What is the difference between acupressure and acupuncture?!


Question: What is the difference between acupressure and acupuncture?
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In acupressure you just use thumb or finger pressure on the accupoints. In acupuncture you penetrate the skin with very thin needles at those same points.



Acupressure is mainly the location of a particular squeeze in the body to reduce pain, similar to acupuncture, you need to look thought the hole, but do not pin.

Application of acupressure, the finger points to force a particular squeeze in a few minutes, a lot of points in a single treatment can be. Number of human acupuncture points, each point of the role of different, easy to learn and difficult to use acupressure.

Acupuncture: acupuncture and moxibustion together. Stitch is to needle piercing the patient's body at certain points, such as the use of twisting and lifting and thrusting of acupuncture techniques to treat the disease. Moxibustion is the burning moxa smoke burning the skin at certain points, the use of thermal stimulation to treat diseases.



Acupressure is similar to a massage. Acupuncture uses those little needles and sometimes electric current.



Acupressure deals with pressure points. Acupuncture breaks the skin.



Pressure is pressure ,,,, puncture means someone is gonna stick a NEEDLE in YOU




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