剾痧

Chinese
to scrape, to peel acute illness
trad. (剾痧) 剾 痧
simp. (𠛅痧) 𠛅 痧
alternative forms 摳痧／抠痧

Pronunciation

Verb

剾痧

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) to practise gua sha, a treatment involving repeated pressured strokes over lubricated skin with a smooth edge in order to release blood stasis

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 刮痧 (“to practise gua sha”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 刮痧
Southern Min Xiamen 劌痧, 掠痧
Quanzhou 劌痧
Zhangzhou 劌痧, 掠痧
Taipei 掠痧筋
New Taipei (Sanxia) 剾痧
Kaohsiung 挽筋, 掠痧筋
Yilan 掠痧筋, 刮
Changhua (Lukang) 掠痧筋, 刮
Taichung 剾痧
Tainan 挽筋, 掠痧筋, 刮
Hsinchu 刮刮咧, 剾剾咧
Penghu (Magong) 剾痧
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