Gua Sha VS Cupping
I experience gua sha, while i don’t experience cupping. But i have seen many people whether the old or the young loving cupping. Do you know the difference between gua sha and cupping? I’m going to give you a little science about the difference between gua sha and cupping. Can gua sha and cupping do at the same time? Yes. Gua sha and cupping usually can do at the same time. Gua sha is targeted on the back’s surface, effecting on the parts that cupping can’t do, which helps better clear channels and meridians. While cupping is more stimulating. However, if someone is weak and lacks of blood and energy, they can’t be done together at the best. Because gua sha and cupping makes people weaker. What kind of people aren’t suitable to gua sha? This is because gua sha method of Chinese medicine can cause congestion under the skin, promote blood circulation, increase the burden on the heart, lung, liver and kidneys and aggravate the condition. In addition, women who are pregnant or during menstrual flow don’t perform TCM gua sha therapy. What kinds of Parts are Prohibited to Cup? Head isn’t recommended to cup, since cupping causing scars will influence facial beauty. Head’s skin is thin and there’s much hairs. Thus head isn’t suitable to cup. Cupping in the parts that are sagging and have many wrinkles and scars easily falls off and then it doesn’t effect. Important organs’ surface should be prohibited when cupping, because the heat can directly lead to organ, which may influence the physical functions to organs, such as heart, eye, lung and so on. There are a lot of nerves at the end of limbs, and cupping directly in these areas can be very painful and indirectly affect the functioning of the organs. When performing cupping in pregnant women, special attention should be paid to the fact that during pregnancy. The abdomen still lumbosacral area is prohibited moxibustion, otherwise it may be detrimental to the fetus. Pregnant women themselves aren’t recommended to cup. Fire cupping in pregnant women may cause preterm miscarriage. In particular, fire cupping shouldn’t be done in the abdomen or groin. The effects of gua sha and cupping are very powerful and strong, though you need to notice these cautions before gua sha or cupping.
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I experience gua sha, while i don’t experience cupping. But i have seen many people whether the old or the young loving cupping. Do you know the difference between gua sha and cupping? I’m going to give you a little science about the difference between gua sha and cupping. Can gua sha and cupping do at the same time? Yes. Gua sha and cupping usually can do at the same time. Gua sha is targeted on the back’s surface, effecting on the parts that cupping can’t do, which helps better clear channels and meridians. While cupping is more stimulating. However, if someone is weak and lacks of blood and energy, they can’t be done together at the best. Because gua sha and cupping makes people weaker. What kind of people aren’t suitable to gua sha? This is because gua sha method of Chinese medicine can cause congestion under the skin, promote blood circulation, increase the burden on the heart, lung, liver and kidneys and aggravate the condition. In addition, women who are pregnant or during menstrual flow don’t perform TCM gua sha therapy. What kinds of Parts are Prohibited to Cup? Head isn’t recommended to cup, since cupping causing scars will influence facial beauty. Head’s skin is thin and there’s much hairs. Thus head isn’t suitable to cup. Cupping in the parts that are sagging and have many wrinkles and scars easily falls off and then it doesn’t effect. Important organs’ surface should be prohibited when cupping, because the heat can directly lead to organ, which may influence the physical functions to organs, such as heart, eye, lung and so on. There are a lot of nerves at the end of limbs, and cupping directly in these areas can be very painful and indirectly affect the functioning of the organs. When performing cupping in pregnant women, special attention should be paid to the fact that during pregnancy. The abdomen still lumbosacral area is prohibited moxibustion, otherwise it may be detrimental to the fetus. Pregnant women themselves aren’t recommended to cup. Fire cupping in pregnant women may cause preterm miscarriage. In particular, fire cupping shouldn’t be done in the abdomen or groin. The effects of gua sha and cupping are very powerful and strong, though you need to notice these cautions before gua sha or cupping.
