The difference between the effects of Gua Sha and cupping is that Gua Sha has the efficacy of sweating and detoxification, and fire cupping has the effect of reducing swelling and pain, dispelling wind and cold.
Gua Sha is to Chinese medicine meridian acupuncture point theory as a guide, with special scraping apparatus and corresponding techniques, dipped in scraping oil or lubricating oil and other media, in the body surface for repeated scraping, friction, so that the skin appeared dark red point, so as to achieve the blood circulation stasis, regulating the blood, dredge the tendons and collaterals, drive away the evil spirits and detoxification effect, applicable to painful diseases, bone and joint degenerative diseases.
Cupping is to use the can as a tool, the use of combustion, pumping and other methods to generate negative pressure, so that the can adsorbed in the acupoints, so that the local blockage of blood, in order to achieve the role of the meridians and collaterals, the promotion of qi and blood circulation, swelling, pain, wind dispersal and other effects. Mostly used for wind-cold damp paralysis, neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain, as well as cold, cough and other illnesses.
It should be noted that, scraping and cupping need to be operated under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, not blindly used on their own to avoid adverse reactions.