ELEMENT Acupuncture and Wellness
William Wessel, Lic.Ac., M.Ac.
(617)922-1881
45 Newbury Street, Boston
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ELEMENT Acupuncture: Serving the Back Bay, Fenway, Beacon Hill and South End Neighborhoods of Boston
What is Gua Sha?
Gua Sha literally means to scrape away fever in Chinese, but more loosely means to scrape away disease by allowing the disease to escape. Gua Sha is also an ancient medical treatment and a folk treatment. Below is an example of a very large area that needed a Gua Sha treatment. This were quite a dramatic treatment!
Gua Sha is performed by your acupuncturist by using repeated pressured strokes over lubricated skin with a smooth edge. In ancient times a ceramic Chinese soup spoon was used, or a well worn coin, or even a honed animal bone. Some practitioners used a smooth piece of jade.
The smooth edge of the Gua Sha tool is placed against the pre-oiled skin, is pressed down firmly and then moved down the muscles along the acupuncture meridians. This is repeated very quickly for several minutes. This causes the blood to come to the surface of the skin which may be red, dark red or even purplish in color. The marks can take up to a week to fade depending on the severity.
Gua Sha is excellent in helping with muscle pain and for releasing a fever, fatigue, cough, headaches, as well as many other symptoms. If you have any questions about Gua Sha make sure you ask William Wessel before the treatment.
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