Can cupping be addictive?
Cupping is not addictive. Because cupping can pull toxins out of the body. There is no harm in pulling often, only benefits. Cupping is better than taking medicine and hanging a bottle. Cupping and scraping have no side effects on human body, so they are not addictive. Believe that you are right. Pulling the skin often will make you adapt and won't feel too uncomfortable. That's not addiction.
What if cupping is addictive?
Cupping also needs a proper amount. Xiaoyan, an office worker, will go to the beauty salon regularly for back massage and cupping. Xiaoyan feels very relaxed after cupping every time. But after a long time, Xiaoyan found herself gradually addicted to cupping. Occasionally, once or twice, she felt her shoulders ache and uncomfortable. "Is cupping really addictive?" Xiaoyan's heart is full of doubts.
Wang Xiaoyi, a physician in acupuncture and massage department of Taizhou Hospital, said that because people will feel very comfortable after cupping treatment, they will pursue this comfortable state, which is not considered as a "side effect". "Although cupping will bring comfort to the human body, it can't be pulled out often or at will." Wang Xiaoyi said that cupping should be done according to the doctor's advice if it is for treating diseases, and it is suggested not to be too frequent, but once a week.
The purpose and function of cupping on the body
Cupping therapy (commonly known as cupping) is a treatment method that uses cupping as a tool, exhausts the air in the cupping by burning and squeezing, and generates negative pressure, so that cupping can be adsorbed on the body surface, resulting in extensive stimulation and local congestion or congestion, so as to prevent and treat diseases and strengthen the body. Cupping, like acupuncture, is also a physical therapy.
Cupping is a common method of treating diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, which can dispel cold and dampness, dredge collaterals and remove blood stasis, promote qi and blood circulation, relieve swelling and pain, remove toxin and heat, regulate the balance of yin and yang, relieve fatigue, enhance physical fitness, and then achieve the purpose of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogens and treating diseases. Many diseases can be treated by cupping therapy.
Three problems in cupping 1. Don't take a bath immediately after cupping.
Many people who love bathing often say that "cupping and bathing are indispensable", that is, taking a bath immediately after cupping. Indeed, warm bath water and warm cupping are comfortable to think about before pulling out after washing, and then washing after pulling out. However, we really need to pay attention to this order. You can cupping after taking a bath, but you must never take a bath immediately after cupping.
After cupping, the skin is in a damaged state and very fragile. Bathing at this time can easily lead to skin damage and inflammation. If you take a cold bath, it is easy to catch cold because your skin is in a state of open pores. So you must not take a bath immediately after cupping.
2. Cupping is not effective over time.
Many people say that cupping takes at least half an hour. Some people think that cupping can only pull out blisters, especially some elderly people hold this view. And is cupping really as long as possible?
Cupping varies according to the size, material and negative pressure of cupping. But generally speaking, the time from ignition to can lifting should not exceed ten minutes. Because the main principle of cupping is negative pressure rather than time, if cupping takes too long under the condition of high negative pressure until the blister is pulled out, it will not only hurt the skin, but also cause skin infection.
3. Don't pull in the same position repeatedly.
If you can't pull it twice at a time, in the same position and repeatedly, you won't believe that this cupping is invalid. There is a great determination that "nothing is difficult in the world, nothing is impossible to a willing mind". In fact, it is wrong to do so.
You can even pull out the whole body when cupping, because it can comprehensively treat and improve the therapeutic effect. However, repeated pulling in one place, although the persistence of this treatment is remarkable, is red and swollen to the skin ... this is not worth the candle.