2 The role of cupping Chinese medicine regulates yin and yang and balances physical fitness: When there is imbalance between yin and yang in the human body, the body will develop diseases due to imbalance between excess and deficiency. Cupping can readjust the body by stimulating acupoints and meridians, so as to harmonize Yin and Yang Can, thus achieving the purpose of strengthening the body and preventing and treating diseases.
Eliminating pathogenic factors and strengthening body resistance: Chinese medicine believes that pathogenic factors are the factors leading to diseases, while healthy qi is the activity and ability of the body to resist diseases. Cupping can dredge qi and blood by wiping channels and collaterals, so as to prevent blood stasis in the body from producing evil toxin, enhance the function of healthy qi of viscera in the body, and inhibit or expel the invasion of evil toxin.
Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: The pain of human body is caused by the obstruction of qi and blood and the blockage of meridians. Cupping at local or corresponding acupoints can dredge qi and blood, dissipate blood stasis and dredge collaterals. The recovery of qi and blood can naturally achieve the purpose of "unblocking without pain".
Modern medical viewpoint enhances immunity: Cupping therapy can exert strong negative pressure on local skin. Under the action of negative pressure, local skin capillaries rupture, releasing nerve media such as histamine and 5- hydroxytryptamine, which can stimulate the functions of various parts of the body, effectively mobilize the running function of the immune system, increase local tolerance and enhance the immunity of the body.
Regulating the nervous system: The stimulation of cupping on the body is weak and benign. When the receptors of nerve endings receive this signal, it will be transmitted from the zang-fu organs to the cerebral cortex, which will regulate the excitement and inhibition of the cerebral cortex through stimulation, which will help promote the self-healing of the sick body.
Regulating muscle and blood vessel function: Cupping has obvious effect on motor system. By stimulating the nerves in a certain part, the functional activities of blood vessels and muscles in the corresponding part can be adjusted, and smooth muscle spasm caused by local overexcitation can be avoided. In addition, cupping can also pull out edema, mucus and congestion in the body, prevent these substances from infecting muscles and relieve pain.
3 Scope of application of cupping therapy Cupping therapy has a wide range of applications, which can be applied in all clinical departments, such as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, dermatology, ENT, etc.
Internal medicine: cold, bronchitis, asthma, headache, hypertension, trigeminal neuralgia, facial paralysis, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, constipation, dyspepsia, cerebrovascular accident, cholecystitis, etc.
Surgery: Gastrointestinal spasm, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar hypertrophy, scapulohumeral periarthritis, urinary calculi, stiff neck, nerve injury, etc.
Pediatrics: asthma, whooping cough, dyspepsia, enuresis, malnutrition.
Gynecology: irregular menstruation, pelvic inflammatory disease, leukorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, menopausal syndrome, etc.
Otolaryngology: conjunctivitis, rhinitis, toothache, pharyngitis, mandibular arthritis, oral ulcer, pinkeye, swelling and pain, etc.
Dermatology: herpes zoster, skin itching, urticaria, acne.
4 Disadvantages of Cupping Although cupping has a good role in preventing and treating diseases and maintaining health, it also inevitably has side effects, mainly in the following points:
1. It is easy to damage the skin, because the traditional cupping needs fire, and it is easy to burn the skin if it is not handled carefully. Even in order to avoid direct contact between skin and open flame, it will cause harm to skin.
2. Skin pores expand after cupping. If you don't pay attention to prevent colds, it will lead to cold invading the body, which will lead to diseases such as colds.