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