Gua Sha Scraping Massage Techniques
A Natural Way of Prevention and Treatment through Traditional Chinese Medicine
Obesity, age-spots, dark face, stinking mouth and constipation. Does your body release various signals showing the harm to your health? In fact, these are all caused by the toxin gradually accumulated in your body, the toxin which may further lead to illness.
Gua Sha is a natural therapy for expelling toxin and preventing diseases. A simple scraping plate coupled with scraping oil, when applied to the body repeatedly, can reach the effect of smoothing Qi and blood, stimulating main and collateral channels, expelling toxin, and alleviating pain. Featuring guiding theories, this book focusses on practice, including:
- The nature and principle of Gua Sha
- Tools, ways, and techniques of Gua Sha
- How to judge your own health status, tackle common ailments, and promote healthy complexion and physique through Gua Sha
- How to prevent and cure various chronic diseases, bone-joint diseases, male and female diseases, and more
- Other ways of diet, massage, and daily habits that can combat illness and build up health.
Wu Zhongchao is a noted and experienced physician of Chinese medicine at the national level, serving as professor and advisor of doctoral students at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS), chief physician of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Center of CACMS. A veteran practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture and moxibustion, Wu has nearly two decades of clinical experience and has published more than 60 papers and over 10 books on the medical specialty. He has traveled extensively overseas for medical assignments and lectures and has been engaged in clinical teaching to local and overseas students for many years.
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