What are the advantages and disadvantages of cupping? Everyone is familiar with cupping, which has always been a very important method for treating some diseases in Chinese medicine, and it is also very effective. Next, let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of cupping.
Advantages and disadvantages of cupping 1 1. Advantages of cupping
1, eliminating dampness.
What we often do is cupping. Through cupping, the cold and moisture in the body will penetrate into the skin tissue. If people are wet, they will refresh themselves by cupping.
2. Enhance immunity.
Cupping will produce a strong negative pressure on local skin, which will release nerve media such as histamine from capillaries, stimulate the body function, effectively promote the operation of human immune system and improve immunity.
3, relieve pain, etc.
For some symptoms such as lumbar disc herniation and local tissue injury, cupping therapy in traditional Chinese medicine can relieve pain symptoms and can be used as an auxiliary treatment.
4. others.
In addition, cupping can also be used in other fields, such as beauty, slimming and so on.
Second, the problems that should be paid attention to in cupping
Cupping, if properly applied, is harmless to people. Of course, if it is not noticed, it is still harmful to people, such as:
1, it is not recommended to take a bath immediately after cupping, so as not to catch cold, which is not conducive to cupping treatment. Like steaming, bathing is also a big taboo.
2. Not everyone is suitable for cupping, such as patients with inflammatory diseases or patients with hemorrhagic diseases. In this case, cupping may aggravate the condition.
3. If you are cupping yourself, you must master the time and interval of cupping. Otherwise, if the time is too long, the skin will be severely bruised. If you are not skilled in this field, you'd better go to a professional Chinese medicine museum for cupping treatment.
Conclusion: For cupping, only suitable people can use this treatment method, and only when it is properly applied can it play a role.
Advantages and disadvantages of cupping 2. Advantages of cupping
Cupping can bring out "evil poison" and "blood stasis" invading the body by properly stimulating the skin, meridians and acupoints, so as to make qi and blood flow smoothly, mobilize the body's self-defense system, and effectively change the pathological state of yin and yang imbalance of meridians.
Second, the role of cupping
(1) TCM viewpoint
Regulating the balance of yin and yang: When the yin and yang of the human body are out of balance, the body will get sick because of "fullness deficiency". Cupping can readjust the body by stimulating acupoints and meridians, so as to harmonize Yin and Yang Can, thus achieving the purpose of strengthening the body and preventing and treating diseases.
Eliminating pathogenic factors and strengthening body resistance: Chinese medicine believes that pathogenic factors are the factors leading to diseases, while healthy qi is the activity and ability of the body to resist diseases. Cupping can dredge qi and blood by wiping channels and collaterals, so as to prevent blood stasis in the body from producing evil toxin, enhance the function of healthy qi of viscera in the body, and inhibit or expel the invasion of evil toxin.
Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis: The pain of human body is caused by the obstruction of qi and blood and the blockage of meridians. Cupping at local or corresponding acupoints can dredge qi and blood, dissipate blood stasis and dredge collaterals. The recovery of qi and blood can naturally achieve the purpose of "unblocking without pain".
(2) Modern medical viewpoint
Enhance immunity: Cupping therapy can produce strong negative pressure on local skin. Under the action of negative pressure, local skin capillaries rupture, releasing nerve media such as histamine and 5- hydroxytryptamine, which can stimulate the functions of various parts of the body, effectively mobilize the immune system, increase local tolerance and enhance the body's immunity.
Regulating the nervous system: The stimulation of cupping on the body is weak and benign. When the receptors of nerve endings receive this signal, it will be transmitted from the zang-fu organs to the cerebral cortex, which will regulate the excitement and inhibition of the cerebral cortex through stimulation, which will help promote the self-healing of the sick body.
Regulating muscle and blood vessel function: Cupping has obvious effect on motor system. By stimulating the nerves in a certain part, the functional activities of blood vessels and muscles in the corresponding part can be adjusted, and smooth muscle spasm caused by local overexcitation can be avoided. In addition, cupping can also pull out edema, mucus and congestion in the body, prevent these substances from infecting muscles and relieve pain.
Third, the scope of application of cupping therapy
Cupping therapy is widely used in clinical departments, such as internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, dermatology, otolaryngology and so on.
Internal medicine: cold, bronchitis, asthma, headache, hypertension, trigeminal neuralgia, facial paralysis, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, constipation, dyspepsia, cerebrovascular accident, cholecystitis, etc.
2, surgery: gastrointestinal spasm, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar hypertrophy, scapulohumeral periarthritis, urinary calculi, stiff neck, nerve injury, etc.
3, pediatrics: asthma, whooping cough, indigestion, enuresis, malnutrition.
4, gynecology: irregular menstruation, pelvic inflammatory disease, excessive leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, menopausal syndrome, etc.
5, ENT: conjunctivitis, rhinitis, toothache, pharyngitis, mandibular arthritis, oral ulcer, redness and swelling.
6, dermatology: herpes zoster, skin itching, urticaria, acne.
Fourth, the disadvantages of cupping
Although cupping has a good function of preventing and curing diseases and preserving health, it also inevitably has side effects, mainly in the following points:
1, easy to damage the skin, because the traditional cupping uses fire, which is easy to burn the skin if it is not handled carefully, and even avoid direct contact with naked flame, but it is harmful to the skin.
2. Skin pores expand after cupping. If you don't pay attention to cold protection, it will lead to cold invading the body, which will lead to diseases such as colds.
Five, the taboo crowd of cupping
1, local skin ulceration, or high allergy, patients with skin infectious diseases should not be cup holders.
2, the body is thin, the skin loses elasticity and relaxation, and cupping is not suitable for parts with more hair.
3, severe edema, serious illness, heart failure, respiratory failure, renal failure should not be cupping.
4, pregnant women's lower abdomen, lumbosacral, Hegu, Sanyinjiao, Kunlun and other points should not be cup-shaped.
5, bleeding-prone diseases, such as hemophilia, thrombocytopenia, purpura, leukemia and other diseases, not cupping.
6. Cupping is not suitable for large blood vessels, varicose veins and trauma on the body surface.
7, convulsions, convulsions, drunkenness should not be cup holders.
Six, cupping matters needing attention
1, cupping needs to find the right acupoints.
Cupping, first of all, should pay attention to whether the part is correct. Cupping is not just cupping. Where does it hurt? Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment. In addition to cupping at the painful points, cupping at the pain-related points can also achieve the effect. If some patients have low back pain, they may need cupping at the acupoints of the legs. Many citizens don't know the acupoints of the human body, and cupping is best pulled out in the corresponding regular hospital.
2. It is not advisable to repeatedly pull the purple seal until it disappears.
Some people, after a cupping, the pain does not completely disappear, and continue cupping at the painful part, hoping to cure the disease through this powerful means. Actually, this is not right. If the purplish red mark on the last cupping site has not completely disappeared, cupping cannot be continued at the purplish red mark, and it needs to be switched to the relevant acupoints. Otherwise, it will not only not relieve the pain problem, but also bring more problems.
3. Take a bath after cupping for two hours.
When cupping, some people try to prolong the cupping time, thinking that they can achieve better therapeutic effect. However, experts warned that the cupping time should be controlled within 10 minutes or 10 minutes. If the time is too long, the cupping part is likely to blister, rupture or even become infected.