Cupping therapy is also called angle therapy. Cupping is to artificially cause capillary rupture and congestion through physical stimulation and negative pressure, mobilize the repair function of human stem cells and the absorption function of necrotic blood cells, promote blood circulation, stimulate essence and regulate qi and blood, and achieve the effect of improving and regulating human immunity.
Of course, cupping is not as accurate as acupuncture, mainly because of the combination of points, lines and surfaces. Through the distinction between cold and heat deficiency and excess in traditional Chinese medicine, select some parts where meridians pass or qi gathers.
Cupping is a unique therapeutic method, which has been circulated among the people in China for a long time. It is usually called cupping and suction. It is called cupping qi in Compendium of Materia Medica and cupping method in authentic surgery. In ancient times, it was mostly used for surgical carbuncle. At first, it was not a jar, but a horn tube with a small hole was used to suck pus in the affected area, so it was named "horn method" in some ancient books. The earliest written record of cupping therapy is The Elbow Queen written by Ge Hong in Jin Dynasty from 28/kloc-0 to 36 1.
Later, the horn tube was gradually replaced by bamboo pot, pottery pot and glass pot, and the scope of treatment also expanded from early surgical carbuncle to rheumatic pain, back muscle strain, headache, asthma, abdominal pain, traumatic congestion, common rheumatic cold and various pains.
Cupping is a kind of blood stasis therapy, which uses heat to exhaust the air in the jar to form negative pressure, so that the jar can be tightly sucked at the treatment site, resulting in blood stasis, thus producing therapeutic effect. China calls it congestion therapy. Because this method is simple and effective, it has been used so far in folk dynasties and has never failed. Even some foreigners are interested.
Cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy in China. I believe many people, especially middle-aged and elderly people, will not be unfamiliar with it, because it is simple, convenient and easy to operate, and was once regarded as an important daily treatment method by ordinary people. How to use cupping safely and effectively at home, we interviewed experts such as Diao Benshu, a famous provincial Chinese medicine practitioner.
[Edit this paragraph] When cupping, the patient feels comfortable.
"Cupping" is a common name for cupping therapy, also known as "cupping" or "straw". It is a therapeutic method to exhaust the air in the tank by heating, so that it can be sucked on the skin under negative pressure, resulting in blood stasis. This therapy can dispel cold and dampness, dredge channels and collaterals, remove blood stasis, promote circulation of qi and blood circulation, relieve swelling and pain, remove toxin and clear heat, and has the functions of regulating the balance of yin and yang, eliminating fatigue and strengthening the body, thus achieving the purpose of strengthening the body resistance, eliminating pathogenic factors and treating diseases. So many diseases can be treated by cupping therapy. For example, when people reach middle age, muscle soreness is very common. According to the interpretation of traditional Chinese medicine, it is mostly rheumatism. When cupping, the cupping mouth can cover the affected part, which can slowly suck out the water in the focus and promote local blood circulation at the same time, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving pain and restoring function, thus treating rheumatism, joint pain, muscle soreness and other discomfort.
Cupping can promote qi and blood circulation, dispel wind and cold, reduce swelling and relieve pain, so it has a certain therapeutic effect on lumbar muscle strain and lumbar disc herniation. Teacher Diao also introduced that cupping can also be used on human acupoints to treat headache, dizziness, eye swelling, cough, asthma, abdominal pain and other diseases, and cupping can be performed many times at the same time.
[Edit this paragraph] How to operate at home.
Experts remind: Since it is a professional treatment, cupping is certainly not simple. If you cupping yourself at home regardless of the willy-nilly, it is easy to cause danger, and there are many cupping accidents in life. If you apply acupuncture points at will, it will sometimes backfire.
First of all, pay attention to material selection. Bamboo tube for traditional Chinese medicine. If you can't find it, you can use glass bottles and ceramic cups, but the mouth must be thick and smooth, so as not to hurt the flesh because the mouth of the cupping jar is too thin. The bottom is preferably a wide semicircle.
Before cupping, the can should be washed and dried, and then the patient should lie down or sit comfortably, exposing the part to be cupped, and then ignite the can. When igniting, you usually hold the jar in one hand and the lighted probe in the other. The operation should be quick. After shaking the ignited probe in the jar several times, take it out and quickly put the jar on the part to be processed. When the fire is still burning, cover the altar mouth tightly on the affected area, and don't wait for the fire to go out, otherwise it will be too loose to suck out moisture. It's good to have the jar mouth tightly sucked on your body. Be careful not to heat the edge of the jar mouth to avoid scalding.
Generally, it takes 15-20 minutes to open the tank. When taking it, don't forcibly pull the can, don't pull it hard, and turn it. The key point of action is that one hand tilts the can to one side, and the other hand presses the skin, so that air enters the can through the gap, and the can naturally leaves the skin.
You can also use the pot method. Moving cans means that after the cans are covered, hold the cans with one hand or two hands, gently lift them, and push and pull the cans to move on the patient's skin. You can move in one direction or back and forth. This has been dealt with in several parts. Pay attention to applying some lubricants, such as glycerin, paraffin oil, scraping oil, etc. when moving cans to prevent skin injury when moving cans.
Cupping has health care and medical effects. Cupping on the back, especially cupping along the Jiaji Meridian, Du Meridian and Meridian, can regulate the internal organs and strengthen the body. It is especially effective for wind disease, pain and cold syndrome. Eight healthy acupoints, Baihui, Dazhui, Neiguan, Hegu, Shenque, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao and Yongquan, can play the role of Tong Qi's Eight Classics if pulled frequently.
[Edit this paragraph] What should I pay attention to in cupping?
(1) When cupping, you should choose the appropriate position and muscle parts. If the posture is improper, the body is active, the bones are skinny, and the parts with more hair are not applicable.
(2) When cupping, you should choose a jar of suitable size according to the area of the pulled part. The operation must be rapid, so that it can be pulled tightly and has strong adsorption.
③ Be careful not to burn or scald the skin when cupping. If you burn or leave the jar for too long and your skin is blistered, it is too small to need treatment, just apply sterile gauze to prevent inflammation. When the blister is large, use a disinfectant needle to drain water, apply gentian violet liquid medicine, or wrap it with sterile gauze to prevent infection.
④ Skin allergy, ulceration and edema are distributed in large blood vessels, so cupping is not suitable. Cupping is also not suitable for people with febrile convulsions and pregnant women's abdomen, lumbosacral region.
[Edit this paragraph] Types of cupping
Cupping is commonly used in the following ways:
(1) Bamboo tube cupping: Take a solid and mature bamboo tube with one end open and the other end reserved as the bottom. The diameter of the spout is 3, 4 and 5 cm, and the length is about 8 ~ 10 cm. Large caliber, used for big waist and buttocks. Small caliber, used for joints of limbs. As for bamboo cupping, which is not commonly used for a long time, it is too dry and easy to penetrate into the air. Soak in warm water for a few minutes before use, so that the bamboo pot is tight and airtight before use. Bamboo is produced in the south, and bamboo pots are often used.
(2) Ceramic cupping: called ceramic cupping, it is made of clay with a round mouth and a big belly, then coated with black glaze or yellow glaze and fired in a kiln. There are several kinds, including large, medium, small and super-small. Ceramic cans are smooth inside and outside, with large pulling force, economical and practical, and are commonly used in rural areas in northern China.
(3) Glass cupping: Glass cupping is made of heat-resistant hard glass. It is shaped like a basket, with a small belly and a slightly protruding edge. It is divided into three sizes: 1, 2, and 3, which are clear and transparent, easy to observe, smooth in tank mouth and good in suction force. Therefore, glass cupping is widely used.
(4) Air extraction tank: use penicillin, streptomycin or similar small medicine bottles to cut off the bottom of the bottles to make them smooth. The incision should be smooth, and the rubber stopper of the bottle mouth should be kept intact, which is convenient for pumping application. The prior art is made of transparent plastic and is not easy to break. The piston is arranged above, which is convenient for air pumping.
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1, cupping principle in traditional Chinese medicine:
Chinese medicine believes that cupping can relieve evil spirits, enhance the body's resistance and eliminate evil spirits. Diseases are caused by pathogenic factors, such as excessive yin and yang, abnormal ascending and descending of human qi, dysfunction of viscera and qi and blood, etc. When the human body is attacked by wind, cold, summer heat, dampness, dryness, fire, poison, trauma or internal injury, it can lead to dysfunction of viscera and produce pathological products, such as blood stasis, qi stagnation, phlegm and saliva, food retention, turbid water and pathogenic fire. These pathological products are also pathogenic factors, which escape from the body through meridians and acupoints, reversing the flow direction of qi and staying in viscera; The meridians are blocked, which eventually leads to various diseases. The vacuum negative pressure generated by cupping has a strong suction force, which acts on the meridian points, and can suck away the pores, make the skin congested, and make the pathological products in the body be sucked out of the skin pores, thus dredging the meridian qi and blood, adjusting the function of viscera, and achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. Chinese medicine believes that cupping can dredge meridians and regulate qi and blood. Meridian has the physiological functions of "promoting qi and blood circulation, nourishing yin and yang, and smoothing joints by Confucianism". Such as meridian obstruction, qi and blood obstruction, malnutrition, skin, meat, tendons, veins and joints atrophy, or qi and blood disharmony, six fu-organs are not transported. By cupping the skin, pores, meridians and acupoints, we can guide the expansion of the qi of ying and Wei, encourage the qi and blood of meridians, nourish viscera and organs with Confucianism, and warm the fur. At the same time, it can replenish the weak viscera function, dredge meridians, adjust the balance of yin and yang and regulate qi and blood, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body, eliminating diseases and treating diseases.
2. The cupping principle of western medicine.
Modern medicine believes that the negative pressure formed in cupping therapy can make local capillaries congested or even ruptured, red blood cells ruptured, skin congested and self-hemolyzed, and then produce histamine and histamine-like substances, which flow with body fluids to stimulate various organs, enhance their functional activities and improve the body's resistance. Modern medicine believes that the stimulation of cupping negative pressure can dilate local blood vessels, promote local blood circulation, improve congestion, strengthen metabolism, change the nutritional status of local tissues, enhance the permeability of blood vessel wall and phagocytosis of white blood cells, and enhance physical fitness and human immunity. Modern medicine believes that the internal pressure of cupping can accelerate the circulation of blood and lymph, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, improve digestive function and promote. Accelerate the elimination and excretion of metabolites by muscles and organs.
3. How to pull it out
We don't recommend that you buy a set of vacuum tubes at random, at most 50 yuan, which is absolutely good for your health. Although some people say that vacuum wire drawing is not as good as fire, it is convenient and easy after all. I recommend you to use vacuum tube.
4. The meaning of cupping spots and colors.
Common pot spots are flush, purple or purple-black ecchymosis, small punctate purple-red rash, and often accompanied by different degrees of heat pain. These changes in the skin belong to the therapeutic effect of cupping therapy, which can last for one to several days.
After cupping, blisters, edema, water vapor and other cupping spots appear, indicating that the patient is wet or sick because he feels wet.
Sometimes the color of blisters is blood red or black red after being pulled out, indicating the pathological reaction of long-term illness and blood stasis.
The pot spot appears dark red, purple black or erythema, which is slightly painful to the touch and has fever, indicating that the patient has heat toxicity syndrome.
If the pot spot appears purple-red or purple-black, there is no blood stasis and fever, indicating that the patient has blood stasis.
The pot spot has no skin color change and the touch is not warm, suggesting that the patient has deficiency-cold syndrome.
There are tiny itching or dermatoglyphics in the spots, indicating that the patient has wind disease.
Generally speaking, the pot spot of disease-free patients has no obvious change.
5. Cupping time
It usually takes about 5- 10 minutes. It seems that the longer the better, the longer is not recommended.
Cupping is one of the commonly used methods to treat various diseases in ancient China. Now people often use it in their lives.