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 Gua Sha Therapy-Unique Treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine

1.What is Guasha?

GuaSha is an East Asian medicine technique used to remore blood stagnation that blocks the surface tissues impeding organ and immune function.Gua means to scrap or rub.Sha is a reddish,elevated,millet-like skin rashaka petechinae.Sha is the term used to describe Blood stasis in the subcutaneous tissue before and after it is raised as petechiae.Gua Sha is one technique that intentionally raises Sha rash or petechiae.In Vietnam the technique is called Cao Yio,In Indonesia:Kerik,in Laos:Khoud Lam.How do you know if you need Guasha?How can you tell if someone has blood stagnation?

2.What are the benefits of Gua Sha?

In most cases the patient feels an immediate shift in their condition particularly in their pain or sense of constraint .GuaSha moves stuck Qi and Blood ,releases the Exterior mimicking sweating and moves Fluids.Ia a modern medical construct these fluids contain metalbolic processes.It is a valuable treatment for both external and internal pain,and facilitates the resolution of both acute and chronic disorders.

3.When is Gua Sha used?

Gusha is used whenever a patient has pain whether associated with an acute or chronic disorder..There may be aching ,tenderness and /or a knotty feeling in the muscles.Palpation reveals Sha when normal finger in the muscles.Palpation reveals Sha when normal finger pressure on a patients skin causes blanching that is alow to fade.In addition to resovling musculo skeletal pain,GuaSha is used to treat as well as prevent common cold,flu,bronchitis,asthma,as well as any chronic disorder involving involving pain,congestion of Qi and Blood.

4.Where is Gua Sha applied?

Sha is raised primarily at the Yang surface of the body:The bak,neck,shoulders,buttocks,and limbs.In occasion,GuaSha is applied at the chest and abdomen.

5.How is Guasha applied?

The area to be GuaSha-ed is lubricatedwith oil.The skin is them rubbed with a round-edged instrument in downward strokes.One area is stroked until the petechiae that surface are completely raised.If there is no blood stasis the petechiae will not form and the skin will only turn pink.

6.The step of Guasha:

1.       Press:

When a person has Sha they will feel pain,aching or stiffness in the muscles.Palpation reveals tightness and ropiness in the muscles and when the skin is pressed.

2.       Blanch:

When pressed and released the skin remains blanched,and the blanching is slow to fade.This is a sign of blood stagnation in the surface membrane.Oil or lotion is rubbed onto the surface as a lubricant.

3.       Gua:

Guasha is applied in repeated strokes,pressing with a rounded,blunt edge.Care is taken to cover and protect moles or raised blemishes from distrubances.A stroke line is pressed until all the Sha is raised.

4.       Sha:

The Sha raused in the upper back and neck .

5.toos:

In China,a soup spoon,coins or a slice of water buffalo horn is used to apply GuaSha..Now we have a new type of Guasha Device,It no need so hard so before because it is eletric and big area,it will soon finish the Guasha.And it will improve the Guasha Efficiency.

7.Is Gua Sha Safe?

Gua Sha is a completely safe technique,but it is serious midicine.Knowing when to use it and what to expect from treatment is as important as goods technique.People who live in chronic pain often erect emotional defenses to cope with it or can feel completely hopeless .Having that paintouchedand releved can be unsetting,even shocking.It is good to be moderate in activity after treatment,even rest.after treatment:No drugs,booze,sex,fasting,feasting or hard labor,including working out,for the rest of the day.In other words,mellow mode.