gua sha

See also: guāshā

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 刮痧 (guāshā, literally “scrape sand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɑ ˈʃɑ/

Noun

gua sha (uncountable)

1. 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.

Translations

treatment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 刮痧 (zh) (guāshā)

• Finnish: gua sha -hieronta
• Russian: please add this translation if you can