Gua Sha Therapy For Treating Or Managing Acute Or Chronic Disorders

Gua Sha is an ancient form of Chinese healing therapy in Palm Harbor that is over two thousand years old. Gua sha is made up of two words, “Gua,” meaning rub or scrape and “Sha” which refers to a grainy, raised, and reddish skin rash. Sha is the word that is used to denote blood stasis in the deeper tissue layers before and after it is elevated as petechiae.

What is Gua Sha Therapy?

A Chinese medicine form of treatment that is designed to elevate a petechiae or Sha rash, Gua Sha therapy works on the skin, tissue, lymph system, meridians, muscles, blood vessels and nerves to release toxins that have accumulated deep within the muscles. This healing technique works on the basis of Chinese medicine theory that utilizes guides to stimulate the energy channels (meridians). These channels are where energy moves throughout the body.

Gua Sha can be applied whenever a person experiences pain related to either a chronic or acute disorder. It can be used whenever there is a knotty feeling, tenderness, and/or aching in the muscles. Palpation may indicate Sha when a practitioner applies moderate finger pressure to the skin of the patient. Blanching occurs in the skin that is slow to fade. Aside from being effective against musculoskeletal pain, Gua Sha can also be used to prevent or treat asthma, bronchitis, flu, and cold, as well as chronic disorders where there is build up of blood and qi and pain.

How Gua Sha Therapy is Done

Sha is oftentimes raised at the body’s Yang surfaces: the limbs, buttocks, shoulders, neck, and back. From time to time, this treatment is applied at the stomach and chest.

Sha is the word that describes blood in the subcutaneous layer before and after it is elevated as a red small bump. The practitioner typically speckles a few drops of special oil on the patient’s skin. The oil is fortified with either essential oils or healing herbs that help quicken the elimination of toxic waste in the muscles. Depending on whether the treatment is for emotional or physical therapy, the skin is then scraped or grated on the site of the discomfort or sometimes on the whole body through the use of a Gua Sha tool.

Gua Sha Therapy for Managing Kidney Disease

In the management of kidney disease, the practitioner usually scrapes the back near the kidneys. After the scraping procedure, a vacuum or indention is left behind that pulls out fluids filled with toxins (sha) to the skin surface deep within the tissue.

The sha around the kidney accumulates to the surface and may appear as small green or deep red purple pools of blood, the area where the toxins have been extracted is also usually hot. The reddish round marks are a sign that toxins are being drawn out. The blood is very stagnant and old on areas where the blood shows a deep purple color. A dark green discoloration is an indication that toxic qi and stagnant blood are being extracted out of the system.

Moreover, other extra effects often follow as the kidney disease improves. The symptoms that include back pain, headaches, fever, and fatigue usually disappear several days after treatment.

Other conditions that are associated with physical strength such as injuries of tendons, joints, and muscles can be relieved via this therapeutic technique. Gua sha can also be helpful in treating stiffness of the shoulders or neck and myofascial pain syndrome. Whether you’re suffering from heat or cold stroke, gua sha can be an ideal way to considerably lessen the pain. Issues with the digestive system can also be resolved. Gua Sha can even be a viable treatment for urinary disease.

Is Gua Sha a safe treatment? Is it Painful?

Gua Sha is surely a safe treatment. Most patients feel an instant positive shift in their health after the therapy. The scraping may be initially uncomfortable for most individuals. They may become tense or anxious at the start of the procedure but towards the end of the scraping, they usually feel no pain at all, but only the firm stroking motions.

Recommendations and Things to Avoid after Receiving Gua Sha Therapy

After receiving gua sha, we advise patients to rest for the whole day; however, if you need to perform some activities, we advice not too overexert yourself. We also advise that patients avoid working out, doing hard labor, fasting, feasting, sex, drugs, and alcohol for the rest of the day.