Cupping is one of the most common health-preserving methods in Chinese medicine, which has a good effect on health care and disease removal, so many people will use cupping to get rid of some diseases, but cupping is a very dangerous thing, and it may hurt the skin once it is improperly operated. So what are the misunderstandings that need attention in cupping? What should I pay attention to in cupping?

1, the misunderstanding of cupping for the elderly at home

Myth 1: Take a bath after cupping.

Take a bath immediately after cupping Many people who love bathing often say that cupping and bathing are indispensable. 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.

Myth 2: The longer the time, the better the effect.

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.

Myth 3: Pull repeatedly in the same position.

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".

You can even pull out the whole body when cupping, because it can comprehensively treat and improve the therapeutic effect. But repeatedly pulling in one place, although the durability of this treatment is remarkable, but for the skin, redness and injury are not worth the loss.

The above are some misunderstandings of cupping introduced by Bian Xiao, and these three misunderstandings must be avoided. So what other precautions do the elderly need to remember?

Precautions for cupping

2. Precautions for cupping in the elderly

When cupping, do not use tweezers to hold alcohol cotton balls, but use hemostatic forceps. The elderly have poor motor coordination.

There are even hand shaking symptoms and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular sequelae caused by Parkinson's disease. Tweezers need to keep pushing when clamping things, and they will fall off when they are relaxed.

However, when hemostatic forceps with special occlusal structure clamps the alcohol cotton ball, it only needs a little force to clamp the cotton ball and keep it in this state.

When the elderly cupping, pay attention to the cupping time should not be too long. This is because the elderly have poor tolerance, and the cupping time should not be too long, so 10~ 15 minutes is appropriate.

When lifting cans, you can't pull them straight up and down. The correct way is to hold the can in your left hand and press the skin of the can mouth with your thumb and forefinger in your right hand. When the negative pressure of the can disappears, the can will fall without being pulled.

Cupping is not only time-sensitive, but also a round cotton ball dipped in alcohol. Cotton balls with too many burrs and irregular shapes should be banned, so as to avoid touching the inner wall of the bottle mouth when the cotton balls enter the bottle and scalding people who receive cupping health care.

Alcohol should be 95%. Some people soak hemostatic forceps in alcohol, and always combine cotton balls with alcohol.

it is not good to do this. If the lighted alcohol cotton ball drips alcohol downwards, it may hurt cupping recipients or cause fire. If alcohol drips down the hemostatic forceps, it may also hurt copper.

When the elderly are dipped in alcohol, they only need to immerse half of the cotton ball in alcohol, and the strong adsorption of the cotton ball can also make the other half full of alcohol.

After the alcohol cotton ball is lit, hold the can with your left hand, so that the opening of the can makes an angle of 45 degrees downward with the horizontal plane, wrap it around the bottom of the bottle, take it out, and quickly put the can gently on the cupping.

Summary: Some knowledge about cupping for the elderly introduced in the above small series are mainly some misunderstandings and precautions. Although it is good for health, the operation must be correct.

3. What are the advantages of cupping?

First, cupping can make the cold and moisture in the human body penetrate through the skin tissue, which can help people drive away evil spirits, make people refreshed and look more energetic.

Second, the meridians and acupoints of the body are interrelated with the internal organs of the human body. Cupping has external attraction, which can stimulate all acupoints on the surface of the whole body, achieve the effect of dredging the meridians and regulating the internal organs, and make people healthier.

Third, it can treat lumbar disc herniation, relieve pain and relieve symptoms.

Fourthly, it can achieve the effect of beauty beauty and help people lose weight.

Of course, some patients specifically asked whether cupping can increase drug treatment if there is moisture in the body. The doctor said it was possible. The specific medicine can be Qufengtong Pill, which mainly nourishes blood, relaxes tendons, dispels wind and removes dampness, and is mainly used for treating patients with wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, cold pain in waist and knees, etc. At present, there are no adverse reactions after taking this medicine, but in order to ensure the safe use of patients, please buy and use it according to the drug instructions or under the guidance of pharmacists.