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Gua Sha
Gua Sha is a treatment that uses a tool to scrape the surface of the body. This is normally performed over the energy pathways of the body, promoting blood and qi circulation. It is able to provide diagnostic information as well as being a treatment. When the tool is drawn across the skin it can highlight areas of stagnation. The practitioner is then able to focus treatment in these areas.

Professor Song Ke
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