Generally speaking, moxibustion is suitable for people who are weak and sick; Scraping and cupping-these things that can "see blood" are only suitable for strong people.
What's the difference between moxibustion and scraping and cupping?
1. moxibustion
The biggest difference between moxibustion and scraping and cupping is that moxibustion itself has the function of nourishing human yang, generating blood and promoting blood circulation! It is this that determines the irreplaceability of moxibustion.
Yuan Yang Qi of human body is congenital. If it is exhausted, it can't be regenerated, only replenished. Medicinal properties and heat are powerful foreign aid. Moxibustion not only mobilizes the human body's own strength, but also borrows the medicinal properties of wormwood and the heat of moxibustion fire, which are not available in scraping and massage.
Therefore, there is a saying in the field of Chinese medicine: moxibustion supplements deficiency, scraping cures strength!
Step 2: Scrape
The essence of scraping is to purge excess and evil qi. But scraping must be done in the blocked place, so as to eliminate excess congestion and promote the patency of meridians. If you scrape in the empty place of the meridian, it will only make it weaker. Therefore, a strong person can dredge the meridians, while scrapping due to blood deficiency will hurt qi and blood.
In other words, scraping is to give evil a way out. 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. You can't scrape a weak person at all.
3. Cupping
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.
But when we are cupping outside, our backs are always pulled out, mainly to introduce qi and blood into the bladder meridian to promote diuresis and detoxification, but this is very unfavorable for people with weak qi and blood.
The difference between cupping and moxibustion
The difference between scraping, cupping and moxibustion
1, scraping acts on shallow layer and cupping acts on deep layer. At the same time, cupping also has the function of purging fire and treating various solid diseases, including fever and cold.
2. Moxibustion is suitable for people who are weak and sick, and scraping and cupping are only suitable for people who are strong. Otherwise, people who are weak will be counterproductive and will not work.