For Practitioners & Aspiring Practitioners

Gua sha: A Guide For Treating People

Introducing a fresh, game-changing approach to treating people with Gua sha on the face and body for practitioners and aspiring practitioners in health, wellness, and beauty. Based on the natural science of Chinese medicine and informed by current scientific research and over twenty years of practical experience, Clive Witham unlocks the secrets to treating others.


​As director of the Komorebi Institute and creator of Ecology in Motion, he is a pioneer in Gua sha and has published 6 popular books, including Facial Gua sha, Holographic Gua sha, and Self-Healing with Chinese Medicine. In this more technical work, with over 200 references to historical Chinese medicine and Western scientific studies, he systematically reveals his ground-breaking natural approach to Gua sha and how to apply it.



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Identify the universal key features of all Gua sha treatments on the face and body, which can transform your understanding and enable you to give safe, effective treatments with the results you need.


Learn the practical procedures, tools, skills, and techniques required for professional treatments by health, wellness, or beauty practitioners, such as acupuncturists, manual therapists, estheticians, and massage professionals, but also for informal home care, simply consisting of treating friends and family.


Understand Gua sha through historical Chinese medicine sources and modern Western science to help you base your treatments on solid, natural foundations.


Discover a unique integrated way of approaching Gua sha using the accessible language of the natural world and systematically explore 11 focus areas around the body: head, face, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, chest, abdomen, back, legs, and feet.

Examine 21 common reasons to treat, with clear practical strategies based on modern Gua sha research and extensive experience, including:


  • Pain and discomfort
  • Headaches
  • Fatigue
  • Depression & anxiety
  • Digestive disorders
  • Menstrual discomfort
  • Aging features
  • Colds and flu
  • Nasal problems
  • Coughs & breathing problems
  • Insomnia
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Heatstroke & fevers

Get the Ebook

Keep Gua sha: A Guide to Treating People beside you as you study and practise. Explore Ecology in Motion™ through illustrated guidance covering 11 body areas and 21 reasons to treat. Choose the ebook below to view the details and purchase your copy.


Format: EPUB · English


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Get a Physical Copy


Keep Clive Witham’s Gua sha guide beside you as you study and practise. Explore Ecology in Motion™ through illustrated guidance covering 11 body areas and 21 reasons to treat, drawing on clinical experience and over 200 historical and scientific references.


Gua sha: A Guide to Treating People


English · ISBN: 1916898386

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Gua sha: Průvodce léčením těla – Ekologie v pohybu


Objevte přístup Cliva Withama k ošetření těla pomocí Gua sha. Praktický průvodce propojuje čínskou medicínu, vědecký výzkum a klinické zkušenosti. Nabízí podrobné postupy pro 11 oblastí těla a 21 nejčastějších důvodů ošetření, pro profesionální terapeuty i začínající praktiky.