Facial Gua Sha A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieve Natural Beauty through Traditional Chinese Medicine

This book offers a variety of scraping techniques to prevent and solve numerous facial problems in easy-to-understand language. It is illustrated throughout with a wealth of real-life demonstration diagrams, meaning that anyone who wants to achieve natural beauty can read and learn, making it a practical and easy-to-use self-help book on gua sha and beauty. It will help you to: · Understand the basic principles, preparations, precautions, key locations, methods, and skills of facial gua sha, be fully prepared to begin practicing. · Pick up techniques to combat common skin problems, giving you step-by-step instructions on how to improve dullness, reduce wrinkles, cure spots and acne, eliminate eye bags, slim your face, firm and refine your skin and improve its quality, and delay aging. · Learn how to perform gua sha both on yourself and on others, with techniques suitable for use by beginners in family self-help as well as a handy reference for professionals. · Acquire whole-body scraping methods to boost facial beauty, treating both the symptoms and the root cause, promoting facial well-being.

Zhang Xiuqin is the founder of Holographic Gua Sha and the Holographic Meridian Gua Sha. A leading figure in the gua sha community, she has specialized in the research, teaching, and clinical practice of this traditional Chinese medicine technique for over 30 years, integrating Chinese and Western medical theories to create the innovative Holographic Gua Sha Method, and expanding the clinical application of scraping therapy. She has been invited to give lectures and conduct exchanges in countries such as the Czech Republic, Singapore, and New Zealand, and enjoys international renown.

Contents Foreword Chapter One The Principles of Facial Gua Sha
1. The Relationship between the Meridians, Viscera, and Facial Beauty
2. Key Areas of Facial Gua Sha
3. Self-Diagnosing Skin Abnormalities Chapter Two Preparations for Facial Gua Sha
1. The Four Elements of Gua Sha
2. Precautions
3. Preparation
4. Scraping Techniques
5. Different Scraping Methods for Different Parts of the Face Chapter Three Gua Sha for Daily Beauty
1. Preparation
2. Scraping for Lubricating Skin and Removing Wrinkles
3. Scraping for Diagnosing Health
4. Scraping for Skin Whitening and Removing Chloasma
5. Scraping for Firming the Skin and Slimming the Face
6. Skin Care and Precautions after Gua Sha Chapter Four Removing Dullness and Brightening the Skin
1. Key Points of the Technique
2. Dullness on the Forehead
3. Dullness around the Eyes
4. Pale or Dull Nose
5. Red, Dull, or Pale Cheek Areas
6. Dullness of the Upper Part of the Lips
7. Dullness of the Lower Jaw
8. Dullness on the Lateral Side of the Lower Jaw
9. Diet Therapy and Skin Care Chapter Five Smoothing Wrinkles and Firming the Skin
1. Key Points of the Technique
2. Forehead Wrinkles
3. Wrinkles between the Eyebrows and Eyes
4. Wrinkles around the Eyes
5. Wrinkles in the Middle of the Nose Bridge
6. Loose Skin on the Cheek Areas and Nasolabial Folds
7. Upper and Lower Lip Wrinkles
8. Wrinkles on the Lower Jaw
9. Diet Therapy and Skin Care Chapter Six Eliminating Acne
1. Key Points of the Technique
2. Acne All over the Face
3. Acne in the Middle of the Forehead
4. Acne on the Lateral Sides of the Forehead
5. Acne on the Nose
6. Acne on the Cheek Areas
7. Acne around the Mouth
8. Stubborn Acne in the Middle of the Lower Jaw
9. Stubborn Acne on Both Sides of the Lower Jaw
10. Diet Therapy and Skin Care Chapter Seven Getting Rid of Chloasma
1. Key Points of the Technique
2. Chloasma on Both Sides of the Forehead and on the Temples
3. Chloasma under the Outer Corner of the Eye
4. Chloasma on the Bridge of the Nose
5. Chloasma on Cheek Areas 6. Chloasma on the Upper Lip
7. Chloasma on the Lateral Sides of the Lower Jaw
8. Diet Therapy and Skin Care Chapter Eight Tightening Pores and Reducing Eye Bags
1. Key Points for Pores Tightening
2. Gua Sha Steps for Large Pores on the Forehead and Nose
3. Diet Therapy and Skin Care for Tightening Pores
4. Key Points for Reducing Eye Bags
5. Gua Sha Steps for Reducing Eye Bags
6. Diet Therapy and Skin Care for Reducing Eye Bags Chapter Nine Eliminating Blue Veins and Redness
1. Key Points of the Technique
2. Blue Veins on the Forehead
3. Blue Veins around the Eyes
4. Nose Veins
5. Redness in the Center of the Cheek Areas
6. Protrusion of Sublingual Veins
7. Veins on the Lower Jaw
8. Diet Therapy and Skin Care Chapter Ten Beautifying and Moisturizing the Lips
1. Key Points of the Technique
2. Pale, Bluish Upper Lip
3. Pale Lower Lip
4. Dark Red Upper Lip
5. Crimson Lower Lip
6. Changes in the Color of the Whole Lip
7. Diet Therapy and Skin Care Appendix: Location of the Acupoints