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Gua-sha

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A method in tradition Chinese medicine in which the skin on the back, limbs, and other parts of the body is lubricated and then pressured and scraped with a rounded object (a ceramic spoon, the edge of a rice bowl, or similar object).

The method produces 'sha' which are small red petechiae

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