Understandings and misunderstandings of gua sha:A discussion from the perspective of scientific multiculturalism  

作　　者：Liyuan Yue 

机构地区：[1]University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100083,China

出　　处：《Cultures of Science》2023年第3期269-277,共9页科学文化(英文)

摘　　要：As a traditional therapeutic practice, gua sha(刮痧) has been controversial because of its differences from the theoretical understandings of modern Western medicine. This paper presents an analysis of the historical evolution of the concept, treatments and theoretical origins of gua sha based on previous studies and examines the practice of gua sha from the perspective of scientific multiculturalism. It stresses that the body concept and the medical theory represented by this therapy are also parts of science in a diversified and broader sense. The resolution of disputes about gua sha requires a change in people's conservative mindset to adopt a position of scientific multiculturalism.

关 键 词：Gua sha body concept traditional Chinese medicine scientific multiculturalism 

分 类 号：R244.4[医药卫生—针灸推拿学]