从误解到着迷，刮痧因何征服西方人？

2022.10.20
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最近，海外社交媒体上悄然掀起一股“刮痧热”，很多西方人热衷于通过刮痧来调解身体、改善气色。而在几十年前，中医刮痧还被他们视为虐待、家暴甚至是犯罪行为。欧美人是如何理解刮痧的？他们为什么愿意尝试这种治疗手法？一起来听今天的讲解。

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英文原文

Dry Brushing, Body Scraping, Gua Sha: Lymphatic Health Is All the Rage

By Hannah Seo

Scroll through TikTok and Instagram for long enough and you’ll likely find someone scraping, brushing or massaging their skin in pursuit of better health or an enhanced appearance.

Gua sha, in which you scrape a stone or metal tool along the contours of your face; body scraping, which is a full-body version of gua sha that uses similar tools; and jade rolling, in which you roll a rounded stone tool over your face, are techniques intended to physically push, or drain, lymphatic fluid toward the lymph nodes, where it is filtered and then moved back into the bloodstream.

References to lymph in traditional Chinese medicine go back 2,000 years, said Yumi Ridsdale, a Chinese medicine practitioner in Ontario, Canada. “They of course didn’t use the words ‘lymphatic’ system,” but traditional Chinese medicine emphasized the importance of lymph circulation.

The keys to keeping lymphatic health in balance are the same ones that apply to your health generally: moving your body, healthy eating, deep breathing. When it comes to lymphatic drainage, and all the related massage tools and techniques, use them if you enjoy them, said Dr. Melissa Ventimiglia, an assistant professor of family medicine.

生词好句

1.scrape

英 [skreɪp] 美 [skreɪp]
v. 刮除，刮擦，刮伤
拓展:
She fell and scraped her knee.
她摔了一跤，擦伤了膝盖。
I’ve scraped some paint off the car.
我不小心把车刮掉了一块漆。

2.lymphatic

英 [lɪmˈfætɪk] 美 [lɪmˈfætɪk]
adj. 淋巴的
拓展:
lymph n. 淋巴
lymphatic system 淋巴系统

3.all the rage

风靡一时（to be very popular at a particular time）
拓展:
rage n. 风靡一时，非常流行
Bell-bottomed pants were all the rage in the 70s.
70年代时，喇叭裤曾风靡一时。
Frisbee is now all the rage.
飞盘现在非常流行。