Gua Sha is a traditional East Asian therapy that involves scraping your skin with a massage tool to improve your circulation. This ancient technique is often used to address chronic pain conditions and to improve the movement of qi or chi through the body’s energy pathways. Gua Sha is particularly beneficial for reducing inflammation, boosting immunity, and promoting healing in areas of muscle tension, stiffness, or injury. The treatment typically results in a unique type of bruising or redness, which is considered therapeutic and indicative of the release of energy blockages.