Facial Gua Sha and Lymphatic Drainage are NOT the same

If you didn't learn facial Gua Sha from a TCM practitioner chances are you learned lymphatic drainage using a Gua Sha tool. Because facial Gua Sha is gentler than medical Gua Shq, it may look like lymphatic drainage but is actually quite different.
Facial Gua Sha also improve lymphatic drainage, but it also improves blood and gi (energy) circulation, relaxes tight muscle; smooths fascia, and removes blood stagnation from the tissue.
In TCM we use Gua Sha to improve CIRCULATION, not just encourage drainage. Circulation benefits the inward flow of nutrients to tissue and cells, and the outflow of wastes from the cells.
If you want to get the most and best results from facial Gua Sha you have to practice it like it's Gua
Sha - not lymphatic drainage.
If you're not a TCM practitioner who received a Gua Sha "certification" do you know if your teacher is a TCM practitioner? You should always ask, or check for the L.Ac. or D.Ac. credential - if it's not there, you may not have learned the true TCM principles of Gua Sha.
Please note that we are not experts in lymphatic drainage technique so we cannot vouch for the accuracy of how they are being demonstrated here. They have been included strictly to demonstrate the types of rules that are mistakenly applied to Gua Sha.
Video credits: @cancerrehabpt @sunsetdermatology @myestytessa @gracie_norton
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[@michellel6865]

Thank you so much for explaining in detail. I was so confused about this but now it makes sense! 😊

[@privaesea6046]

I had no idea. Stuck on your page absorbing all this good information. TY!

[@TrinaGallo]

Right? Sandra is so brilliant. Her classes are amazing! If you’re getting deep into it, I’d recommend giving one that appeals to you a try. One group class with her taught me SO MUCH! That’s really where I found a goldmine of Gua/ TCM info & practice in one night.

[@yuordreams]

This is so helpful. Maybe you get this comment sometimes, I hope it doesn't offend you at all, but I absolutely love your birth mark. My grandma had one perfectly on the side of her chin, looked similar. Seeing your face really softened up my heart all of a sudden, remembering my grandmother.

[@TrinaGallo]

I ❤️ how you distinguish them! Personally, I use both and call the combo of Gua, face yoga strengthening exercises,& lymphatic drainage (not simultaneously!) “Facework ” 😊 But Gua Sha is the glue that holds it together.

[@YazRaj]

Thank you so much I was so confused about the movement. Now I’m clear 😊

[@OO-uz9yp]

Wasnt gua sha only a body thing traditionally

[@____666___]

Wasn’t it a WHOLE body thing?

[@tm67724]

Is qi a real thing? What actually is it?

[@Leo9ine]

Fuck no it isn't 😂