Gua Sha - A Traditional Technique for a Modern Practice

A great resource for anyone interested in Gua Sha therapy. Gua Sha is an indigenous folk technique that stimulates the skin, releasing the exterior and resolving Qi and Blood stagnation. The book gives an overview of this practice and includes Gua Sha and needle treatment techniques for specific disorders, as well as case studies of patient treatments.

The second edition expands on the history of Gua sha and similar techniques used in early Western Medicine, detailing traditional theory, purpose and application and illuminated by science that focuses its relevance to modern clinical practice as well as scholarly inquiry. This book brings the technique alive for practitioners, with clear discussion of how to do it-including correct technique, appropriate application, individualization of treatment-and when to use it, with over 50 case examples, and superb color photographs and line drawings that demonstrate the technique. Foreword by Ted Kaptchuk. Paperback, 8.5" x 11", 168 pages.