Out with the bad, In with the good
Updated: 2007-05-29 11:48
In Chinese healing, there are three types of bad qi (energy of the body). The first type is dead qi, meaning stagnant blood that has clung to the inside of the body for a long time, which causes the body system to suffer from a lack of oxygen and an increased risk of cancer. Remember cancer is anaerobic and cannot survive where oxygen is plentiful.
The second type is stagnant qi. This is caused by lack of exercise, chronic heart, liver, kidney, spleen and lung problems and from obesity. Stagnant qi is usually associated with pain in various parts of the body.
The third is toxic qi, resulted from an accumulation of waste products or toxic residue in the system. Left untreated, it will lead to very serious health problems.
Gua Sha remedies bad qi by creating suction on the skin that pulls stagnant intercellular fluid to the surface, removing toxic debris, and replacing it with fresh oxygenated, nutrient rich fluid. This in turn accelerates regeneration and revitalizes the part where cancer cells may or already have begun to take root.
