Cross-cultural Confusion With Physical Abuse
A slightly different form of gua sha uses the edges of coins rather than porcelain items is practiced as a "folk medicine" technique. Individuals practice this "coining" amongst their own family members in many Asian cultures such as Vietnam (where the coin scraping, or "coining" is known as "cạo gió", 'scraping for wind'), in Cambodia, and in their respective immigrant communities abroad. For example, health care practitioners in hospitals in Orange County, CA routinely see evidence of coining among hospitalized Vietnamese patients.
In 1980, it was found that many Vietnamese still distrusted US medical practitioners in part due to fear of being accused of child abuse.
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