Mission District Gua Sha Strengthening Your Immune System
By: James Phillay
Submitted: 2010-04-17 03:16:19 | Word Count: 549
Mission District Gua Sha
This is something that many westerners may not be familiar with as it is a Chinese custom treatment referring to Gua Sha. The words mean to scrape away disease. This is the concept behind the treatment itself. It is a very ancient treatment and the idea of it is to allow any disease that has affected the body a way out. This way out is by coming through the skin through sandy looking granules. Mission district gua sha is available to anyone wishing to try this treatment.
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This is a treatment that is used very heavily in Vietnam. It is also well received in Indonesia as well.
When this treatment is to be carried out does not require any medical diagnosis as by the standards that would be set as such in western medicine.
Due to the complexity of this treatment it is very important that it be carried out by those that are specifically trained in the technique itself. Mission district gua sha technicians are well trained in this procedure. This is very important in order to establish the safety of the treatment.
There is a very specific technique that is used when carrying out this treatment. To begin with the skin is heavily lubricated and then strokes are performed across the area. This is done with substantial pressure utilizing a smooth edge of an object such as a smooth piece of ceramic or even a smooth coin for example.
It is used for many purposes. One very common use for this treatment is for individuals that have suffered a fair amount of fatigue or have been doing a lot of heavy lifting for example and are suffering from sore muscles. In this case often a piece of saturated ginger root in rice wine will be used to rub down the entirely of the spine starting from the head working down to the tailbone.
The concept is that it is working along the same channel that acupuncture would be used. It is not uncommon after one of these treatments to look as if the skin has been bruised. It is not really a bruising in the sense as what normally would be thought of as a bruise.
At first thought when individual sees these markings or rash they think that they must be very irritated and painful at least not when carried out by mission district gua sha technicians. It seems that any individual that has undergone these treatments not only gets immediate release and relief from their pain but quite often its permanent as well.
When it comes to the reasons why these types of treatments would be most called for there are many conditions that the ancient Chinese tradition will apply them to. They are often used for digestive disorders and they have even been used to help combat food poisoning. They are a most sought out treatment when it comes to headaches.
Mission district gua sha techniques are more than capapble of the application of gua sha.
Individuals that are now suffering from fibromyalgia are now seeking out this type of treatment because of the positive results that they have heard about it. These are only just a very few of the common ailments that this treatment can be used for.
