Scraping therapy generally operates along the circulation direction of meridians, mainly acting on the epidermis and meridians of human body, regulating the whole body function through meridians, which is relatively shallow, focusing on relieving exterior syndrome, dredging collaterals and removing blood stasis, and is more suitable for treating exterior syndrome and heat syndrome with short course of disease, as well as stagnation of meridians and dysfunction of viscera.
Cupping therapy is mostly performed in muscles such as neck, shoulders, back and limbs. It mainly targets at bones and muscles and acupoints, and its action position is relatively deep, focusing on expelling wind, dispelling cold and removing dampness. It is more suitable for treating wind-cold symptoms, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, and visceral diseases caused by cold with a long course.
Scraping and cupping are simple and effective, which can not only cure diseases, but also protect health and strengthen the body, so they are deeply loved by patients. However, as a common treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine, the indications and contraindications should be strictly controlled in clinical application, and it is best to operate under the guidance of a doctor. The frequency of scraping and cupping should not be too high. Generally, it should be done every 7~ 10 days during the treatment period and once a month for health care.
Scraping refers to repeatedly wiping the skin to make the local skin red, so as to achieve the purpose of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis after scraping. Although there will be a little pain in the skin and fatigue in the body when scraping, these are normal symptoms. Long-term adherence to scraping has a good promotion effect on blood circulation and meridian circulation.
Scraping is a way out for evil. On the contrary, people who are weak, such as the elderly, children or people with insufficient vital energy, can't exorcise evil spirits by scraping alone, which is easy to backfire. The scope of scraping is wider, and the technical content of operation is a little smaller than cupping. You can scrape the skin on a large area or directly at the pain point.
Cupping is a therapy with cupping as a tool. Cupping is adsorbed on the body surface by negative pressure, resulting in local blood stasis, thus achieving the functions of dredging meridians, promoting qi and blood circulation, relieving swelling and pain, expelling wind and dispelling cold. In cupping, there is inevitably a gap between cans. If you want to be continuous, you have to pull it several times. Generally, you don't use this method of repeated pulling. Cupping can be divided into vacuum cans and cupping, and cupping has a better dehumidification effect.