The Lavendaire Lifestyle

229: The Healing Power of Gua Sha with Dr. Eileen Li

May 7, 2023

01:02:47

Gua Sha — there’ s so much more to it than just facial gua sha. We all get aches and ills in our bodies, but our bodies have built-in mechanisms to heal itself. In this episode, Dr. Eileen Lee talks us through the history of gua sha in Chinese medicine, understanding and communicating with our bodies so we can feel great and live our best lives to the fullest.

Dr. Eileen Li is a second generation acupuncturist & Chinese herbalist, and licensed physical therapist who is passionate about making acupuncture and Chinese medicine accessible, so that people can teach their bodies how to heal themselves.

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TIMESTAMPS:

2:22 Experience seeing Gua Sha as a child
2:46 Gua Sha - a traditional Chinese healing technique
3:46 What’s happening when you do Gua Sha?
5:22 The Benefits of Gua Sha
10:38 The meaning behind Gua Sha
14:58 Your body is it’s own pharmacy
17:32 How Gua sha helps with fevers
19:36 Tools right in your kitchen
22:23 Gua Sha for headaches
30:45 No system in the body is isolated
34:00 What is Gua Sha effective for?
38:36 Gua sha and foot health
42:08 Explaining the medicine and science behind some old Chinese cultural and traditional health sayings
47:23 Foot health in Eastern vs Western cultures
52:50 Covering up after doing Gua Sha
57:30 Taking care of my vessel