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What is gua sha?

Gua Sha is a natural, alternative therapy that involves scraping your skin with a massage tool to improve your circulation. This ancient Chinese healing technique may offer a unique approach to better health, addressing issues like chronic pain.

In gua sha, a technician scrapes your skin with short or long strokes to stimulate microcirculation of the soft tissue, which increases blood flow. They make these strokes with a smooth-edged instrument known as a gua massage tool. The technician applies massage oil to your skin, and then uses the tool to repeatedly scrape your skin in a downward motion.

Gua sha is intended to address stagnant energy, called chi, in the body that practitioners believe may be responsible for inflammation. Inflammation is the underlying cause of several conditions associated with chronic pain. Rubbing the skin’s surface is thought to help break up this energy, reduce inflammation, and promote healing.

Gua sha is generally performed on a person’s back, buttocks, neck, arms, and legs. A gentle version of it is even used on the face as a facial technique. Your technician may apply mild pressure, and gradually increase the intensity to determine how much force you can handle.

A Good Gua Sha Therapy will give you a very relaxing body. Reduce inflammation. A Better Blood Circulation and balance your body Yin / Yang through the activation of your meridian points.
If you have a constant headache, body pain such as shoulder pain, numbness, unable to sleep well, knee pain, wind, cold feet, and many other health problems.
You should give Gua Sha Therapy A Try.
The red sa you see in the picture is not painful (if you find a really good Gua Sha Therapist, like us) and it will be gone in 3-5 days, depending on your body.