Would you love it if someone explained Gua sha to you? Here's the host of the Gua sha Show, Clive Witham, doing just that! This week he brings his expert knowledge to the benefits of Gua sha and looks at the two main effects which underlie all the others - the increased circulatory and the anti-inflammatory effects. He gives you tips about how to think about Gua sha when thinking about health and illness and he looks at recent research in China about exactly what conditions Gua sha is used for. If you want to stay up-to-date with what's happening in the world of Gua sha, then subscribe and listen!

Gua sha studies include 185 diseases and disorders in the body and include pain or discomfort, respiratory infections, feverish conditions, gastrointestinal problems, backache, sciatica, headaches, migraines, stiff neck, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, digestive problems, constipation, insomnia, trigeminal neuralgia, dizziness, neuralgia, diarrea, ulcerative colitis, acne, hemorrhoids and hepatitis B.

So how can it be studied in the treatment of so many conditions?