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2025
gua_sha
gua sha
English
Noun
gua
sha
(
uncountable
)
The treatment used in
traditional Chinese medicine
involving repeated pressured strokes over lubricated skin with a smooth edge.
Translations
treatment
Chinese:
Mandarin:
刮痧
(zh)
(
guāshā
)
Finnish:
gua sha -
hieronta
Russian:
Etymology
From
Mandarin
刮痧
(
guāshā
), literally "scrape sand".
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