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Gua sha is a healing technique of Traditional Chinese ... · Gua sha Gua sha is a healing technique of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Gua sha is defined as instrument-assisted unidirectional

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Page 1: Gua sha is a healing technique of Traditional Chinese ... · Gua sha Gua sha is a healing technique of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Gua sha is defined as instrument-assisted unidirectional

GuashaGuashaisahealingtechniqueofTraditionalChineseMedicine.Guashaisdefinedasinstrument-assistedunidirectionalpress-strokingofalubricatedareaofthebodysurfacetointentionallycreatetransitorytherapeuticpetechiaecalled‘sha’representingextravasationofbloodinthesubcutis.RaisingsharemovesbloodstagnationconsideredpathogenicinTraditionalChineseMedicine.ModernresearchshowsthetransitorytherapeuticpetechiaeproduceanantiinflammatoryandimmuneprotectiveeffectthatpersistsfordaysfollowingasingleGuashatreatmentaccountingfortheimmediatereliefthatpatientsfeelfrompain,stiffness,fever,chill,cough,wheeze,nauseaandvomitingetc,andwhyGuashaiseffectiveinacuteandchronicinternalorgandisordersincludingliverinflammationinhepatitis.