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	Gua Sha
		Gua Sha is an ancient therapeutic practice that began in China centuries ago.
		Sha is the term used to describe blood stasis in the subcutaneous tissue before and after it is raised at petechiae.
		Gua sha is used to treat and prevent acute conditions such as common cold or flu, asthma, bronchitis as well as chronic problems involving pain and congestion of the qi and blood.
	calmspirit.net /guasha/guasha.htm (739 words)

	Gua Sha Tool
		Gua Sha is valuable in the prevention and treatment of acute infectious illness, upper respiratory and digestive problems, and many other acute or chronic disorders.
		Hold the gua sha slide/ gua sha board or other gua sha tools at a thirty degree angle to the skin, the smooth edge touching the skin.
		Gua Sha is used to extract toxic waste, remove blood stagnation, promote normal circulation and metabolic processes of the body.The Gua Sha treatment comes with a face cleansing/scalp massage.
	www.ib3health.com /products/GuaSha/GuaShaIndex.shtml (0 words)

	Gua Sha ( Guasha ) Chinese medicine and acupuncture treatment by Arya Nielsen.
		Gua Sha is a healing technique used in Asia by practitioners of Traditional Medicine, in both the clinical setting and in homes, but little known in the West.
		Gua Sha is valuable in the prevention and treatment of acute infectious illness, upper respiratory and digestive problems, and many other acute or chronic disorders.
		The video is a companion to the book detailing basic points on how to Gua Sha, demonstrating treatment on patients from the TCM Hospital in Koetzting, Germany.
	www.guasha.com (295 words)

	Gua Sha - InformationBlast
		Gua sha is a technique used by practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
		Gua sha (pronounced "gwa shaw,") involves firmly rubbing a person's skin with a ceramic soup spoon or large coin.
		Gua sha is used commonly on respiratory illnesses, for example, where the skin of the upper back, neck, and chest may be rubbed.
	www.informationblast.com /Gua_Sha.html (222 words)

	Gua Sha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sha is the term used to describe congestion of blood at the surface of the body.
		Gua Sha cools the patient who is overheated, warms the patient who is chilled, nourishes the patient who is deficient, and clears the patient who is excess.
		After Gua Sha, the patient is instructed to cover the area, avoiding wind and exposure to the sun or sudden changes in temperature.
	www.riverrockmassage.com /gua_sha.html (256 words)

	Welcome to Gua Sha
		Gua Sha is used whenever a patient has pain whether associated with an acute or chronic disorder.
		In addition to resolving musculo skeletal pain, Gua Sha is used to treat as well as prevent common cold, flu, bronchitis, asthma, as well as any chronic disorder involving pain, congestion of Qi and Blood.
		Sha is raised primarily at the Yang surface of the body: the back, neck, shoulders, buttocks, and limbs.
	www.guasha.com /faqs.html (0 words)

	Gua Sha Therapy
		Gua sha (pronounced gwaw saw) stone massage is practiced most often in rural Chinese homes and in numerous clinics in China.
		Gua means "to rub or scrape." Sha is the red, pebbly rash that surfaces afterward, signifying that cellular debris, or "stagnant blood," as the Chinese call it, is being expelled through the skin.
		For example, when a patient's wrist turns red during gua sha, it means qi is blocked in the lungs, large intestine, small intestine, heart and pericardium (the sac around the heart).
	www.centraloregonacupuncture.com /gua_sha_therapy.htm (242 words)

	Gua Sha Information
		Sha is the term used to describe Blood stasis in the subcutaneous tissue before and after it is raised as petechiae.
		Gua Sha is used whenever a patient has pain whether associated with an acute or chronic disorder.
		Gua sha treatment can be used up to three times weekly, and is most effective when used as a weekly treatment on chronic conditions.
	www.acupunctureproducts.com /acupuncture_guasha.html (728 words)

	Gua Sha
		Gua Sha is used regularly by practitioners and laymen in health care facilities and homes throughout China.
		The government in China goes to great lengths and funding to campaign the positive effects of Gua Sha through the use of media to reduce health care costs by making it a priority and decided that Gua Sha was the best way to keep their people in good health.
		Gua Sha creates a suction on the skin that pulls stagnant intercellular fluid to the surface, removing toxic debris, and replacing it with fresh oxygenated, nutrient rich fluid, which in turn accelerates regeneration and revitalizes the region where cancer cells may or already have manifested.
	discoveringwellness.hdmenterprises.com /gua_sha.htm (811 words)

	Gua Sha Summary
		In describing the Gua Sha techniques as a form of "folk" medicine, the term "folk" is not being used in any pejorative sense.
		A slightly different form of Gua Sha, using the edges of coins, rather than porcelain, is practiced as a "folk medicine" technique, by individuals amongst their own family members, in some Chinese traditional cultures, in Vietnam (where the coin scraping is known as "Cao Gío"), in Cambodia, and in their immigrant communities abroad.
		Gua Sha is not known to be harmful.
	www.bookrags.com /Gua_Sha (1236 words)

	Buffalo Horn Gua Sha Stick
		The Buffalo Horn Gua Sha Stick 406, a specialized Gua Sha tool, has 5 gua sha rollers and 1 palm shape Gua Sha Board.
		Especially, the long handle can help you reach every where on your body, whatever gua sha treatment, acupressure treatment, facial massager, body massager or other functions.
		The Buffalo Horn Gua Sha Stick 407, a specialized Gua Sha tool, has 1 horn shape Gua Sha Board and 1 palm shape Gua Sha Board.
	www.ib3health.com /products/GuaSha/HornGuaShaStick.shtml (0 words)

	Gua sha - China Style
		Gua sha is a traditional ancient Chinese healing technique used by practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) dating back to over two thousands years and involves firmly rubbing a person's skin with a ceramic soupspoon or large coin.
		Gua sha is used commonly on respiratory illnesses.
		Gua sha releases the exterior Sha syndrome by moving body fluids and blood, stimulating blood flow and helping to discharge coldness and negative energy through the skin.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/01780/chinese-tradtional-medicine/diagnosis-therapeutics/guasha.htm (301 words)

	Gua Sha Therapy at Trillium Creek Holistic Medicine Center in Cleveland, OH (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gua Sha has been used for more than a thousand years in China to treat a wide variety of medical conditions.
		Each Gua Sha treatment is individually tailored to the patient and their state of energetic balance at the time of treatment.
		is often combined with Gua Sha to help move the source of energy imbalance closer to the surface of the body.
	www.trilliumcreekohio.com /guasha.htm (378 words)

	qigong gua sha for headache, Complementary and Alternative Healing University
		In order to measure and compare the pre- and post therapeutic effect of qigong and Gua Sha in 30 headache patients, JY-660 BEAM was applied by out hospital.
		Generally, the BEAM power value of those patients suffering from the severe type, medium-type and mild- type headache were 5-10 grades, 4-7 grades and 3-5 grades respectively.
		By three times of qigong and Gua Sha, the value of power of those severe-type patients could reduce to 7 grades, while the medium type patients were lower than 5 grades, moreover, the mild-type patients were normal.
	www.chu.users2.50megs.com /HeadacheQigongQuaSha.htm (247 words)

	Gua Sha: A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice by Arya Nielsen
		Gua Sha is often used to counteract muscle strain through athletic injury, back pain, and conditions beyond muscle injury alone.
		Textbook of Gua Sha, a traditional Asian medicine technique where the skin is pressured in strokes by a round-edged instrument.
		Secondly, in most acupuncture schools, gua sha is largely taught as a technique for wind-cold invasion or stiff necks.
	www.rbookshop.com /alternative_medicine/t/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine/Gua_Sha_A_Traditional_Technique_for_Modern_Practice_044305181X.htm (734 words)

	Boulder Acupuncture - Moxibustion - Gua Sha
		Gua Sha is another form of therapy which affects us through the actions and functions of the skin.
		A Chinese porcelain spoon is used in a manner to stimulate the skin and the underlying tissues, and hence the qi of the meridians through the acupoints.
		Gua Sha breaks up solidifying waste products hiding in subcutaneous tissue, leaving these impurities in a state where excretion via perspiration or by reintroducing them to the bloodstream for excretion by the liver and kidneys is the result.
	www.chinesemedicinedoc.com /index.php?page=65 (144 words)

	Waterville Acupuncture - about gua sha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Anywhere there is pain, tension in the skin or muscles, congestion, discoloration or vascular spiders is an area that may benefit from Gua Sha.
		The character Gua means "scrape," and is used in such Chinese phrases as "scrape clean a pot," "scale a fish," and "scrape the face" (shave).
		The character Sha is the character for "sand" inside the "illness" radical, and means an "acute cholera rash." Followed by the character for "child," it forms a colloquial term for measles (Sha Zi).
	www.watervilleacupuncture.com /gua_sha.html (626 words)

	sha +Sha+ sha sha buy sha sha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		almost as the tsim sha tsui water is called hydrosol sha and secretions from international sha trade Perfumers were being sold sha This is native to sha match the raw materials.
		sha sha sha shoes to sell is the extraction used to find aesthetically sha pleasing.
		The existence of these sha na na contain tens to the sha fragrance industry Raw material which will find this matter sha sha na na as it is not available in perfumery include hexane,
	www.buyother.com /Sha (1018 words)

	Gua Sha Massage Kit
		Gua Sha is a traditional Chinese method of promoting Qi and blood circulation, and removing toxic heat, blood and lymph fluid from the body.
		Gua Sha was used in China as many as two thousand years ago.
		Gua Sha is an excellent tool to be used by Massage Therapists.
	www.janetbond.com /guasha.htm (218 words)

	American Pain Foundation
		Gua sha is a method of stimulating the skin in an area or on an acu-point repeatedly.
		After one gua sha treatment her symptom was gone.
		Gua sha and cupping are effective on both children and adults and should be used with caution by persons who are particularly feeble.
	www.painfoundation.org /print.asp?file=documents/CAM/guasha.htm (601 words)

	Health Traditions - Thai massage and cupping training, Australia
		By drawing a smooth edged instrument, such as a porcelain soup spoon, across the skin where an injury or imbalance resides, a distinctive reddening of the skin, known as sha, is observed.
		This is a positive response and brings the immediate and lasting benefit of reducing inflammation, coldness, tightness and pain from both the superficial and deeper levels of the body.
		Typically, gua sha is very effective for treating all forms of injury, as well as heat syndromes, dizziness, chills and aches.
	www.healthtraditions.com.au /external_guasha.htm (207 words)

	Gua Sha Step-by-Step Video - Arya Nielsen
		In gua sha, the skin is pressured in strokes by a round-edged instrument: this, in Western terms, extravasates blood and metabolic waste congesting the surface tissues and muscles, promoting normal circulation and metabolic processes.
		By resolving fluid and blood stasis, gua sha is valuable in the treatment of pain and the prevention and treatment of acute infectious illness, upper respiratory and digestive problems and many acute or chronic disorders.
		New information from the author’s own research is seen for the first time, including the diagnostic significance of the color of sha, and the importance of checking for immediate tongue changes as a direct result of gua sha.
	www.redwingbooks.com /products/books/GuaShaSte.cfm (192 words)

	Gua Sha, scraping, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Australia,
		Gua Sha or scraping has had a long history in Traditional Chinese Medicine in China.
		Gua Sha is safe, simple and effective traditional procedure to do.
		If you would like to learn more about Gua Sha / Scaping or would like to purchase a hand crafted marble Gua Sha - please feel free to contact Rodd Sanchez on (02) 9221 0699 or email Rodd at info@sydneytcm.com.
	www.usenature.com /article_gua_sha.htm (462 words)

	Power East: Practical use of "Gua Sha" ÊµÓÃ¹ÎððÁÆ·¨
		Gua Sha is a healing technique used in Asia by practitioners of Traditional Medicine, in both the clinical setting and in homes, but little known in the West.
		Gua Sha is an East Asian healing technique.
		Sha is a 'reddish, elevated, millet-like skin rash' (aka petechiae).
	www.powereast.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PE&Product_Code=7-5009-1254-4&Category_Code=BQG (154 words)

	Japanese Acupuncture - Cupping and Gua Sha relieve muscle tension
		Gua Sha or scraping therapy is a method from Chinese folk medicine which produces amazing relief for stiff and sore muscles.
		For Gua Sha, the skin is lubricated with an oil or a medical ointment and then scraped with a blunt item (a porcelain spoon, a specialized instrument made of horn, or a screwtop jar lid) until red, or until little red spots appear in the skin (petechiae).
		To be quite honest, sometimes the technique itself can be uncomfortable, but once they've had it, my clients often ask for this treatment, because it provides instant relief for pain and stiffness.
	www.japaneseacupuncture.co.nz /treatments/treat_cupping/cupping_scraping.html (284 words)

	Gua Sha on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		When a person has Sha they will feel pain, aching or stiffness in the muscles.
		Gua Sha can be used to remove blood stagnation that blocks the surface tissues impeding organ and immune function."
		The Gua Sha caused the bruising but also made the pain and stiffness in my back and shoulders go away!
	www.flickr.com /photos/shanni/54347199 (0 words)

	gua sha, Complementary and Alternative Healing University
		Gua sha is a folk therapy where certain parts of the skin of the patient is scrubbed with a smooth object and lubricated with salt water until the skin becomes red.
		The green lines are the locations commonly used in nian sha (pinching method).
		The pink lines are the commonly used locations in qua sha (scrubbing method).
	alternativehealing.org /gua_sha.htm (195 words)

	Gao's Foot Massage
		Scraping also known as Gua Sha is a healing technique used in Asia by practitioners of Traditional Medicine.
		Gua Sha is valuable in the prevention and treatment of acute infeatious illness, upper respiratory and digestive problems and many other acute or choronic disorders.
		After the treatment, different levels of red bruises will surface in accord to the amount of sha in the body.
	www.yp.com.hk /product/templates/getpage.asp?prd_master_id=188478&website_id=1&language_id=8&class_id= (283 words)

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