Gua Sha: Scraping Massage Techniques

CONTENTS

Read Your Body’s Needs to Expel Toxin

1. Eight Indications of Body Toxin

Constipation: Intestinal Toxin Expansion

Freckles and Spots: Energy and Blood Imbalance

Bad Breath: Heat Accumulation in Internal Organs

Dull Skin: Toxin Accumulation in Lungs

Acne: Damp-Heat Escalation in the Body

Obesity: Excessive Fat Accumulation

Joint Pain: Cold-Damp Intrusion

Excessive Blood Fat: Debris in Blood

2. Sources of Body Toxin

Accumulation of Metabolites within the Body

Main and Collateral Channels Intruded by Toxin

Unhealthy Diet and Medicine

Gua Sha Is a Simple and Effective Way of Expelling Toxin

1. What is Sha?

The Location of Sha Reflects the Nature of the Disease

The Appearance of Sha Reflects the Severity of the Disease

Gua Sha Serves to Expel Toxin

2. Scraping Locations

Reflection Areas

Projection Areas

Corresponding Areas

3. Scraping Tools

4. Steps and Methods of Gua Sha

Choose an Appropriate Place

Choose a Comfortable Body Position

Choose Locations on the Body

Methods of Gua Sha

5. Different Gua Sha Methods for Different Parts of the Body

6. Expelling Toxin of Internal Organs through Gua Sha

Scraping Methods for Expelling Toxin in the Heart and the Small Intestine

Scraping Methods for Expelling Toxin in the Lungs and the Large Intestine

Scraping Methods for Expelling Toxin in the Liver and the Gallbladder

Scraping Methods for Expelling Toxin in the Spleen and the Stomach

Scraping Methods for Expelling Toxin in the Kidneys and the Bladder

7. Diagnostic Principles of Gua Sha

8. Various Benefits of Gua Sha

9. Attentions Regarding Gua Sha

Use Gua Sha to Solve Daily Ailments

4. Swollen Sore Throat

5. Hypochondriac Pain

6. Palpitation and Short Breath

7. Dizziness

8. Tinnitus

9. Headache

10. Toothache

11. Bad Breath

12. Lack of Appetite

13. Heat Stroke

14. Indigestion

15. Hiccups

16. Gastrospasm

17. Abdominal Distension

18. Diarrhea

19. Constipation

20. Flabby Skin

21. Fatigue

22. Forgetfulness

23. Agitation

24. Stiff Neck

25. Insomnia

26. Acute Conjunctivitis

27. Dry Eyes and Eye Strain

29. Dark Circles

30. Puffiness of the Eye Socket

31. Chloasma

32. Freckles

33. Dry Skin

34. Dull Complexion

35. Skin Itch

37. Chilblain

38. Cold Hands and Feet

39. Neurodermitis

40. Urticaria

41. Shingles

42. Flat Warts

43. Facioplegia

44. Premature Gray Hair

45. Hair Loss

46. Aching and Stiff Shoulders and Neck

47. Back Waist Pain

48. Lower Limb Ache

Use Gua Sha to Detoxify Internal Organs to Prevent and Treat Chronic Diseases

1. Hypertension

3. Diabetes

4. Coronary Heart Disease

5. Rheumatic Heart Disease

6. Hyperlipemia

7. Sequela of Apoplexy

8. Chronic Bronchitis

9. Chronic Rhinitis

10. Allergic Rhinitis

11. Presbyopia

12. Chronic Pharyngitis

13. Chronic Pneumonia

15. Chronic Hepatitis

16. Fatty Liver

17. Chronic Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis

18. Chronic Gastritis

19. Chronic Enteritidis

20. Peptic Ulcer

21. Urinary Incontinence

22. Urine Retention

23. Chronic Nephritis

24. Urinary Calculus

26. Anaemia

27. Hemorrhoids

Use Gua Sha to Expel Wind-Damp and Cold Toxin to Get Rid of Joint Problems

1. Cervical Spondylosis

2. Scapulohumeral Periarthritis

3. Rheumatic Arthritis

4. Elbow Joint Pain

5. Wrist Pain

6. Ankle Joint Pain

7. Knee Joint Pain

8. Heel Pain

9. Lumbar Disc Protrusion

10. Lumbar Hyperosteogeny

11. Ankylosing Spondylitis

Use Gua Sha to Expel Male and Female Diseases

1. Premature Ejaculation

2. Impotence

3. Spermatorrhea

4. Prostatitis

5. Hyperplasia of Prostate Gland

6. Male Infertility

7. Female Infertility

8. Irregular Menstruation

9. Dysmenorrhea

10. Amenorrhea

11. Abnormal Leukorrhea

12. Uterine Prolapse

13. Uterine Fibroid

14. Chronic Pelvic Inflammation

15. Acute Mastitis

16. Hyperplasia of Mammary Glands

17. Female’s Climacteric Syndrome

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