Gua sha

To my knowledge this is the only book on the market about an ancient technique used throughout Asia by family members as well as by healers and doctors of Eastern medicine. Gua sha was not included in the "menu" of techniques imported from post communist China in the body of knowledge referred to as "traditional Chinese medicine". Gua sha is not included in the curriculum of schools teaching accupuncture and Chinese medicine. Arya Nielsen Phd, has spend decades practicing accupuncture along with gua sha. In addition to initiating and participating in numerous clinical studies, she teaches gua sha and practices this medicine at a major New York hospital. She has made it her life's work to reintroduce this overlooked technique, which is inexpensive, not difficult to learn and appropriate for many clinical conditions. Her book is an introduction to the technique along with an overview of relevant Chinese medical theory and references to a copious body of clinical studies documenting the efficacy and immuno -active effects of gua sha.

Glad to see some scientific explanations of gua sha, and details on how to test a patient for using it. This book fills in the gaps of what I was not taught in college.

It is very interesting! I have been thinking of taking the full certification course due to the information I have read in this book.

this is a great book for those who use or are interested in using "graston-like" coining or scraping tools.lots of references and examples of case studies.my only issue is the price. little expensive but worth it.

There is a lot of very important and useful information in this book. But the point prescription tables in chapter 8 are out of focus and unreadable. This makes the kindle version of this book useless when it comes to clinical application. Extremely disappointed with the poor technical quality in an otherwise very valuable book.

great book very informative. I would recommend this to anyone interested in manual therapy and helping themselves or others with muscular pain or other issues. It's better to learn to help yourself when you can.

Well done! Gua Sha needed a good English language text book and Arya Nielsen did just that.

lots of research supporting a very healing modality. This is for the health professional - not the lay person - too complex for lay people.

This is the most comprehensive review of clinical use of guasha that I know of. It is practical as well as academic. I use it often as reference to support my practice.

The definitive book on gua sha.

Indispensable in the clinic (i'm an acupuncturist). This book takes it way beyond the general training we get in Gua Sha at most acupuncture institutes. Thanks to the author.

Traz toda a fundamentação teórica de diagnóstico e técnica de aplicação de uma técnica muito antiga, talvez mais até que a própria acupuntura como é definida.

Very detailed, however a full map of the body would be helpful