Complaints of body weakness, aches, and rheumatic pain can certainly interfere with our activities. Traditionally, alternative scrapings therapy is often chosen as a way to reduce these complaints. However, is scraping useful medically or is it dangerous? Kerokan is one of the traditional alternative therapies that is often used in Asian countries, including in Indonesia. Therapy using special tools or coins rubbed on the surface of the skin is also found in China. By the Chinese people, scrapings are called gua sha. Effect of scrapings on the body Scraping is believed to relieve aches, weakness, and body aches. Scraping is done by rubbing a coin or special dredger with a blunt edge, onto the surface of the skin that has been smeared with massage oil. Meanwhile, gua sha is done with ceramic spoons, coins, buffalo horn pieces, or jade. Rubbed coins or tools will form reddish lines or spots on the skin that usually disappear after 2-4 days. These reddish spots are called sha in te...