Do you understand the difference between vacuum cupping and fire cupping?

Cupping is one of the ways people maintain their health. It is very popular among people who maintain their health because it can effectively eliminate toxins from the body. Cupping is divided into vacuum cupping and fire cupping. So what are the specific differences between these two types?

1. Different principles of generating negative pressure

Cupping uses combustion to burn away the oxygen in the cup, thereby achieving the effect of negative pressure; gas tanks are vacuum-type and use vacuum extraction to achieve the effect of negative pressure.

2. Different effects

Fire cupping has heat penetration and a warming effect, which can dispel wind and cold; while gas cupping has no warming effect and is less effective in treating diseases caused by wind and cold.

3. Different materials

Traditional cupping jars are made of bamboo tubes, but currently glass cupping jars are more commonly used. Although gas cups are transparent, most of them are not made of glass, but are industrial products made of plastic.

4. The operation methods are different

Traditional cupping jars are made of bamboo tubes, but currently glass cupping jars are more commonly used. Although gas cups are transparent, most of them are not made of glass, but are industrial products made of plastic.