Does cupping have any effect?

The south is humid in spring and hot in summer. When spring and summer alternate, many people are seriously wet, so summer is the peak season for cupping. Compared with other seasons, summer is the best time to treat chronic and intractable diseases, because the yang is strong, the qi and blood of the human body are the most abundant, the qi of meridians is smooth and the skin acupoints are more sensitive. Cupping in this season can not only warm and tonify yang, strengthen physique, but also receive therapeutic effects such as dispelling cold and dampness, dredging collaterals and promoting qi circulation, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Cupping can treat many diseases and relieve symptoms quickly, but it also has certain indications. For example, cupping is most suitable for low back pain, and cupping on the back is more effective for cough, asthma, chronic gastritis and dyspepsia.

The common cupping methods can be divided into four categories, namely, holding cupping, moving cupping, flashing cupping and pricking cupping, each with its own pertinence. Can retention is to fix the can for 5 ~ 1 minutes after it is adsorbed on the body surface. This method is mostly used to treat arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, such as neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain.

Walking cupping is to apply Wanhua oil to the mouth of the cupping, and then hold the bottom of the cupping, and push and pull it back and forth several times on the skin surface until the skin is flushed. It is suitable for areas with large area and rich muscles, such as waist and back, and is mostly used to treat colds and coughs.

Flash cupping means pulling the cupping immediately after pulling it out, and repeatedly sucking and pulling it for many times until the skin is flushed. This method is often used to treat facial paralysis. Collateral pricking and cupping is to tap or prick the skin locally with plum blossom needle or triangular needle to bleed, then adsorb the jar on the body surface and draw out 3 ~ 5 ml of blood, which is mostly used to treat skin diseases such as acne.

Shu points (pictured) distributed along the bladder meridian on the back are closely related to the five zang-fu organs, and cupping on the back every week is very beneficial for regulating the physiological functions of the five zang-fu organs, and the whole person will feel much more comfortable. In view of several common diseases in summer, we can operate at home by ourselves after mastering cupping skills in the following ways.

recommended acupoints for cupping to eliminate cold and dampness

1. Dazhui acupoint

Indications

Fever, malaria, cough, asthma, hot flashes due to bone steaming, stiff neck, shoulder and back pain, strong back, angular arch stretching, infantile convulsion, epilepsy, fatigue due to five strains, fatigue due to seven injuries, heatstroke, cholera and vomiting.

Second, the air door

Indications

1. Cold, cough, fever and headache;

2. Strong neck, chest and back pain.

Third, Gao Zhuyu

Indications

1. Respiratory diseases: tuberculosis, bronchitis, asthma;

2. Others: chronic gastritis, gastrorrhagia, neurasthenia, pleurisy, mastitis, anemia.

3. This point is commonly used for various chronic debilitating diseases.

IV. Pi Shu

Indications

Back pain and spleen and stomach diseases: abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysentery, vomiting, anorexia, edema, etc.

V. Mingmen

Indications

Deficiency lumbago, enuresis, diarrhea, nocturnal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, irregular menstruation, repeated fetal loss, sweating, malaria due to cold and heat, epilepsy in children, gastroptosis, prostatitis and low renal function.

VI. Chengshan

Indications

1. Cramp in calf (gastrocnemius spasm), foot fatigue, knee fatigue, low back pain, and low back pain caused by natural mark acupoint selection.

2. Constipation, proctoptosis, hemorrhoids, etc. This point is one of the important acupoints on the bladder meridian of the human foot, and it is a commonly used effective point for treating calf spasm and leg twitching. Acupoint compatibility of human body: treating hemorrhoid with Dachangshu point.

VII.

Indications

1. Low back pain, flaccidity and paralysis of lower limbs and other diseases of the waist and lower limbs.

2. Abdominal pain and acute vomiting and diarrhea.

3. Adverse urination and enuresis.

4. erysipelas.

Cupping for other common diseases

Summer cold. Summer-damp colds are common in summer, with fever, sweating but heat-insoluble, stuffy nose, runny nose, dizziness, headache, head swelling, body fatigue, vexation and thirst, chest tightness and nausea, short and red urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating as the main symptoms. Cupping can be done at points Feishu, Zhiyang, Yinlingquan, Zusanli, Qu Ze and Weizhong for 15-2 minutes.

once a day, once you recover. You can also walk along the bladder meridian point on the back, where you can apply ginger juice as a lubricant, walk back and forth until the skin is purple, and finally leave the jar at Dazhui and Feishu points for 2 minutes. It should be noted that patients with high fever should not be cupped.

heatstroke. You can choose Dazhui, Weizhong and Waiguan, cooperate with Zhongchong, Shixuan, both sides of the spine and Guanchong, and use simple cupping or puncture cupping to keep the cupping for 5 minutes. Tapping and stabbing with plum blossom needle on both sides of spine for 3 ~ 5 times before cupping; Zhong Chong, Guan Chong and Shi Xuan pricked the blood with a triangular needle without cupping.

headache. Generally speaking, if the headache is located on the side of the head, and the pain is swelling and jumping, accompanied by dizziness, dry eyes and other symptoms, you can choose acupoints such as Fengchi, Shoujian, Yanglingquan, etc. for cupping; The pain on the top of the head is often related to emotions. You can choose the acupoints of the liver meridian of Foot Jueyin, such as Ganshu and Shenshu, for cupping. If the headache is located on the forehead, cupping should be performed at acupoints such as Weishu and Zusanli, and the scraping effect is better.

gastrointestinal diseases. Gastrointestinal diseases are very common in summer. Ganshu, Pishu and Weishu points are often selected and kept in a jar for 1 ~ 15 minutes, once a day, and 1 days is a course of treatment.

neck, shoulder, lumbocrural pain. When cupping is used to treat neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain at home, you can follow the principle of "pulling out what hurts".

rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis in the waist and upper limbs takes Dazhui, Body Column, Air Door, Xinshu and Geshu; Arthritis of lower back and lower limbs is treated with spleen Shu, Sanjiao Shu and Dachang Shu. Pull 4 ~ 8 cans from each part, and leave the cans for about 15 ~ 2 minutes, once a day or every other day. Two weeks is a course of treatment, with a rest of 5 ~ 6 days between courses.

It should be noted that due to excessive sweating in summer, it is best to take a bath and dry your body before cupping, so as to avoid sweat affecting the adsorption of cupping on the skin surface. Don't take a bath after cupping. You can wipe the sweat with a dry towel.

Cupping is not suitable for areas with allergic or ulcer skin, edema and large blood vessels. The abdomen and lumbosacral parts of pregnant women should not be cupped; Cupping is not recommended in places where muscles are not rich in abdomen and face, and there are organ cavities, especially in abdomen, which is easy to form intussusception and intestinal obstruction.

In addition, the body position is easy to move or the bones are uneven, and cupping is not suitable in places with more hair. According to the size of the area of the pulled part, the suitable tank should be selected, and the operation must be rapid, so that the tank can be pulled tightly and the adsorption is strong.