Cupping and Gua Sha mainly in the use of tools, application methods and efficacy and other aspects of the difference.
1. use tools: cupping tools used by glass jar, ceramic jar, bamboo canisters, pumping canisters, etc.; scraping tools used by gua sha have horn board, wooden comb, jade board, etc..
2. use method: the use of cupping cans flash cans, walking cans, needle cans, stay cans, etc.; gua sha’s use of a little press method, angle scraping method, kneading method, handful of gua sha method.
3. efficacy: gua sha has blood circulation and blood stasis, Shu tendon, open up and wake up; and cupping efficacy than gua sha is more extensive, in addition to the above efficacy, but also has the warm menstruation pain, wind and dampness, and remove the corrosion of the new efficacy.
Cupping and Gua Sha may appear after the skin itching and other adverse reactions; have infectious diseases, skin broken people avoid the above operation; pregnant women and menstruating women cautious of the above operation.
The above operations need to be carried out by professionals, do not operate on your own, so as not to cause adverse consequences.