Gua sha

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA 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.

Synonyms

water cure chinese water torture watsu water-cure cupping therapy myofascial decompression pressotherapy body wrap blistering hydrotherapy fluidotherapy spa water

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