gua sha

English

Etymology

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

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.

Translations

treatment

Chinese:
Mandarin: 刮痧 (zh) (guāshā)
Finnish: gua sha -hieronta
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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