mind. It is especially suitable for people with more dampness in early autumn. It can help relieve chest and abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, dizziness, irritability, facial edema, swollen limbs and other conditions induced by phlegm and dampness.

3. Yinlingquan Point

Positioning method: Sit upright or lie on your back. The Yinlingquan point is located on the inner side of the calf, in the depression below and behind the medial condyle of the tibia, between the posterior edge of the tibia and the gastrocnemius muscle, and on the origin of the soleus muscle.

The effect of scraping: If there is dampness in the body, it is easy to be affected by external dampness. Don't let the dampness in the body become too great. In addition to dispersing it outwards, you must also internalize some of it. Scraping the Yinlingquan acupoint can internalize dampness, clear away dampness and heat, strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, benefit the kidneys and regulate menstruation, dredge blood vessels and activate collaterals, and help relieve abdominal distension, diarrhea, edema, knee pain, etc.

4. Zhongwan acupoint

Location method: Located in the upper abdomen, on the midline of the abdomen 4 inches above the navel. The point can be found by lying on your back. The midpoint of the line connecting the lower end of the sternum and the navel is this point.

Scraping effect: This acupoint is very effective in relieving abdominal distension, nausea, indigestion, diarrhea, constipation, etc. caused by summer heat and dampness. In addition, it also has a good effect on relieving insomnia caused by autumn dryness.

5. Earth Machine Cave

Positioning method: Located on the inner side of the human body's calf, 3 inches directly below the Yinlingquan point, that is, on the line connecting the tip of the medial malleolus and the Yinlingquan point, at the posterior edge of the inner side of the tibia.

Scraping effect: Diji point has strong antispasmodic, analgesic, qi-promoting and blood-activating effects, and can be used to assist in relieving abdominal pain, diarrhea, edema, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and other conditions.