Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Gua Sha and also other practices like Acupuncture, Cupping open up your “containers” of circulation. While many see Gua Sha as a lymph drainage technique, as a TCM practitioner I see it as a way to create more space in your fascia, muscles.
Imagine suddenly moving from a cluttered studio to a spacious 2 bedroom apartment (or cluttered garage to spacious house). You would have more space to roam, circulate, move.
This is what happens when tight tech necks, scrunched up shoulder muscles are treated to Gua Sha. The extra space allows the blood, lymph fluids and qi (energy) to flow and roam freely, feeding your skin with nutrients, oxygen and everything else it needs to be healthy and glowing.
Think of it that way when you practice Gua Sha, and you won't ever “have to” do downward draining strokes - unless you want to and enjoy them.
Questions? Pop them in the comments!
#lanshin #guasha #lymphaticdrainage #tcm #chinesemedicine
Gua Sha and also other practices like Acupuncture, Cupping open up your “containers” of circulation. While many see Gua Sha as a lymph drainage technique, as a TCM practitioner I see it as a way to create more space in your fascia, muscles.
Imagine suddenly moving from a cluttered studio to a spacious 2 bedroom apartment (or cluttered garage to spacious house). You would have more space to roam, circulate, move.
This is what happens when tight tech necks, scrunched up shoulder muscles are treated to Gua Sha. The extra space allows the blood, lymph fluids and qi (energy) to flow and roam freely, feeding your skin with nutrients, oxygen and everything else it needs to be healthy and glowing.
Think of it that way when you practice Gua Sha, and you won't ever “have to” do downward draining strokes - unless you want to and enjoy them.
Questions? Pop them in the comments!
#lanshin #guasha #lymphaticdrainage #tcm #chinesemedicine
