What is Gua Sha Massage and How Does it Benefit Your Health?

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Gua sha is a time-honored muscular scraping technique used in China to unblock and restore energy flow. Today, it’s a common practice to help relieve pain and improve circulation. It’s a gentle and non-invasive treatment that involves scraping across the skin with rounded-edge tools in one direction. During this process, capillaries can burst, resulting in pinpoint red spots called petechiae. Increased Circulation Gua Sha Massage is based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which believes that your body’s energy, qi, must flow throughout to maintain good health. When qi is blocked…