gua sha
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See also: guāshā
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 刮痧 (guāshā, literally “scrape sand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gua sha (uncountable)
- A treatment used in traditional Chinese medicine involving repeated pressured strokes over the skin with a hard object thereby breaking surface capillaries and leaving light bruising, claimed to release unhealthy bodily matter.