BasedontheholisticviewoftraditionalChinesemedi-cine,Guashatherapycanbeusedinafullrangeoftreat-mentstopromotethebodysself-healingability.Itisre-gardedasaconvenientandreliabletherapysinceitissafe,effective,andeasytooperate.Inaddition,itdoesnotcauseanyadversereactionsorsideeffects.
Thisbookconsistsofthreeparts.PartAcontainstheessentialtheoryofGuasha,includingabriefintroduction,anoverviewofcommonlyusedtools,basicprocedures,bodypartsandpoints,operationalmethods,andindica-tionsaswellasprecautions.PartBcontainsthepracticalapplicationsofGuashatherapyinthetreatmentofcom-monconditionsandinhealthcareingeneral.FinallytheattachedchapterprovidesaIcollectionoftypicalcasestud-iesillustratingtheuseofGuashatherapy.
Withrichcontentsandstraightforwarddescriptions,thisbookcanserveasasoundreferencebookforclini-cians,medicalstudentsandoverseasstudentsaswellasthosewhoareinterestedinselfcareandtreatment.