Gua Sha, the Skin Scraping Massage from China

Massage Gua Sha, as personal care, came to us from time immemorial. This is one of the "kings" of the Chinese acupuncture. It was used in Ancient China in the era of the Yellow Emperor. For a long time remained a massage for privileged persons and was closely associated with the court rituals of the Chinese aristocracy, supporting the cult of beauty, making China the ladies of the court looked fine without doing injections and operations.

Modern Chinese facial massage Gua Sha with black scrape stone combines the Chinese technique of acupuncture with lymphatic drainage massage and plastic and modern techniques of skin care face. Chinese face massage belongs to ancient Eastern techniques, when the effect on tissue is different in the form of special plates, made in China from the horns of the Buffalo or semiprecious stones.

For example, plates (plaques) in the form of a fish: This plaque is specially made taking into account the physiology of the structure of the facial part of a person, it completely conforms to the shape of the skull, so it is ideal for massage Gua Sha facial parts. For this purpose, usually used 2 plates that hold the right and left hand. For Gua Sha facial part of the nose is the middle line, from where you want to massage the face with boards in the right and left side, top to bottom.

First, massage the forehead, the area around the eyes, then both cheeks, then the chin area and neck. During the massage movements should be light, not to much to dent the plate. Massage allowed to do every day. After Gua Sha, you may experience facial flushing that occurs in the result of the improved circulation.