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Itsnota lymphatic drainage tool.
Case in point: gua sha.
The words gua sha are actually Chinese characters gua meaning to scrape and sha meaning sand.
Gua sha wasnota lymphatic drainage technique, or a cosmetic technique.
Gua sha also relaxes tension and smooths the fascia and muscles, she notes.
Its an important medical tool used throughout history.
The scraping might be performed on various parts of the body, depending on the purpose of treatment.
In short: gua sha was never a beautifying tool.
It was never used for lymphatic drainage, or lifting, or sculpting.
Gua sha was a respectedmedicalpractice that was used for hundreds of generations in China and the East.
(The hashtag #guasha has 2.5billionviews on TikTok.)
Gua Sha, a press-stroke treatment of the skin, boosts the immune response to intradermal vaccination.PeerJ,4, e2451.
Using Guasha to treat musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review of controlled clinical trials.Chinese medicine,5, 5.
This article was originally published onJuly 6, 2023
