Gua Sha, “What is
that?” You may ask. Gua (gwa),
meaning to scrape or extract and Sha (shaw), meaning sand or toxins. It is a
traditional ancient Chinese healing technique that dates back over two
thousand years. This ancient method of promoting Chi or bioelectric vital life
energy, blood circulation and removal of toxic heat, stagnant blood and lymph
fluid from the body is an extremely important, almost miraculous method of
improving ones health. Chi or Qi (pronounced “chee”) is the constant and
vigorous movement of energy or life force that keeps us healthy and alive.
This vital application was finally introduced to the west coast around a
decade ago and gradually, but fortunately for us has emerged to the Midwest so
that we too can reap the rewards from its wonderful healing properties. Even
our local news aired a segment broadcasted from California on Gua Sha
recently.
Do you suffer from
chronic pain? Excess systemic toxicity? Poor
circulation? Lymphatic congestion? Inflammation? Fatigue? Infections? Physical
or emotional stress? If so, then you will greatly benefit from Gua Sha
treatments.
Gua Sha is used
regularly by practitioners and laymen in health care facilities and homes
throughout China. The government in China goes to great lengths and funding to
campaign the positive effects of Gua Sha through the use of media to reduce
health care costs by making it a priority and decided that Gua Sha was the
best way to keep their people in good health. That alone tells us the merit it
upholds. If only our own government would start to support preventative
healthcare even somewhat and if insurance companies would start to cover
preventative alternative treatments perhaps we could keep health care cost at
a minimum and actually become a healthier nation, of course, that is just my
opinion on the matter but I believe that understanding and utilizing the
energetic nature of healing would greatly enhance our healthcare system and
drastically reduce our healthcare costs.
The method of applying
Gua Sha involves the layering of Gua Sha oil on the skin. This oil is enhanced
either with healing herbs or essential oils chosen to aid the extraction of
toxic waste. The skin is then scraped in the area of discomfort or at times on
the entire body using a specific Gua Sha tool depending on whether the
treatment is for physical or emotional healing. Gua Sha treatments are not painful.
As the body is scraped it pushes a build-up of fluid ahead of it, and after it
passes, it leaves an indention or vacuum behind which draws toxic fluid out to
the skins surface from deep within the tissues, the toxic fluid (Sha), as it
floods to the surface is seen as small red, deep purple or green pools of
blood and very often is hot on the area that the toxic heat is extracted. Red
spots are an indication that toxins are being released. Where the area is deep
purple the blood is old and extremely stagnant. A dark green discoloration is
a sign that stagnant blood and toxic chi are being released from the system.
Sometimes a clear fluid will draw to the surface in a form that resembles
cellulite or goose bumps. Where the skin starts out as a green glow which
turns to red during the treatment, is a sign that pain or stagnant chi is
being removed. The exposing of the Sha is literally removing disease from deep
within the system.
In Chinese forms of
healing, there are three types of bad chi, the first being dead chi. It is
stagnation that has been in the body for a very long time without being
released. The system suffers from oxygen deprivation. Dead chi is very harmful
as it can encourage the growth of cancer cells. Remember, cancer is anaerobic
and cannot survive where oxygen is plentiful. The second type of bad
chi is stagnant. It is caused by conditions such as lack of exercise, chronic
heart, liver, kidney, spleen and lung problems and from an overweight state of
health. The stagnant chi is always associated with pain throughout
various parts of the body. The third kind of bad chi is toxic chi--where waste
products or toxic residue accumulates in the system and when left untreated
can result in very serious health problems.
Gua Sha creates a
suction on the skin that pulls stagnant intercellular fluid to the surface,
removing toxic debris, and replacing it with fresh oxygenated, nutrient rich
fluid, which in turn accelerates regeneration and revitalizes the region where
cancer cells may or already have manifested.
Unlike acupuncture,
although it is extremely valuable also, Gua Sha can treat not only the
meridian system but the entire system. This is why the Chinese utilize Gua Sha
as their foremost treatment in the prevention of disease. Gua Sha can be used
to treat, alleviate and heal chronic degenerative diseases, migraines, chronic
neck, shoulder and back pain, bone spurs, strains and sprains, menstrual
disorders, insomnia, heart disease, hypertension, Vertigo, sinusitis, ear and
eye disorders, chronic infections, sciatica, osteo arthritis, rheumatoid
arthritis, bursitis, neuralgia, asthma, cysts and tumors, carpal tunnel
syndrome, stress, digestive disorders, muscle aches, breast pain, varicose
veins, skin disorders, blood disorders and liver, spleen, kidney, bladder,
pancreatic stress and much more. If you are suffering from any of the these
ailments, then it is time to do something beneficial for yourself and
experience Gua Sha and its advantages firsthand by making an appointment with
a practitioner that offers this therapy and getting yourself on the road to
recovery.
Chronic Disease is
extremely prevalent today in our nation. More often than not, individuals
everywhere are either sick and tired or experiencing some degree of severe
pain either physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually. Just in my
office alone the amount of circulatory insufficiency and oxidative stress I am
seeing on a daily basis greatly concerns me. I, along with my patients are
thankful for this steadfast ancient technique and its healing qualities. How
could we, here in America, close our eyes to such a remarkable therapy that
has been used consistently over the past 2000 years. Thank you China for a
marvelous, vital, restorative therapy that can lead us on the path to DISCOVERING
WELLNESS.
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for 90 minutes
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for 2 hours
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Sha On-site or Correspondence Course
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