Gua sha: A Guide to Treating People
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Introducing a fresh, game-changing approach to treating people with Gua sha on the face and body for practitioners and aspiring practitioners in health, wellness, and beauty. Based on the natural science of Chinese medicine and informed by current scientific research and over twenty years of practical experience, Clive Witham unlocks the secrets to treating others.
As director of the Komorebi Institute and creator of Ecology in Motion, he is a pioneer in Gua sha and has published 6 popular books, including Facial Gua sha, Holographic Gua sha, and Self-Healing with Chinese Medicine. In this more technical work, with over 200 references to historical Chinese medicine and Western scientific studies, he systematically reveals his ground-breaking natural approach to Gua sha and how to apply it.
– Identify the universal key features of all Gua sha treatments on the face and body, which can transform your understanding and enable you to give safe, effective treatments with the results you need .
– Learn the practical procedures, tools, skills, and techniques required for professional treatments by health, wellness, or beauty practitioners, such as acupuncturists, manual therapists, estheticians, and massage professionals, but also for informal home care, simply consisting of treating friends and family.
– Understand Gua sha through historical Chinese medicine sources and modern Western science to help you base your treatments on solid, natural foundations.
– Discover a unique integrated way of approaching Gua sha using the accessible language of the natural world and systematically explore 11 focus areas around the body: head, face, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, chest, abdomen, back, legs, and feet.
– Examine 21 common reasons to treat, with clear practical strategies based on modern Gua sha research and extensive experience, including:
Aging featuresPain and discomfortColds and fluHeadachesDepression & anxietyFatigueDigestionNasal ProblemsInsomniaCoughs & breathing problemsHeatstroke & feversCold hands and feetDigestive disordersMenstrual discomfort
With this straightforward, practical approach of looking to the past to inform the present, EIM Gua sha effectively equips you to treat people with Gua sha in any modern situation in the twenty-first century.
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FOR PRACTITIONERS & ASPIRING PRACTITIONERS
In his most technical work to date, with over 200 references to historical Chinese medicine and Western scientific studies, Clive systematically reveals his ground-breaking natural approach to Gua sha and how to apply it.
A fresh approach to professional health, wellness or beauty treatments. Perfect for acupuncturists, manual therapists, estheticians or massage professionals, but also for anyone who wants to dive in for informal home care, treating friends and family.
A UNIFIED APPROACH TO GUA SHA
Gua sha can be seen in terms of the circulatory, nervous, and muscular systems. And its effects can be seen in the connective tissue and fascia and the capillaries which feed them. But it can also be understood in terms of rivers, valleys, trees and flowers and the motions that have created our natural world. In this text, Clive brings them together and presents a unique perspective on Gua sha.
ECOLOGY IN MOTION
Gua sha: A Guide to Treating People is part of the Ecology in Motion Gua sha World. Ecology in Motion is the fusion of natural science, modern scientific research and ancient Chinese philosophy, and provides the foundation of all Gua sha treatments on the face and body.
Learn how to approach 21 common health conditions Understand how to integrate nature into Gua sha treatments Explore the connection between Chinese and Western medicine Discover the history of Gua sha and Facial Gua sha Explore how to treat the head, face, neck, hand, chest, shoulder, arms, abdomen, back, legs and feet Learn the tools, equipment, safety features and techniques
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About the Author: Clive Witham
Clive Witham is a licensed acupuncturist and qualified health promotion specialist, and has been practicing Gua sha for 25 years. As director of the Komorebi Institute and the creator of EIM Gua sha, he teaches classes and runs programs around the world. And, after a decade of running a chronic health clinic in North Africa, he now oversees a research center in Barcelona, Spain. Clive is author of several popular books published in multiple languages, including Holographic Gua sha, Facial Gua sha, and Self-Healing with Chinese Medicine.
ASIN : B0DC71H2LD
Publisher : Mangrove Press
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : September 1, 2024
Language : English
File size : 8.4 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Print length : 434 pages
Page Flip : Enabled
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