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.