Re: eastern medicine and neurosugeon-Guasha-

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Here is a link that explains what Guasha is and does.

http://discoveringwellness.hdmenterprises.com/guasha.htm

I copied part of the article down below. This particular link is to

a practitioner of Guasha.

Discovering WEllness

Gua Sha: An Ancient Chinese Secret

No Longer a Secret: Eliminate Toxicity

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

inturn 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,

osteoarthritis, 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.