The Amazing Benefits of Gua Sha

What Is Gua Sha?

Gua Sha technique comes from China and is rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, known as TCM. The principles of TCM teach us that, to feel our best, our energy or qi, which we pronounce “chi,” must flow throughout our body. It is believed that health problems occur when our qi becomes stagnant in certain areas. 

With Gua Sha, you or a practitioner uses a smooth-edged tool to gently scrape areas of your body where there is stagnant qi or inflammation to improve circulation and help you heal. So, this is a healing tool-assisted massage that has many benefits for both body and face. Today, however, we’ll be focusing on what you get from using Gua Sha for your beautiful complexion.

Detoxification

So, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, your whole body, including internal organs, is strongly related to your appearance and the way your skin looks. Using a Gua Sha tool to scrape your skin helps you actually signal to your body that the area needs more blood circulation. And, by enabling blood circulation, the technique helps with detoxification and promotes lymphatic drainage, leading to a clearer complexion.

However, to do it properly and not hurt your skin, which is thinner than in other parts of your body, the massage should be gentle, without applying too much pressure.

Natural Facelift

If you look at the Gua Sha stones, you will see they have unique edges, and using them to massage different areas of your face will help you tighten, lift, and sculpt the skin. The technique works by stimulating circulation to help oxygenate and carry nutrients to the skin cells and support the production of anti-aging molecules, collagen, and elastin.

To prevent the signs of aging, such as wrinkled, sagging, and dull skin, we advise you to use Gua Sha regularly. You will notice that the massage will give you a livelier, more plumped, and youthful look. 

Glowing Skin

We’re all aiming to have perfectly glowing skin, and it seems that Gua Sha is here to help. By increasing circulation and improving the lymphatic system, this ancient technique can bring you the naturally dewy, glowing complexion you’ve been secretly dreaming of. 

It also helps your serums and moisturizers go deeper into the layer of your skin, and it can prevent and clear acne by decongesting the skin and lessening inflammation.

Tension Relief

While everybody loves this technique for making the skin more beautiful, it also contributes to your overall well-being, which indirectly improves your appearance. The Gua Sha stone can really help relieve the tension in your face and neck while preventing and fading the expression lines you can get from tension-related muscular pains. 

Without any doubt, this technique is of great aid if you suffer from headaches! But, to make sure you have the best results, we advise you to carefully watch Gua Sha tutorials or find a professional who could do all the work for you.

Grounding Ritual

Whether you choose to indulge in self-practice or you prefer receiving this treatment from a provider, the art of Gua Sha is grounding. The gentle ways of massaging and slow pace of movement create a beautiful environment for relaxation and awakening of your parasympathetic (relaxed) nervous state, making you feel grounded and calm. 

So, don’t think of your Gua Sha practice just from the cosmetic perspective. Take it as it really is, a great way to improve your skin appearance but also an emotional,stress-relieving, and grounding ritual.