Why is the cupping shoulder black? Many people in modern times are keen on TCM health preservation, and cupping is also a TCM therapy. Cupping is undoubtedly very beneficial to our health. This is why the cupping shoulder is black.
Why cupping should be done 1 cupping refers to a therapeutic method that uses a can as a tool to exhaust the air in the can by burning fire to generate negative pressure and adsorb it on the corresponding acupuncture points on the body surface, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. Generally, cupping on black shoulder is a normal phenomenon, and capillary rupture is usually caused by negative pressure. But if you don't retreat for a long time, you should consider improper cupping operation.
The adsorption of cupping makes the capillaries on the muscle surface rupture, and then the local blood coagulates, and you will find that the shoulders will appear dark purple in appearance. Generally, it can be absorbed and dissipated by itself within one week.
If the phenomenon of skin blackening does not fade for a long time, it may be caused by improper cupping operation. If the cupping time is too long, the skin will be excessively bruised and swollen, the skin will be excessively black, or the dark purple will not fade easily, and even blisters and ulcers will appear. In addition, if the cupping force is too large, it will exceed its own endurance. In addition to blackening the skin, it may also cause skin damage and lead to skin infection. People who are prone to bleeding or weak will also have symptoms such as bleeding.
If the patient needs cupping, it needs to be selected under the guidance of a professional doctor, combined with the curative effect and the patient's own tolerance. Don't operate blindly at home, lest improper operation lead to the above adverse consequences.
Matters needing attention after cupping
1, don't take a shower right away.
This is a very important note after cupping. Some people think that taking a bath after cupping will be very comfortable, but it may bring side effects. Because the skin will become more sensitive and fragile after cupping, if you take a bath at this time, water will stimulate cupping skin, which may cause skin inflammation.
2. Don't scratch after cupping
Some people have itchy skin after cupping. Don't scratch the skin of cupping at this time to avoid local infection. In fact, the itching of the skin after cupping will gradually disappear with time, so try not to scratch your nails.
3. Keep warm after cupping.
It is very important to keep warm after cupping, because the skin condition is poor and the pores are wide open at this time. If the common cold invades the body at this time, it will make the body worse, and may also bring side effects, colds, and the loss outweighs the gain.
4. It is not recommended to re-stretch the can seal before it is eliminated.
After skin cupping, it will take some time for the pain and cupping marks to disappear completely, so don't cupping the skin in the same place at this time, which will not only relieve the pain after cupping, but may also cause other problems.
Why is cupping shoulder black? Why is there foam when cupping bleeds?
Bleeding and cupping are normal manifestations, indicating that the condition is not so serious. If there are blood bubbles in the jar, the situation is serious. Blood bubbles are caused by the expansion of blood volume under negative pressure, and many blood circles will be left on the body after cupping. This is because cupping has the functions of dredging meridians, relieving swelling and pain, expelling wind and cold, expelling wind and relieving itching, which is of great benefit to relieving illness.
Cupping and bleeding have bubbles. What happened?
Cupping and bloodletting is to draw blood out of your body through negative pressure suction, and there will usually be blood bubbles. This is related to negative pressure suction and blood viscosity. Generally, blood is thick and easy to produce bubbles. In fact, it is quite common in clinic, which is a normal phenomenon. You need not worry too much.
What are the benefits of cupping and bloodletting?
1, bloodletting to reduce fever: Chinese medicine believes that fever can be divided into fever due to yang deficiency and fever due to yin deficiency, and cupping and bloodletting is suitable for relieving fever due to yang deficiency. Because yang is abundant, qi and blood must be abundant. Cupping and bloodletting can reduce blood, thus reducing the evil heat in blood and restoring the qi and blood of the body to normal.
2. Hemorrhage and analgesia: Chinese medicine believes that diseases with painful symptoms must have meridians. Cupping and bloodletting can directly draw out the blood stasis and evil spirits in the meridians. If the phenomenon cannot be adjusted, the meridians will be unblocked and the pain will be alleviated. Symptoms such as sore throat and migraine can be treated by cupping and bloodletting.
3. Bleeding and purging fire: fiery disturbance can lead to a variety of diseases, leading to sores on the mouth and tongue, swelling and pain in limbs, irritability and fever. Cupping and bloodletting can prevent pathogenic fire from flowing down with blood, which is suitable for the treatment of various heat syndromes.
4, bloodletting, swelling and pain relief: When the human body stagnates due to qi stagnation and blood stasis, it will cause swelling and pain in the body. Cupping and bloodletting can directly eliminate qi and blood stasis and evil spirits in local meridians, so as to restore the smoothness of meridians, thus achieving the purpose of detumescence and pain relief.
5, bloodletting and detoxification: In pathological state, the body can not resist toxic pathogens due to its own dysfunction, which will lead to the production of thermal toxins in the body, ulcers, gangrene and other symptoms. Cupping and bloodletting can not only expel the toxic pathogens invading the body with blood, but also regulate blood and regulate qi, so as to restore the normal function of the human body and inhibit the expansion or recurrence of diseases and pathogens.
6. Bleeding to relieve itching: itchy skin is a manifestation that a cold exists in the blood, so there is a treatment principle of "treating wind first, then treating blood" in TCM argumentation. Cupping and bloodletting can regulate blood and qi, promote blood circulation, force colds to dissipate, and achieve the effect of expelling wind and relieving itching.
Why are the three benefits of cupping black on the shoulder?
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.
Problems needing attention 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.