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'''Gua sha''' ({{zh|c=刮痧}}), '''kerokan''' or '''coining''', is |
'''Gua sha''' ({{zh|c=刮痧}}), '''kerokan''' or '''coining''', is a therapy of [[traditional Chinese medicine]] (TCM). Its practitioners use a tool to scrape people's skin to cause [[petechiae|tissue damage]] in the belief this has medicinal benefit.<ref name=derm/><ref name=sbm/> Gua sha is sometimes referred to as "scraping", "spooning" or "coining" by English speakers. The remedy has also been called the descriptive French name, tribo-[[effleurage]].<ref>Huard & Wong (1977), p.126. Also cited is a French [[romanization]] for the same set of two Chinese characters: koua sha.</ref> |
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Any apparent benefit from gua sha is due to the [[placebo effect]].<ref name = Ernst/> |
Any apparent benefit from gua sha is due to the [[placebo effect]].<ref name = Ernst/> |
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Gua sha (Chinese: 刮痧), kerokan or coining, is a therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Its practitioners use a tool to scrape people's skin to cause tissue damage in the belief this has medicinal benefit.[1][2] Gua sha is sometimes referred to as "scraping", "spooning" or "coining" by English speakers. The remedy has also been called the descriptive French name, tribo-effleurage.[3]
Any apparent benefit from gua sha is due to the placebo effect.[4]
Effectiveness
Alternative medicine researcher Edzard Ernst has opined that clinical trials into gua sha "just show how remarkable placebo-effects can be, particularly if the treatment is exotic, impressive, involves physical touch, is slightly painful and raises high expectations."[4] Further, Science-Based Medicine has reported that gua sha is a pseudomedicine, without good evidence that it is of any benefit: "It’s bruising from trauma".[2] As reported by a review article in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the side effects of gua sha range from minor ones – including dermatitis, burns and hematuria – to rare major ones including cerebral hematoma and severe injuries requiring skin grafts.[1]
History
Gua sha was transferred to Vietnam from China as cạo gió, and is very popular in Vietnam. This term translates roughly "to scrape wind", as in Vietnamese culture "catching a cold" or fever is often referred to as trúng gió, "to catch wind". The origin of this term is the Shang Han Lun, a c. 220 CE Chinese medical text on cold induced disease—as in most Asian countries, China's medical sciences were a profound influence in Vietnam, especially between the 5th and 7th centuries CE.[5] Cạo gió is an extremely common remedy in Vietnam and for expatriate Vietnamese.
In popular culture
The 2001 movie The Gua Sha Treatment (Chinese: 刮痧; pinyin: guā shā) was made in Hong Kong and showed gua sha.[6] It is a story about cultural conflicts experienced by a Chinese family in the United States.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Vashi NA, Patzelt N, Wirya S, Maymone MB, Zancanaro P, Kundu RV (2018). "Dermatoses caused by cultural practices: Therapeutic cultural practices". J Am Acad Dermatol (Review). 79 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2017.06.159. PMID 29908818.
- ^ a b Crislip C (20 February 2015). "Traditional Chinese Pseudo-Medicine Hodgepodge". Science-Based Medicine.
- ^ Huard & Wong (1977), p.126. Also cited is a French romanization for the same set of two Chinese characters: koua sha.
- ^ a b Ernst, Edzard (11 January 2013). "Gua Sha: torture or treatment?". Edzardernst.com. Edzard Ernst. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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- ^ "EFL Movie Study Guide for: The Gua Sha Treatment". Krigline.com. Krigline. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Treatment: User Reviews". IMDB.com. IMDB. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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