1, the benefits of cupping
1, sensation transmission along meridians, regulating the function of human viscera. This is based on the theory that meridians connect viscera, and cupping stimulation is selected along meridians related to viscera, which is suitable for moving cupping back and forth and sliding cupping. These manipulations can have corresponding sensory conduction to respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular diseases and gynecological diseases, and it is helpful to regulate internal functions through sensory conduction stimulation.
2, adjust the immune function, enhance their own resistance, because the blood stasis caused by cupping retains the tissue gap, can properly activate the body's immunity, has the ability to remove inflammatory substances, and is a benign self-exercise.
3. It can stretch muscles, improve pain threshold and relieve pain and fatigue, that is, when muscles are in a state of tension, local blood perfusion will decrease, thus promoting tissue ischemia. The cupping technique in cupping can lengthen muscles, increase blood perfusion, raise the local pain tolerance threshold, and then relax muscles and re-reserve the required energy.
4. Take medicine to expel pus and promote wound healing. Being attracted by the negative pressure of cupping will help local pus, toxins produced by bacteria and other substances that are not conducive to wound healing to be excreted. At the same time, it can stimulate the growth of granulation tissue and shrink the wound, thus achieving the purpose of promoting wound healing.
5, promote blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, this is because cupping can dilate blood vessels, make local blood circulation better, and then accelerate the excretion of waste and toxins, at the same time improve the nutritional status of local tissues, and provide more nutrition and oxygen for cells.
2. Disadvantages of cupping
1, don't take a bath or catch cold for a certain period of time after cupping, otherwise it will cause illness without illness, and even worse, it will aggravate the condition.
2. The time and interval of cupping should be well grasped. Some people often cupping because they like the process. As a result, their skin is very bad, causing infection and serious skin abrasions.
3. For some patients with inflammatory or hemorrhagic diseases, cupping is not only a helpless move, but even has more destructive consequences.
3, cupping matters needing attention
1, when cupping, you should choose a suitable position, where the muscles are full. If the posture is improper, the body is active, the bones are skinny, and the parts with more hair are not applicable.
2. Cupping and scraping are feasible if they are used to lose weight, but cupping should not take too long to lose weight. Improper cupping may cause blisters on the body, and may also lead to accidents. In severe cases, it may lead to sepsis. Be careful.
4. Some manifestations of cupping
1, manifestations of blood stasis syndrome
After cupping, the skin lesions are spots, rashes and nodules, and the surface is purplish red, which is the manifestation of blood stasis syndrome and can be divided into the following three situations:
After cupping, the skin is black and purple, and after cupping, the skin lesions are purple and dark, which is blood stasis;
After cupping, the skin lesions are red at first, and gradually turn from red to purple, and the pressure does not subside, which is qi stagnation and blood stasis;
After cupping, the skin lesions are purplish red and soft to touch, which are cold coagulation meridians and blood stasis.
Therapy: Eat moderately and avoid cold and greasy food;
2. Performance of heat syndrome
After cupping, the skin lesions are red and have a burning sensation. The heat syndrome can be divided into the following types:
The skin is bright red, discolored and itchy when pressed, which belongs to gas heat;
After cupping, the skin lesions are bright red in color and do not fade when pressed, which belongs to blood heat;
After cupping, the color of skin lesions is bright red, and redness, swelling, heat and pain belong to blood-heat syndrome.
Therapy: cooling blood, clearing heat and purging fire.
3. The manifestations of dampness syndrome
After cupping, the water in the can is white. If it is clear and not turbid, moisture will accumulate in the body.
The water is white, the skin lesions are dull after cupping, and the body is cold and wet;
Water is yellow, or both yellow and white, and turbid is damp and hot;
The water is turbid and has purulent blood, which belongs to damp-heat toxin;
The water is dry, the sore face is flushed, and the surrounding redness is hot and toxic.
Therapy: clearing heat and promoting diuresis, purging fire and detoxifying.
4. The manifestations of blood dryness syndrome
The overall manifestations of blood dryness: after cupping, the skin lesions are thick, rough, dry, chapped, desquamated and yellow, which can be divided into the following types:
After cupping, the skin lesions have red background color or redness around them, which belongs to blood-heat dryness;
Dry skin, pale skin after cupping, belonging to blood deficiency and wind dryness;
After cupping, the background color of skin lesions is red, which burns hands and turns blood heat into dryness.
After cupping, the base of skin lesions is pale, dry and rough, and scales fall off from time to time, which is blood deficiency and dryness.
Therapy: clearing heat and cooling blood; Nourishing blood and moistening skin.
5. The manifestations of blood arthralgia syndrome
After cupping, skin lesions are purplish red spots, rashes and nodules on the surface, which can be divided into the following categories:
After cupping, the skin lesions are purple and dark, which is blood stasis;
After cupping, the skin lesions first turned red, gradually turned from red to purple, and the water pressure subsided into qi stagnation and blood stasis;
After cupping, the skin lesions are purplish red and soft to touch, which are cold coagulation meridians and blood stasis.
6. Performance of wind syndrome
After cupping, patients with itchy skin lesions can be divided into the following four categories:
After cupping, the skin lesions are uncertain, itching has no fixed part, and most of them are common cold.
After cupping, the skin lesions are red, swollen and itchy, and there are blood stains after scratching. After heating, itching is aggravated, mostly blood heat and wind heat.
Dry skin, peeling of shoulders after scratching; Scratched for a long time, the skin is thick, mostly blood deficiency wind;
After cupping, the itching part of skin lesions is mostly the squeezing part. There are scratches after scratching, mostly accompanied by purple tongue or ecchymosis, mostly due to blood stasis.
Therapy: cooling blood and activating blood, expelling wind and relieving itching.