Gua Sha and cupping are two different external treatment methods of Chinese medicine, they are different in the use of equipment, operation mode and so on.
1. gua sha is the use of specific instruments, mainly refers to buffalo horn and other made of gua sha board, using specific techniques and scraping speed, direction, along the human body meridian circulation parts of the operation of a way, in the scraping before the need to operate the part of the application of essential oils, living oils and other media, to avoid causing skin damage.
Gua Sha can be used for internal, external, gynecological, pediatric, five senses and other various diseases, such as colds, bronchitis, hiccups (hiccups), vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, urinary tract infections, vertigo, insomnia, headache, pillow, acute lumbar sprain, menstrual cramps, fever during menstruation, acute mastitis, heatstroke and so on.
2. Cupping is mainly a way to operate with the can as a tool, using combustion, suction, steam and other methods to cause negative pressure inside the can, so that the can is adsorbed on the surface of the body at acupoints or a certain part of the affected area, so that the local skin congestion, stasis and blood production of benign stimulation, which has the effect of dispelling wind and removing dampness, warming up menstruation and dispersing cold, invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, eliminating swellings and relieving pain, pulling out toxins and sucking out pus and warming up the Yang and benefiting the qi, and so on.
Although cupping is also along the body’s meridian circulation route for manipulation, but in addition to walking cupping law generally do not need to use the medium applied, its scope of application is wide, the treatment of more diseases.
Although Gua Sha and cupping are both treatments along the meridian routes, they are different in the way they are operated, the use of instruments, indications and so on. You need to choose the appropriate method according to your condition under the guidance of a doctor, and avoid operating privately.