What's the difference between acupuncture and Chinese massage?

What is the biggest difference between acupuncture and traditional massage in China?

Chinese medicine massage; Massage is a method based on the theory of zang-fu organs and meridians in traditional Chinese medicine, which acts on specific parts of human body surface by manipulation to adjust the physiological and pathological state of the body and achieve the purpose of physical therapy. In nature, it is a physical therapy. From the treatment of massage, it can be divided into health massage, sports massage and medical massage.

Acupuncture; Acupuncture and moxibustion are collectively referred to. Acupuncture is to pierce a filiform needle into a patient's body according to a certain point, and use acupuncture methods such as twisting and lifting to treat diseases. Moxibustion is to burn the skin with burning moxa sticks at certain acupoints and treat diseases with heat stimulation. Now people often use it in their lives. Acupuncture consists of "needle" and "moxibustion".

Massage is mainly to dredge. Acupuncture can not only dredge, but also regulate yin and yang and balance the body through reinforcing and reducing. The so-called "hit the nail on the head."