gua sha

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Mandarin 刮痧 (guāshā, literally “scrape sand”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡwɑ ˈʃɑ/ === 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 ====