1, the role of cupping
(1) decompression
Modern people live and work under great pressure. Cupping can help the body dredge meridians, which is a good way for sedentary people to relieve soreness. Moreover, cupping can relax the whole body and has a good decompression effect.
(2) It has the function of heating.
Cupping has a saying called cupping, that is, cupping has a strong stimulation on the local skin of the body, and this warm stimulation will change the skin color. And this color change is the warmth of cupping, which absorbs the moisture of human lesions.
(3) regulating the internal balance of the body
As we know, the ancients thought that the reason why the body had problems was because of the imbalance of Yin and Yang. As long as it is well conditioned, the balance of yin and yang will naturally not change. Cupping can play such a good role. After cupping, the human body can produce a substance called histamine, which is sent to all parts of the body with body fluids. It is this substance that can enhance the vitality of organs and help the recovery of body functions.
After talking about the benefits of cupping to the human body, let's take a look at the disadvantages that improper cupping will bring to the body.
2. Disadvantages of cupping
(1) is easy to cause skin infection.
The length of cupping time is not necessarily related to the effect of cupping. Because cupping is mainly a jar close to the skin to exhaust the air in the jar, if the negative pressure is large, cupping time should not be too long, otherwise the body will blister and seriously cause skin infection. Of course, cupping doesn't have to be done every day, otherwise it will easily cause skin infection, and may also affect other acupoints and harm the body.
(2) You can't take a bath and catch a cold after cupping.
After cupping, the skin at the cupping site is damaged and fragile. If you take a bath, it is easy to cause skin damage and cause skin diseases. In addition, at this time, the pores are open, and the body is easy to catch cold. It is not advisable to blow to keep warm after cupping.
Cupping has many advantages. We can preserve our health by cupping, but we should also pay attention to the disadvantages of cupping, and don't turn a blind eye.
3. Classification of cupping forms
1, single pot: used for small lesions or obvious tenderness points. According to the size of the lesion or tenderness, cupping with appropriate caliber can be selected. For example, cupping in the middle of stomach disease; Treatment of long head tendinitis of biceps brachii by cupping with collar inside shoulder: cup-shaped supraspinous tendinitis of shoulder.
2, multi-tank: used for diseases with a wide range of lesions. Several or even dozens of cans can be sucked at the lesion site, which is called "cupping method". If a muscle bundle is strained, cupping can be performed in rows according to the position of the muscle bundle. When treating some visceral blood stasis, cupping can be arranged vertically and horizontally on the corresponding body surface according to the anatomical position of the visceral organs.
3. Flash can: Get up after suction and repeat for many times. That is, pull the cans up and down immediately, then pull them up and down again, and so on for many times until the skin turns red. Mostly used for deficiency syndrome of local skin numbness or hypofunction.
4. Leave the can: leave it for a certain time after sucking. That is, let it stand for 5 ~ 15 minutes after cupping. If the cans are large in size and have strong absorption and pull-out, the storage time should be appropriately reduced, and it should not be too long in summer and when the skin is bad, so as not to damage the skin.
5, pushing cans: also known as walking cans, push and pull back and forth on the skin surface after sucking. Generally used in large areas and muscle-rich parts, such as back, hips, legs, thighs and so on. Be sure to choose a large-caliber jar with a smooth mouth, and a glass jar is the best. First of all, apply some grease on the altar mouth, suck it up, hold the bottom of the altar with your hands, and tilt it slightly, that is, press it on the back half, lift the front half slightly without force, and slowly push it forward, so push and pull it back and forth dozens of times until the skin is red or sunken.