“Gua” in Chinese means “scraping off”, and “Sha” – “redness”. This massage technique consists of rubbing and scraping (“gua”) of the body surface with a special stone that may look like a form of comb, until the appearance of a red rash, redness of the skin, blood petechiae that last for several days (“sha”).

This massage, in specific cases, may be more effective than conventional massages. It can be very helpful in smoothing and disappearing stretch marks and postpartum scars on the skin, reducing susceptibility to stress, reducing or complete disappearance of headaches and muscle pain, increasing elasticity of the skin, improving lymph flow, increasing muscle tone, reducing muscle fatigue, increasing work of sebaceous and sweat glands, excreting toxins, improving metabolic processes in the body, improving circulation, restoring the balance of energy flow, improving microcirculation in the body, accelerating the metabolism to help with body weight management, cellulite reduction.