Una visión general del Gua Sha y su utilización en la Celulitis: un estudio de caso

• Autor(a) principal: Domingues, Andrea LB
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Tomas-Carus, Pablo, Chun Ming, Yan
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24361; https://doi.org/Domingues ALB, Tomas-Carus P, Chun Ming Y. Una visión general del Gua Sha y su utilización en la Celulitis: un estudio de caso. Revista Internacional de Acupuntura. 2018. [Epub Ahead of Print]. doi.org/10.1016/j.acu.2018.04.002
• topic: Gua Sha; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Acupuncture; Cellulite

The objective of this study was to analyze the performance of Gua Sha in cellulitis through a clinical case. The method included the story of a patient, affected by cellulitis in the thighs and buttocks, submitted to a manual scraping program through Gua Sha and specific Chinese oil. The results showed improvements in the amount and depth of cellulite, mainly, where there was a higher incidence. There was also improvement in the texture of the skin and in small strokes. It was demonstrated that the Gua Sha was able to reduce cellulite and improve the texture of the skin, providing, consequently, aesthetic benefits and greater self-esteem.