Post on 03-Mar-2020
GuashaGuashaisahealingtechniqueofTraditionalChineseMedicine.Guashaisdefinedasinstrument-assistedunidirectionalpress-strokingofalubricatedareaofthebodysurfacetointentionallycreatetransitorytherapeuticpetechiaecalled‘sha’representingextravasationofbloodinthesubcutis.RaisingsharemovesbloodstagnationconsideredpathogenicinTraditionalChineseMedicine.ModernresearchshowsthetransitorytherapeuticpetechiaeproduceanantiinflammatoryandimmuneprotectiveeffectthatpersistsfordaysfollowingasingleGuashatreatmentaccountingfortheimmediatereliefthatpatientsfeelfrompain,stiffness,fever,chill,cough,wheeze,nauseaandvomitingetc,andwhyGuashaiseffectiveinacuteandchronicinternalorgandisordersincludingliverinflammationinhepatitis.