What does White Jade Represent?
According to Eastern medicine, White Jade represents purity, peace, and harmony in the mind and body. It is believed to have calming, cooling, healing and emotional properties. It is also believed to help alleviate anxiety and stress and promote emotional healing by releasing negative emotions and promoting positive energy. In addition it is said to have physical healing properties by promoting healthy skin, improve circulation, and boost the immune system.
What is Gua Sha?
Gua Sha is a traditional Chinese therapy dating back at least 700 years. Despite having a long history across the East, it is only recently that it has made its way to the West.
“Gua Sha” is thought “to scrape away illness”, as Gua is the Chinese term for rub or scrape, and Sha refers to an energy within the body that causes excess heat. In ancient times this technique was considered more of a spiritual practice, in that the combination of the tools and the movements were able to rid one’s body of blocked “energies” that were causing the negative effects in the skin and body. Today, in western society, the concept is more scientific in focus, ridding the body of heat and inflammation.
Gua Sha applied to the face, strategically improves not only ones appearance in the face, but also hits key meridians and face mapping techniques to improve ones inner health. That’s why we call it our inside out glow up!
What Are the Benefits of Gua Sha?
Gua Sha carries with it a variety of benefits that affect our face and body in different ways.
A few of these benefits include:
+Balance muscle tension and improve tone
+Keep fascia elastic
+Soften lines and wrinkles
+Activate anti-inflammatory cytokine production
+Align collagen stands unidirectionally
+Stimulate fibroblast cells for collagen synthesis
+Oxidative stress protection
+Increase microcirculation promoting blood flow
+Break up facial adhesions
+Promote lymphatic flow and drainage
+Decrease facial and eye puffiness
Directions for Use:
Use Gua Sha 5+ minutes a day with 45 degree firm pressure to lay down and work the muscles of the face and neck, sweeping from midline to sides, and upward/angled strokes. Always apply an oil prior to application. Always use Nephrite Green Jade as your core Gua Sha, then add Rose Quartz and/or White Jade for lymphatic and skin stimulation.
