I believe anyone who has pulled out cupping knows that cupping mainly uses the negative pressure of combustion in cupping to exhaust the air in cupping.
Then let the cupping stick to the acupoints or painful and uncomfortable places of the human body, and then take the cupping down after the symptoms of local congestion appear.
Generally speaking, through cupping, the metabolic wastes in the human body or metabolic products and toxins that cause blockage of meridians can be discharged from the body, thus achieving the effect of relaxing muscles and tendons and dredging collaterals.
Therefore, after cupping, we will leave traces of different shades on our bodies.
However, many people in life, especially the staff in some physiotherapy shops, often tell customers that the mark left by cupping is actually a sign of detoxification.
The deeper the imprint, the more serious the human endotoxin, the shallower the imprint, and the less the toxin. The congestion discharged by cupping is the toxin discharged by the human body. But is this really the case?
Is cupping really good for your health? Let's see what the doctor says.
1. Is the congestion sucked out by cupping really a toxin excreted by the body?
In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, cupping has many functions, such as dredging meridians, relieving swelling and pain, promoting qi and blood circulation, and relieving fatigue.
But the blood stasis sucked out by cupping is not a toxin in the body. Whether it is the blood stasis pulled out or the mark left after cupping, it is actually the performance caused by the rupture of human blood vessels.
When cupping, the capillaries of human body will be impacted by strong negative pressure, which will cause slight bleeding of human epidermis.
That is, we often say that we have pulled out congestion, but these congestion are not toxins in the body.
Cupping leaves different marks, mainly because the thickness of human capillary wall is different.
Where the capillary wall is thin, when the body is absorbed by negative pressure, capillary rupture will occur.
At this time, cupping will pull out a certain amount of congestion, leaving a deep trace, which may be less where the capillary wall is thicker.
Therefore, there is no scientific basis for saying that cupping can detoxify.
Second, is cupping really good for health?
In fact, cupping acupuncture can be circulated in China for thousands of years, and there is some truth.
Although cupping can't detoxify, cupping can indeed stimulate acupuncture points and skin tissues on the body by using warm functions and strong negative pressure.
So as to relax tendons and activate collaterals, and make the qi and blood of human body run more smoothly.
Moreover, in today's fast-paced society, everyone is under great pressure.
Especially for some people who have been engaged in manual labor for a long time, in addition to the symptoms of backache, they are often plagued by cervical and lumbar diseases.
At this time, cupping is very helpful for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, relaxing muscles and tendons, and relieving physical fatigue and pain.
So relatively speaking, cupping does have some benefits to the body to a certain extent.