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Huo Bingquan (writer)
Mark Byers (writer)
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Cast

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Hollis Huston ... John Quinlan
Tony Leung Ka Fai ... Datong Xu
Tamara Tungate ... Margaret
Wenli Jiang ... Jian Ning

Stephanie Vogt ... Mary (Reporter)
Xu Zhu ... Father

Joe Erker ... Benton Davis
Cat Cacciatore ... Social Worker
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Marshelle Fair ... Jenny
Susan L. Fry ... Party Guest / Passenger waiting for plane
Mike Ketcher ... Starsky
Jo Mei ... Prostitute
Dave Schuetz ... Awards Guest

Shawn Tucker ... Protester
Dennis Zhu ... Dennis Xu
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Also Known As:
Gua Sha Treatment (USA)
The Treatment (USA)
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Czech Republic:100 min (FilmAsia Festival)
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East Asian medicine, 9 July 2004
Author: arya-5 (arya@guasha.com) from New York, NY

Gua Sha, known as kerik in Indonesia, Cao Gio in Vietnam (see Harvey Keitel's The Three Seasons) and khoud lam in Laos is a legitimate and effective therapy. In Asia it is usually done with a coin, Chinese soup spoon, slice of water buffalo horn, or even a slice of ginger. A simple cap with a rounded edge is quite good to use and available in most homes in the West. It was not commonly done with wood, but if smooth and the right edge it could be. There is a teaching text in English called Gua Sha. A Traditional Technique for Modern Practice, and a teaching video: Gua Sha: Step-by-Step, by Arya Nielsen.If an acupuncturist is trained in Classical Chinese medicine, they will do this technique in their practice for pain, and for acute or chronic illness.

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