Change Your Image
![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQ4MTY5NzU2M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDc5NTgwMTI@._V1_SY100_SX100_.jpg)
wodekuaile
Reviews
Gua sha (2001)
Another opinion about Guasha
This is really a good movie, it display the different culture between American and oriental. But i have to say Guasha comes from China actually, it belongs to a Traditional Chinese Medicine therapy since the ancient times. Guasha (Chinese: 刮痧; pinyin: guāshā), meaning "scraping Shabruises", is a traditional Chinese medical treatment in which the skin is scraped to produce light bruising. Practitioners believe Guasha releases unhealthy elements from injured areas and stimulates blood flow and healing. Guasha is sometimes referred to as "spooning" or "coining" by English speakers, it has also been given the descriptive French name, tribo effleurage.
Guasha was borrowed into Vietnamese from China as cạogió. This term translates roughly "to scrape wind", as in Vietnamese culture "catching a cold" or fever is often referred to as trúnggió, "to catch wind". The origin of this term is the Shang Han Lun, a ~220 CE Chinese Medical text on cold induced disease - like most Asian countries China's medical sciences were a profound influence in Vietnam, especially between the 5th and 7th Centuries CE.[2] Cạogió is an extremely common remedy in Vietnam and for overseas Vietnamese. There are many variants of cạogió. Some methods use oil balm and a coin to apply pressure to the skin. Others use a boiled egg with a coin inserted in the middle of the yolk. The egg is wrapped in a piece of cloth and rubbed over the forehead (in the case of a fever) and other areas of skin. After the rubbing, when the coin is removed from the egg, it will appear black.
It is also used in Indonesia, and in Java it is known as "Kerikan" (lit., "scraping technique") or "kerokan", and it is very widely used, as a form of folk medicine, upon members of individual households.
It was also used in India for treatment of high fever symptoms . People used metal spoon and water for skin lubrication.
There are many Guasha tools on the market, but how to get a nice one? I will recommend you one from Amazon, it is really very nice.