痧 (shā) - Acute diseases such as cholera or sunstroke with & sand-like rash in traditional Chinese medicine.

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shā ｜ 12 strokes ｜ radical:

三姗

痧 · shā

Acute diseases such as cholera or sunstroke with symptoms like rashes or eruptions;

sand-like rash in traditional Chinese medicine.

Acute diseases such as cholera or sunstroke withsand-like rash in traditional Chinese medicine.

Usage highlights

Scraping therapySha rashHeatstroke shaCholera shaAcute shaSha syndrome

Synonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He suffered from heatstroke (中暑发痧).
  • Traditional scraping therapy is called guasha (刮痧).
  • Cholera was called huoluan (霍乱) or acute sha syndrome (急痧).
  • The patient showed sha rash symptoms (痧疹).

Collocations

  • Scraping therapy(刮痧)
  • Sha rash(痧疹)
  • Heatstroke sha(暑痧)
  • Cholera sha(霍乱痧)
  • Acute sha(急痧)
  • Sha syndrome(痧症)

Idioms

  • Scraping to treat sha syndrome(刮痧治病)
  • Emergency treatment for acute sha(急痧急救)
  • Summer heat causing sha rash(暑热生痧)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • In traditional Chinese medicine, 'sha' refers to acute summer diseases with sand-like skin eruptions.
  • Guasha (刮痧) scraping therapy is a traditional treatment method for sha syndrome.
  • The concept is deeply rooted in Chinese folk medicine and seasonal disease theory.

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