The advantages and disadvantages of cupping for girls

In traditional Chinese medicine, cupping is an important therapy, especially for female friends. It can not only quickly remove moisture from the body and strengthen the body, but also has few side effects and is simple to operate. Therefore, it is very popular among female friends. Normally, cupping will stimulate the patient's acupuncture points, expel toxins from the body through sweat and other means, and even have the effect of beautifying the skin. However, everything has two sides. If cupping is not performed properly by women, it is likely to bring negative effects. The following is a detailed explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of cupping for girls.

The benefits of cupping for girls

1. Cupping can promote absorption and excretion

Cupping promotes and changes blood flow, which speeds up metabolism. It increases the body's demand for nutrients such as qi and blood, especially the replenishment of oxygen and nutrients; at the same time, the entire physiological metabolic products are also accelerated to be excreted from the body, purifying the internal environment.

2. Cupping can remove dampness and eliminate evil

Through cupping, the moisture and cold air in the body can penetrate out through the skin tissue, thereby eliminating evil spirits and making people feel more energetic.

3. Cupping can relieve tissue pain, etc.

Cupping is also effective for local tissue damage, lumbar disc herniation and other symptoms. Long-term and regular cupping can reduce pain and alleviate symptoms.

4. Cupping can strengthen the body

Because the body's meridians, acupoints and internal organs are all interconnected, the external suction force will stimulate the acupoints on the body's surface, and then through the tendons, bones and meridians, the internal organs of the human body will be adjusted accordingly, allowing the blood to flow smoothly and the body to be strengthened.

5. Cupping can improve immunity

Cupping works on the skin. It can cause certain stimulation to the skin, causing congestion or congestion. It may even cause local capillaries and red blood cells to rupture, leading to autohemolysis. Autologous hemolysis is actually a chronic benign stimulus, which can stimulate and excite various organs of the body through the circulatory system, mobilize their functional activities and enhance their resistance.

6. Cupping can promote body functions

Cupping is a form of physical therapy. It produces thermal stimulation through physical mechanical stimulation and ignition and exhaust, which can induce nerve impulses through skin receptors, vascular receptors or nerve endings and be transmitted to the central nervous system. The latter regulates the excitation and inhibition processes to make them tend to balance, strengthens the regulation of various parts of the body, and promotes the body to restore its original functions.

7. Cupping can help you lose weight

Now many beauty and slimming shops have begun to research and launch methods of losing weight through cupping. Cupping for weight loss stimulates acupoints and adjusts meridians to strengthen the spleen and kidney functions, and to strengthen the body and eliminate evil to achieve the purpose of weight loss. It can select appropriate acupoints according to the location of obesity, locally select acupoints and dredge the meridians, promote local metabolism, eliminate local fat to achieve the purpose of local weight loss, and achieve the effect of "lose weight wherever you want".

Disadvantages of cupping for girls

Generally speaking, there are essentially no side effects or disadvantages to cupping. However, if the operation is improper, or if you do not know whether you are suitable for cupping before cupping, it will lead to the following effects:

Disadvantages of cupping:

1. Frequent cupping can cause skin infection

Many people believe that cupping needs to be done for at least half an hour to be effective. However, Chinese medicine practitioners remind us that cupping actually varies according to the size, material, and intensity of negative pressure of the cup. However, it is generally advisable to take no more than ten minutes from lighting the fire and sliding the pot to opening the pot. Because the main principle of cupping is negative pressure rather than time. If the cupping time is too long under high negative pressure until blisters appear, it will not only damage the skin, but may also cause skin infection.

2. It is easy to catch a cold if you take a bath after cupping

You really have to pay attention to the order. You can cupping after taking a shower, but you must not take a shower immediately after cupping. After cupping, the skin is in a damaged state and is very fragile. Taking a bath at this time can easily cause skin damage and inflammation. If you take a cold shower, your skin will easily catch a cold because the pores are open. Therefore, you must not take a shower immediately after cupping.

Misunderstandings about Cupping for Girls

The longer the pulling time, the better

Many people believe that the longer the cupping time, the better the effect will be. Some even think that the effect of cupping can only be reflected after blisters are pulled out. In fact, this is also wrong. If the cupping time is too long, blisters may appear, which not only damages the skin but may also cause skin infection.

Recommendation: The correct cupping time should be 10 to 15 minutes. If the patient is an elderly person or a child in poor health, the time should be halved.

Repeated pulling at the same location

If the effect doesn't work once, try pulling it out twice, and pull it out repeatedly at the same location, thinking that this is the only way to achieve the desired effect. In fact, doing so will cause damage to the skin, such as redness, swelling, and breakage...which will not be worth it.

Suggestion: When cupping, you can cup at multiple locations to increase the therapeutic effect.

Pull chest and stomach

Many people think: I will just pull out the needle wherever I feel uncomfortable. If I have stomachache or chest discomfort, I will pull my stomach or chest. In fact, this is also wrong. Generally speaking, it is best not to cupping the chest and stomach, as this has no scientific basis.