Can scrapping and cupping be done together? It is understood that scraping and cupping can be performed at the same time. Scraping and cupping have similar functions, both of which are effective in expelling cold, moisture or toxins from the body. Therefore, they can be done together. Generally speaking, you can scrape first and then cupping. Scraping is similar to cupping, but cupping is more effective.
First of all, cupping should be done after scraping. These therapies can mainly detoxify and beautify the face, at the same time, they can also eliminate blood stasis in the body, dredge meridians and relieve pain, but don't do it too often, which will easily lead to weakness and muscle aches. In the process of doing these treatments, we should avoid blowing cold.
Can scrapping reduce weight? Chinese medicine believes that scraping does have the function of reducing weight, and the focus is on reducing fat. Regular scraping can help you lose weight. As the saying goes, "Ten fatnesses and Nine Deficiencies", which means that the yang is insufficient. Scraping specific acupoints on the spleen and kidney meridian can achieve the purposes of conditioning physique, balancing yin and yang, dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and accelerating blood and water metabolism. When scraping, women should pay attention to adjusting their mentality, learn to relieve stress and ensure psychological and physical relaxation, so as to achieve the dual purposes of health and weight loss.
Obese people generally have high blood lipids, and most of them will have fatty liver, which belongs to the category of "blood turbidity" from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, it can be adjusted by traditional Chinese medicine, and the prescription is mainly to soothe the liver, regulate qi and expel turbidity. The medicine comprises raw hawthorn, Acorus gramineus, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Lotus leaf, Polygonum cuspidatum, Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata, Hirudo, Lumbricus, Semen Cassiae, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei preparata, activated carbon, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, Rhizoma Zingiberis, Fructus Chaenomelis, Curcuma Rhizome, etc. Try not to eat spicy and cold seafood during taking Chinese medicine. Try not to stay up late. Scraping, a characteristic physical therapy method of traditional Chinese medicine, is to promote the metabolic rate of human body by dredging meridians, which can ultimately strengthen the metabolism of lipids in the body, reduce fatty liver and help the human body lose weight.