Use Gua Sha to Expel Male and Female Diseases
Scraping therapy can adjust yin and yang because many diseases of men and women are caused by the imbalance between yin and yang. In the course of medical treatment, scraping therapy as an auxiliary means is very helpful in expelling illness.
Premature Ejaculation
This refers to immediate sperm ejaculation before entering the vagina or as soon as the penis enters the vagina and then slumped, which is a symptom of failure to have sex intercourse. According to Chinese medicine, this is caused by too excessive sex intercourse or frequent masturbation, leading to the weakness of kidney meridian, insufficiency of kidney yin, or weak physique, asthenic spermatorrhea for a long time, weakness of kidney energy and harm to yin and yang.
The mental factor is also an important reason for premature ejaculation. Therefore, mental adjustment should also be paid attention to in the course of treatment, i.e., avoid a malicious cycle of mentality due to the failure in sex intercourse.
The patient of premature ejaculation had better eat more food which can tonify kidneys, warm up yang, induce astringency and stop spermatorrhea, such as walnut kernel, gorgon fruit, sheep bones and chicken. It is a taboo to eat raw and food cold in nature.
Recommended Procedures
1. Mingmen Point and Zhishi Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Mingmen point and Zhishi point from up to down, 10 to 15 times respectively.
2. Shenshu Point and Pangguangshu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Shenshu point to Pangguangshu point from up to down 10 to 15 times.
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Guanyuan point from up to down 10 to 15 times, and use the corner of the scraping plate to knead it in whirls for 30 times, until sha appears.
4. Sanyinjiao Point and Taixi Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Sanyinjiao point from up to down for 30 times. Use the single-angle scraping to scrape, press and knead Taixi point for 30 times, until sha appears.
Therapy to Increase the Curative Effect
200-gram mutton and 30-gram Chinese wolfberries are simmered with water into soup for oral use.
This refers to the failure to complete sex intercourse due to erectile dysfunction, though the man has the sexual desire, but cannot erect, or slumps quickly after managing to erect for a very short time. Male erection is a complex process which is associated with nerves, hormones and sentiments. In clinical practice, impotence is most commonly seen among men with liver or kidney illness, weak physique and the particularly people with kidney deficiency. Scraping therapy can improve the sex dysfunctions to a certain extent.
Most cases of impotence are caused by mental factors. Patients of organic impotence are also often influenced by mental factors. Therefore, it is very important to adjust mentality in curing impotence.
Recommended Procedures
1. Reflection Areas of the Productive Organs on the Medial and Lateral Foot
Method: Use the flat-pressing and kneading to press and knead the areas.
2. Shenque Point, Guanyuan Point and Zhongji Point
Method: Use the flat-pressing and kneading to press and knead Shenque point. Then, use the surface-scraping to scrape from Guanyuan point to Zhongji point below the navel from up to down, then press and knead Guanyuan point and Zhongji point for 30 times respectively.
3. Pishu Point, Shenshu Point, Mingmen Point and Yaoyangguan Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Pishu point, Shenshu point, Mingmen point and Yaoyangguan point on the back from up to down.
4. Yinlingquan Point, Ligou Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Yinlingquan point, Ligou apoint and Sanyinjiao point on the inside of the lower limbs from up to down.
This refers to a kind of male illness marked by automatic discharge of sperms without having sex intercourse. Generally, it is a normal physiological phenomenon for an adult man to have spermatorrhea for no more than once a week. If it is more than once a week or several times a day coupled with low spirits, waist soreness, weak legs, palpitation and short breath, then, it is pathological spermatorrhea. According to Chinese medicine, spermatorrhea is mostly due to weak kidneys failing to control sperms, or heart-kidney imbalance, or downward flow of damp-heat.
1. Reflection Areas of the Productive Organs on Medial and Lateral Foot and in the Sole
Method: Use the flat-pressing and kneading or the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead the areas.
2. Xinshu Point, Mingmen Point and Shenshu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Xinshu point, Mingmen point and Shenshu point on the waist and the back from up to down.
3. Guanyuan Point and Zhongji Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Guanyuan point to Zhongji point on the lower abdomen from up to down.
4. Taixi Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Sanyinjiao point on the inside of the shin for 30 times. Use the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead Taixi point with some force, until soreness, numbness and distention are felt.
Prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia are common diseases with the prostate gland, generally marked by frequent micturition, urgent urination and white secretions flowing out of the urethral opening after urine is discharged. It is mostly caused by the damp and heat in the lower energizer and disorder of gasification. Scraping therapy can smooth vital energy and blood, adjust functions of various endocrine glands and smooth the bladder.
Recommended Procedures
1. Mingmen Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to gently scrape Mingmen point 30 times from up to down, until the skin turns red.
2. Zhongji Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Zhongji point 30 times from up to down with moderate force, until the skin turns red.
3. Ququan Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Ququan point and Sanyinjiao point 10 to 15 times respectively from up to down with force, until sha appears.
Therapy to Increase the Curative Effect
White gourd and coix seed soup: 350-gram sliced white gourd and 50-gram coix seeds are boiled into soup with an appropriate amount of white sugar for oral use, once every day.
This is a benign pathological change in the prostate gland marked by slow onset of discharging urine, fine urinary streams, shortened range of urinary shot and urinary dripping after urine is discharged. Frequent micturition takes place at night first, followed by frequent micturition even in the daytime. Frequent micturition becomes more serious in the late stage due to the reduction of effective capacity in the bladder.
Generally, benign hyperplasia of the prostate gland enjoys favorable prognosis after treatment. Without treatment, it will seriously affect the quality of life. Chronic lower urinary tract obstruction may lead to the failure of kidney functions, which can threaten the life.
Recommended Procedures
1. Reflection Areas of the Productive Organs on the Medial and Lateral Foot
Method: Use the flat-pressing and kneading to press and knead the areas.
2. Corresponding Area of the Productive Organs on the Spine
Method: Use the surface-scraping and the dual-angle scraping to scrape the area.
3. Shuidao Point and Guilai Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Shuidao point to Guilai point on the abdomen from up to down.
4. Yinlingquan Point, Sanyinjiao Point, Fuliu Point and Taixi Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Yinlingquan point, Sanyinjiao point, Fuliu point and Taixi point on the inside of the lower limbs.
This refers to a man at the normal age of childbearing with normal sex life, failing to enable the wife to be pregnant though no contraceptive measures are taken in a year or longer than that. Scraping therapy is conducive to stimulating kidney functions and restoring male functions of childbearing.
There are quite many syndromes of male infertility. The following steps 1 to 3 lay stress on stimulating kidneys to help restore male functions of childbearing. Long-term depression leading to infertility is seen quite often. Step 4 serves to adjust the health of people of this kind. Concrete reasons for infertility require diagnosis by doctors for symptomatic treatment.
Recommended Procedures
1. Corresponding Area of the Productive Organs on the Spine
Method: Use the surface-scraping and the dual-angle scraping to scrape the area.
2. Zhiyang Point, Mingmen Point, Yaoyangguan Point and Yaoshu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Zhiyang point, Mingmen point, Yaoyangguan point and Yaoshu point along the spine.
3. Qihai Point, Guanyuan Point, Zhongji Point and Qugu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Qihai point to Guanyuan point, Zhongji point and Qugu point on the lower abdomen.
4. Taichong Point and Xingjian Point
Method: Use the corner of the scraping plate to vertically press and knead Taichong point and Xingjian point, until soreness and distention are felt (it is applicable to those of infertility often under depression).
This refers to a woman at the age of childbearing still failing to be pregnant despite having normal sex life without taking contraceptive measures in a year of longer than that. Infertility includes primary infertility (without pregnancy after marriage) and secondary infertility (had pregnancy after marriage).
There are many reasons for infertility, such as diseases in the system of reproduction, malnutrition and weak physique. Therefore, infertility requires all-round physical checkup for targeted treatment, instead of blindly relying on so-called folk prescription. In daily life, paying attention to physical exercise, reinforcing physique, improving anaemia and malnutrition, giving up smoking and alcoholic drinks are all conducive to restoring the ability of fertility among women of infertility.
1. Mingmen Point and Changqiang Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Mingmen point to Changqiang point, until the skin turns red (the appearance of sha is not necessary).
2. Shenshu Point and Baihuanshu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Shenshu point to Baihuanshu point, until the skin turns red (the appearance of sha is not necessary).
3. Xuehai Point, Yinlingquan Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Xuehai point, Yinlingquan point and Sanyinjiao point on the inside of the lower limbs from up to down, until the skin turns red (the appearance of sha is not necessary).
4. Weidao Point, Tituo Point, Zigong Point and Dahe Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Weidao point, Tituo point, Zigong point and Dahe point from up to down, until the skin turns red (the appearance of sha is not necessary).
This is a common disease among women, generally marked by abnormality of the cycle of menstruation or the amount of bleeding. In the period of menstruation, women can suffer from abdominal pain and related symptoms all over the body. The reasons are likely to be organic lesion or abnormality of functions. Irregular menstruation can also be caused by the neglect of nurturing health, depression, anxiety, anger, being caught in the cold rain, and eating raw and cold food.
Mental stimulation and fluctuating emotions are important elements for irregular menstruation, requiring the regulation of emotions. During the period of menstruation, it’s better not to eat raw, cold, sour or spicy food. Drink more hot water and keep the bowel movement smooth. Taking appropriate amount of dates, motherwort, angelica and haws can invigorate blood and adjust menstruation to a certain extent.
Therapies to Increase the Curative Effect
• Angelica tea for adjusting menstruation: 2-gram black tea and 10-gram washed angelica are put into the boiling water for five minutes as tea to be drunk, once every day.
• Haw and brown sugar beverage: 5-gram raw haws and 40-gram brown sugar are boiled as hot beverage, drink once every day. It is suitable for women with small amount of bleeding during the period of menstruation, but not suitable for those of large amount of bleeding.
1. Reflection Area of the Productive Organs in the Palm and the Sole
Method: Use the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead the areas.
2. Projection Area of the Uterus and the Ovary on Body Surface
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape the area on the lower abdomen from up to down, which can be coupled with cupping.
3. Qihai Point, Guanyuan Point and Guilai Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Qihai point, Guanyuan point and Guilai point on the lower abdomen from up to down.
4. Ganshu Point and Shenshu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Ganshu point to Shenshu point on the waist and back from up to down.
5. Xuehai Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Xuehai point and Sanyinjiao point on the inside of the lower limbs from up to down.
This refers to the pain in the lower abdomen or the waist and even in the lumbosacral area before and after menstruation. It attacks together with the cycle of menstruation. Women of serious cases may suffer from nausea, vomit, dripping cold sweat, cold hands and even coma. According to Chinese medicine, dysmenorrhea is mostly caused by stasis of vital energy and blood or stasis of the cold-damp. Scraping therapy has a better effect on primary dysmenorrhea without organic lesion.
Too much pressure at work, over-fatigue and tension can also result in over-sensitivity of women to the pain. The neglect of keeping the abdomen warm is also a major factor leading to dysmenorrhea. Catching cold in the period of menstruation will contract blood vessels in the uterus and pelvic cavity, resulting in the disorder of ovary functions, the sharp reduction of the amount of menstruation and even amenorrhea.
1. Reflection Areas of the Productive Organs on the Medial and Lateral Foot
Method: Use the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead the areas.
2. Projection Area of the Uterus and the Ovary on the Body Surface
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape the area on the lower abdomen from up to down, which can be coupled with cupping.
3. Qihai Point and Zhongji Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Qihai point to Zhongji point on the lower abdomen from up to down.
4. Ganshu Point and Shenshu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Ganshu point to Shenshu point on the waist and back from up to down.
5. Yinlingquan Point, Diji Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Yinlingquan point to Diji point and Sanyinjiao point on the inside of the lower limbs from up to down.
There are two kinds of amenorrhea, primary amenorrhea and secondary amenorrhea. Those of more than 16 years old without menstruation fall into the category of primary amenorrhea. After the first menstruation, those whose menstruation stops for more than 3 months fall into the category of secondary amenorrhea (with such factors as the period of pregnancy, the period of breast-feeding and the period of menopause excluded). According to Chinese medicine, amenorrhea can be caused by the congenital insufficiency of kidney energy, acquired liver-kidney deficiency, or mental irritation, anger, stasis of liver energy or catching cold during the period of menstruation.
Menstruation results from the fall-off of endometria periodically due to periodic adjustment of hypothalamus, hypohysis and ovarian axis. Organic or functional changes of any link will be likely to result in amenorrhea. Other kinds of organic and functional abnormality related to endocrine glands are also likely to affect menstruation to the extent of leading to amenorrhea. Therefore, attention should be paid to making identification once amenorrhea takes place, trying to find out the pathogenesis to facilitate treatment.
1. Reflection Areas of the Productive Organs on the Medial and the Lateral Foot and in Sole
Method: Use the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead the areas, with stress on the point of pain.
2. Qihai Point and Guanyuan Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Qihai point to Guanyuan point on the lower abdomen from up to down. Use the corner of the scraping plate to press and knead these two acupoints for 30 times respectively.
3. Pishu Point and Ganshu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Pishu point and Ganshu point on the waist and back from up to down.
4. Xuehai Point, Sanyinjiao Point and Taichong Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Xuehai point and Sanyinjiao point on the inside of the lower limbs from up to down. Then, use the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead Taichong point on the foot-back 15 to 30 times, until soreness and distention are felt.
Therapy to Increase the Curative Effect
Sliced ginger fried with cuttlefish: 50-gram peeled-off and sliced ginger and 200-gram washed and sliced cuttlefish are fried in oil with salt added. This dish serves to supplement blood and smooth the main and collateral channels, helpful as an auxiliary treatment to the women with amenorrhea due to deficiency of blood.
A small amount of white and viscous liquid secreted from the vagina is called leukorrhea. It is called “leukorrheal disease” if leukorrhea continues with a big amount, bad smell and abnormal color as well as symptoms all over the body. According to Chinese medicine, this disease is mostly due to the downward flow of damp-heat or weakness in vital energy and blood, leading to disorder of Belt Channel and imbalance between Chong Meridian and Ren Meridian.
1. Qihai Point, Guanyuan Point and Daimai Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Qihai point to Guanyuan point on the lower abdomen from up to down as well as Daimai point on both sides.
2. Pishu Point, Shenshu Point, Mingmen Point, Ciliao Point and Xialiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Pishu point to Shenshu point on both sides of the waist and back from up to down. Then, use the surface-scraping to scrape Mingmen point, Ciliao point and Xialiao point respectively.
3. Yinlingquan Point, Sanyinjiao Point, Zusanli Point and Fuliu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Yinlingquan point to Sanyinjiao point. Then, use the flat-pressing and kneading to press and knead Zusanli point and Fuliu point.
This refers to the fact that uterus descends or falls off along vagina from its normal position. It is often marked by soreness and pain in the lumbosacral area and the feeling of tenesmus in the lower abdomen, vagina and perineal area. Such a feeling will be more obvious after physical labor but will be eased after resting in bed. Those of serious cases will suffer from difficulties in discharging urine, or frequent urination and the increase of leukorrhea.
Menopause is the period of high frequency of occurrence in terms of uterine prolapse. Women in this period should pay particular attention to avoiding being over-tired, keeping a happy mood, expelling tension and anxiety, being mindful of doing physical exercise to an appropriate extent and adhering to lifting anal muscles (forcefully contracting anal muscles for 10 minutes each time, several times a day) to prevent tissues from being too loosened or declining too early.
1. Baihui Point
Method: Use the edge of the scraping plate to scrape Baihui point with increasing force, until soreness, distention and numbness are felt on the top of the head.
2. Qihai Point and Guanyuan Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Qihai point to Guanyuan point on the lower abdomen from up to down, until the skin turns red or sha appears.
3. Xuehai Point, Sanyinjiao Point and Zhaohai Point
Method: Use the corner of the scraping plate to press and knead Xuehai point 20 to 30 times, until soreness and distention are felt. Use the surface-scraping to scrape Sanyinjiao point and Zhaohai point from up to down. The appearance of sha is not necessary.
This is benign uterine tumor caused by cellular proliferation of smooth muscles in uterus, marked by too much menstruation and secondary anaemia, generally without obvious symptoms on the part of the patient. Pain in the lower abdomen or bearing-down pain takes place according to the area and size of the fibroid. There are more incidences of abortion after pregnancy. The fibroid presses the bladder and rectum and even leads to urine retention and constipation.
With uterine fibroid confirmed, the patient should go to the hospital for check-up once a month. Follow-up check-up can be done once every half year if the size of the fibroid expands slowly or remains the same. Surgical operation should be considered if the fibroid expands obviously, so as to prevent serious bleeding or compression over inner organs in the abdomen.
1. Projection Area of the Uterus and the Ovaries on the Body Surface, Qihai Point, Zhongji Point, and Zigong Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape the projection area on the lower abdomen, with stress on Qihai point, Zhongji point and Zigong point.
2. Shenshu Point and Ciliao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Shenshu point and Ciliao point on both sides of the back from up to down.
3. Xuehai Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Xuehai point and Sanyinjiao point on both sides of the Spleen Meridian on lower limbs from up to down.
This refers to chronic inflammation in female productive organs and surrounding connective tissues, often resulting from incomplete treatment of acute pelvic inflammation and the delay of the disease-course. It is mainly marked by the bearing-down pain in the lower abdomen or soreness and pain in the lumbosacral area coupled with low fever, a big amount of leukorrhea and irregular menstruation. Scraping therapy is conducive to promoting the circulation of vital energy and blood and eliminating inflammation.
When acute pelvic inflammation or chronic pelvic inflammation attacks, there will be diffuse peritonitis, septicemia and infectious shock, which should be treated in time. During the period of treatment, attention should be paid to personal hygiene and persistent physical exercise to reinforce physique.
1. Projection Area of the Uterus and the Ovaries on the Body Surface
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape the area from up to down.
2. Reflection Areas of the Productive Organs in Palm and Sole
Method: Use the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead the areas.
3. Qihai Point and Guanyuan Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Qihai point to Guanyuan point on the lower abdomen from up to down, until the skin turns red.
4. Shenshu Point and Ciliao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape from Shenshu point to Ciliao point on the waist and back from up to down.
5. Xuehai Point, Yinlingquan Point and Sanyinjiao Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Xuehai point, Yinlingquan point and Sanyinjiao point respectively on the inside of the lower limbs from up to down.
This is acute pyogenic inflammation of mammary glands caused by germ infection, mostly taking place in women in the breast-feeding period. It is marked by breast distending pain possibly with fester flowing out, coupled with fever, fear of the cold and weakness all over the body. Scraping therapy can expel toxin and stasis, which is conducive to eliminating inflammation.
1. Corresponding Areas of the Mammary Glands on the Spine
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape the area from up to down.
2. Danzhong Point, Wuyi Point and Rugen Point
Method: Use the angle-scraping to scrape Danzhong point from up to down. Then, gently scrape Wuyi point and Rugen point from inside to outside.
3. Quchi Point and Hegu Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Quchi point on upper limbs from up to down. Use the single-angle pressing and kneading to press and knead Hegu point forcefully, until soreness and numbness are felt.
This is the commonest disease among females, often taking place in young and middle-aged women, with the conspicuous symptom of breast distending pain as well as lumps within breasts. According to Chinese medicine, main reasons for it are depression, stasis of vital energy, disorder of spleen functions, damp and phlegm, over-work and consumption of vital energy, etc. Scraping therapy can adjust and smooth vital energy circulation to a certain extent, preventing and treating hyperplasia of mammary glands.
Undesirable psychological factors such as excessive tension, irritation, apprehension and sorrow will lead nervous to break down, aggravating the imbalance of endocrine and causing hyperplasia. Therefore, women of this disease should try to avoid radical change of emotions and try to be pleasant. Active and outgoing moods are conducive to the elimination and recovery of hyperplasia. The early-stage symptoms of the tumor of mammary glands are similar to those of hyperplasia. Therefore, timely check-up is required to specify its nature for timely treatment.
1. Du Meridian and Bladder Meridians
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Du Meridian and Bladder Meridians parallel to the breasts on the back from up to down.
2. Danzhong Point, Wuyi Point and Qimen Point
Method: Use the angle-scraping to scrape Danzhong point on the chest from up to down. Then gently scrape Wuyi point and Qimen point from inside to outside.
3. Jianjing Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Jianjing point on the shoulder from inside to outside with considerable force, until sha appears.
4. Xuehai Point and Taichong Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Xuehai point on lower limbs from up to down. Then, use the vertical-pressing and kneading to press and knead Taichong point on the foot back, until soreness and distention are felt.
Generally, climacteric takes place at the age from 45 to 50 for females, including the period of time before and after menopause. Before and after menopause, there will be fluctuation and reduction of sex hormone among these women. Therefore, a series of physical and mental symptoms arising from it are called climacteric syndrome. Generally speaking, these symptoms include disorder of menstruation, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitation, insomnia, decline of memory, easy excitement, agitation, fluctuating mood, frequent urination, red face, weakness and soreness in the waist, fatigue and obesity, etc.
During the period of menopause, women are apt to suffer from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and tumor, periodical physical check-up is necessary. In this period, they are also apt to be marked by bone rarefaction. Therefore, they should pay attention to supplementing calcium, strictly controlling weight, setting restriction over irritating food and eating less salty food, so as to achieve diet balance.
1. Reflection Area of the Productive Organs in Sole
Method: Use the angle-pressing and kneading to press and knead the area.
2. Neiguan Point and Shenmen Point
Method: Use the flat-scraping to scrape Neiguan point on the inside of the upper limbs. Then, use the corner of the scraping plate to press and knead Shenmen point on the wrist for 20 to 30 times.
3. Qihai Point and Guanyuan Point
Method: Use the flat-scraping to scrape from Qihai point to Guanyuan point on the lower abdomen from up to down, until the skin turns red.
4. Ganshu Point, Shenshu Point and Mingmen Point
Method: Use the surface-scraping to scrape Ganshu point, Shenshu point and Mingmen point on the waist and back from up to down.
5. Sanyinjiao Point, Taixi Point and Taichong Point
Method: Use the flat-scraping to scrape Sanyinjiao point on the inside of the lower limbs, until the skin turns red. Then, use the corner of the scraping plate to forcefully scrape Taixi point 30 times. Finally, use the vertical-pressing and kneading to press and knead Taichong point, until soreness and numbness are felt.
