The Big Little Gua Sha Book

Gua Sha has been used all over the world for thousands of years to relieve aches and pains, reduce stress and tight muscles, and even to ward off the almighty common cold! This ancient technique of scraping or releasing tension and toxic energy through the surface of the skin, is simple yet effective! From the authors of The Energy of Love and Connecting Your Circle, comes The BIG "Little" Gua Sha Book. Leta & Jaye are dedicated to bringing the ancient arts of Chinese Medicine and healing, which includes Gua Sha, into the hands and minds of all that are interested. The BIG "Little" Gua Sha Book can change the way you look at healing... forever. Take healing into your own hands... literally with Gua Sha.

‘Sometimes called coining, spooning or scraping, Gua sha is defined as instrument-assisted unidirectional press-stroking of a lubricated area of the body surface that intentionally creates ‘transitory therapeutic petechiae’ representing extravasation of blood in the subcutis.’ Gua sha has been used for centuries in Asia, in Asian immigrant communities and by acupuncturists and practitioners of traditional East Asian medicine worldwide. With the expansion of traditional East Asian medicine, Gua sha has been used over broad geographic areas and by millions of people. It is valuable in the treatment of pain and for functional problems with impaired movement, the prevention and treatment of acute infectious illness, upper respiratory and digestive problems, and many acute or chronic disorders. Research has demonstrated Gua sha radically increases surface microperfusion that stimulates immune and anti-inflammatory responses that persist for days after treatment. The second edition expands on the history of Gua sha and similar techniques used in early Western Medicine, detailing traditional theory, purpose and application and illuminated by science that focuses its relevance to modern clinical practice as well as scholarly inquiry. This book brings the technique alive for practitioners, with clear discussion of how to do it – including correct technique, appropriate application, individualization of treatment – and when to use it, with over 50 case examples, and superb color photographs and line drawings that demonstrate the technique. NEW TO THIS EDITION • New chapter on immediate and significant Tongue changes as a direct result of Gua sha • Research and biomechanisms • Literature review from Chinese language as well as English language medical journal database • New case studies • Over 30 color photographs

Informative and illustrative, this guidebook on a lesser-known Asian healing practice provides information on the skills needed to treat oneself and others safely and effectively.

The title purports to introduce Gua Sha to the general public as an effective yet safe therapeutic protocol with a short learning curve, making it an extremely appropriate form of home-based treatment. The treatment is deliberated at three different levels of proficiency — plane, line and point, that correspond to myofascial, meridian and acupoint treatment, the last which effectively transforms Gua Sha into a non-invasive, needleless form of acupuncture.Conceptualized with a utilitarian resolve, this title spared little effort in covering the historic aspect of the subject matter unless it is essential foundation knowledge. Organized in three parts, the first section of the book helps build a theoretical framework for the reader by introducing TCM theories relevant to the subject. Building on this foundation, the next segment on Treatment Protocols presents the practice aspects of the subject that lay further groundwork for the chapter on Applications. In the final part on Applications, the nature of common disorders is deliberated from both contemporary medicine and TCM perspectives before touching on the treatment protocol, execution caveat and other considerations.

Turn Attraction into a Long-Lasting, True Relationship With the power of the Five Elements, discover what you truly want in a relationship, find a lover who matches you energetically, and make your relationship longer-lasting and romantically charged. By learning the Elemental Energy types of you and your partner, you can build a true connection without unrealistic expectations. The Energy of Love shows you how to use ancient Chinese wisdom and the Five Elements—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water—for positive relationships, love, and happiness. With entertaining and empowering instruction, authors Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy explain how to find your energetic strengths, embrace them for better living, and accept your partner’s flaws as the gifts they really are. Use this modern guide to better understand yourself, your lover, and the energy of the world around you. Praise: “Ancient knowledge meets Match.com! [The Energy of Love] takes us beyond the guessing game of relationships . . . This approachable and generous presentation explains so much.”—Cyndi Dale, author of Beyond Soul Mates

Facial Gua sha is a simple and effective anti-aging beauty technique from the Far-East aimed at enhancing the look and feel of your face totally naturally. This comprehensive guide, with over 100 color illustrations, introduces the muscles, channels and points involved and how to complete Gua sha sequences to optimize your whole face and neck area

A first-of-its-kind guide that outlines and explains the health-promoting properties of lymphatic massage, featuring beautifully illustrated, five-minute self-massage sequences anyone can do at home. Thanks to the astonishing results it provides—glowing skin, a flatter stomach, enhanced immunity, and full-body detox—the practice of manually stimulating the lymphatic system has become one of the most popular wellness practices today. Lymphatic drainage works because the lymphatic system—a complex geography of rivers that snake throughout the body just beneath the surface of the skin—connects every other bodily system. When lymph flows, everything else flows, too. In this first-of-its-kind guide, veteran lymphatic drainage practitioner, educator, and advocate Lisa Levitt Gainsley explains how to maintain lymphatic health, sharing the five-minute self-massage techniques she originally developed for her high-powered Los Angeles clientele. These simple sequences are tailored to address a number of specific and common issues: bloating, headaches, digestive problems, immune health, anxiety, weight loss, acne, inflammation, and more. Whether you just want to look and feel your best or are facing a more serious health issue such as cancer treatment or recovery, The Book of Lymph offers educational and practical instruction to help you cultivate a body free of pain and lethargy, activate a calmer state of being, and boost overall glow—in just five minutes a day.

Forget slow spiritual evolution that takes lifetimes -- there is no need to wait until you are fully matured to achieve the spiritual transformation you're seeking, especially if you follow the roadmap left by the ancient Alchemists. Being a rudderless boat at sea, being tossed this way and that, trying to get more of the good stuff and avoid all the bad stuff at all costs isn't just annoying, it's downright taxing and exhausting. Without a level of wizardry in our own lives, we end up succumbing to the power of the wind blowing us hither and thither through life.Life does not have to be this way. Whether your dream is to live without suffering, to achieve your fullest potential, or to reach true enlightenment, Through the Mystery Gate is the blueprint.This book and its Alchemy blueprint emerged from the work of Alchemical Healer, Leta Herman, and Alchemical Life Strategist, Jaye McElroy, founders of the Alchemy Healing Center and co-hosts of the Inspired Action Podcast who have been facilitating Alchemical transformations for over 20 years.In this book, Herman and McElroy go beyond enigmatic Chinese Medicine concepts and dive into what it means to become an Alchemist, why people should do it, and then explain step-by-step how this can be done. If you feel living more authentically could allow you to have more control over your life and your level of happiness, or you can't find your wings to lift off the runway of life, this is the book for you.The Nine Stages of Alchemy path that Herman and McElroy lay out is simple, but not easy, because your greatest gifts can often be squelched by the roadblocks and obstacles you've put in your own way.