The Gua Sha Stone - Anti-aging for everyone
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The Gua Sha Stone
In addition to the jade roller, the Gua Sha stone is also very popular for beauty treatments when it comes to maintaining a youthful, fresh appearance, stimulating the lymphatic flow, smoothing out wrinkles and promoting blood circulation. It comes from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and has been used for massage, fascia treatment and stimulation therapy for a long time. The Gua Sha consists of jade or rose quartz and has the task of transporting toxins out of the skin, releasing energy, removing blockages and stimulating the metabolism. The advantage is that the application is very simple and at the same time achieves a great effect. The Gua Sha stone is a good choice, especially for a professional facial massage, and can also be used by laypeople for different skin needs.
What is a Gua Sha Stone?
TCM is about treating the physical, emotional and mental levels in order to bring the entire organism back into harmonious balance. There are different treatment methods, referred to as the five pillars, which can be used individually or in combination.
In addition to coordination exercises, the right diet, acupuncture and the use of medicinal plants and healing stones, the massage is an important element, which is called "Tuina". Manual therapy is ancient and includes various grip and massage techniques that trigger a stimulus on the body and thus have a more intensive and long-lasting effect than other forms of massage. In addition to kneading and gripping, stroking is also part of the massage, which is particularly effective with a healing stone and is carried out with controlled pressure. Therefore, Gua Sha translated means the combination of the words "strokes" and "redness", which appear in a very light form after the treatment and show that the massage was successful and the face is clean.
The Gua Sha stone made of jade
The high-quality Gua Sha stone is usually made of jade, an extremely energetic healing stone that produces a cooling effect and is ideal for people with sensitive skin. Esoterically, it promotes healthy sleep, relieves tension and fears and strengthens mental mobility. The healing stone has also established itself in the beauty sector, as it has a unique anti-aging effect and strengthens the immune system. On the one hand, it's about releasing energy, but on the other hand it's also about relaxing the muscles and stimulating blood circulation and lymphatic flow. Toxins are guided out of the body and at the same time the better distribution of oxygen and nutrients is achieved. The skin becomes firmer and more supple and maintains the radiant complexion over a longer period of time.
What is the effect of a Gua Sha stone?
Treatment with the Gua Sha stone does not require any special knowledge and, above all, achieves two positive effects. The massage can be implemented regularly to improve the complexion in the long term, remove pollutants and stimulate the lymph flow, or it can be used as a highly effective connective tissue massage in the short term to achieve a quick effect, smoothing out small wrinkles, reducing bags under the eyes and making the complexion more radiant and by using the stone to work anti-aging ingredients better into the skin, including hyaluronic acid or collagen.
What are the benefits of using the stone?
In general, the jade healing stone has a stimulating effect as soon as it is gently slid over the skin. This makes it a perfect complement to skin care and a daily beauty routine . In connection with the facial massage, jade improves blood circulation and reduces inflammatory processes. This achieves a better complexion in the long run. The sha shows up as a slight reddening after the treatment. This is where the rosy, radiant complexion is created, while swelling and bags under the eyes are reduced. The massage relaxes the facial muscles and at the same time strengthens the connective tissue. The stone supports the body's own processes, stimulates blood circulation, cools the skin, relaxes the facial muscles and has an excellent care effect. The advantages of the application are quickly visible and show up as:
- Anti-aging effect
- stress relief
- Reduction of bags under the eyes and swelling
- Stimulating blood flow
- strengthening of the connective tissue
- relaxation of the muscles
- Headache Relief
- Improvement of skin texture and complexion
How is a Gua Sha massage performed?
In the professional facial massage, the stone is guided over the different regions and has an ergonomic curve to allow optimal skin contact. In general, it should always be guided from the inside out in order to activate the lymph flow. The stone is held flat and moved across the skin at a slight angle. Depending on what the massage is intended for, more or less pressure is necessary.Before the massage, the face is thoroughly cleaned, while afterwards a cream or oil is applied to improve the gliding movement. The stone is systematically passed over the face with gentle pressure and the rounded shape irritates the skin very little. Jade also has a cooling effect that quickly becomes noticeable when using the stone. In order to effect lymphatic drainage, it makes sense to massage from the center of the face to the ear in order to remove toxins and accumulated fluid from the skin. The flat and rounded side is useful on the cheeks or forehead, and the cleft on the chin. In order to improve the contours of the chin, the stone is guided from the neck over the lymph channels located there to over the chin. These forms of massage are carried out with gentle gliding in only one direction. If a short freshness effect is to be achieved, the fascia massage with a little more pressure makes sense. The Gua Sha is moved upwards in short movements to create a rosy complexion and visually emphasize the face. To avoid swelling, the massage is carried out from the inside to the outside with this method. This strengthens the connective tissue and improves blood circulation.
How often should Gua Sha be used?
The beauty stone can be used in many ways and unfolds its effect with regular use. The massage is pleasant and can be perfectly combined with daily facial care . Five to ten minutes are enough with the jade stone to stimulate blood circulation and achieve a radiant complexion. At the same time as the massage, the care substances are better absorbed and distributed in the upper and lower layers of the skin. Likewise, the gua sha stone can be used in the evening to soothe facial skin, reduce stress and promote sound sleep. Five minutes are enough to achieve the relaxation effect, while the facial muscles are pleasantly loosened up.
For which body regions is the Gua Sha suitable?
The Gua Sha stone is part of the manual massage and is therefore suitable for a wide range of applications. To achieve the anti-aging effect, the healing stone is used for facial massage, which is done with gentle pressure to avoid irritation. Similar to a face roller, the stone is rubbed and scraped over the skin until the skin reddens slightly and the toxins are dissolved and removed.The massage takes place on the chin, cheeks and forehead. Dark circles, lines and wrinkles are reduced while the facial skin is loosened up. The stone is also used on the neck, temples, hairline, décolleté and back to relieve tension and pain, strengthen connective tissue and improve blood circulation. It is not suitable for use on inflamed or injured skin. Open wounds should also not come into contact with the Gua Sha stone.
