gua sha
See also: guāshā
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwɑ ˈʃɑ/
Noun
gua sha (uncountable)
- A treatment used in traditional Chinese medicine involving repeated pressured strokes over the skin with a hard object thereby breaking surface capillaries and leaving light bruising, claimed to release unhealthy bodily matter.
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