The advantages and disadvantages of acupuncture and cupping

Cupping is a common method of treatment and health care after acupuncture. They can be used together and are popular with many people. They can achieve the effect of weight loss, and have the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and promoting blood circulation. However, when doing acupuncture and cupping, you should also be aware of some side effects. If you are not careful after acupuncture, it may easily lead to infection and cause excessive bleeding, so you must pay attention to this aspect.

Can cupping and moxibustion be done together? Yes, cupping and moxibustion can be done together. If cupping and moxibustion are used correctly, doing them together can promote each other's effects. But please note that cupping and moxibustion cannot be done on the same part.

The benefits of doing cupping and moxibustion together: Cupping mainly acts on the surface of the skin, and indirectly regulates the balance of the internal organs through the meridians, so it has relatively large limitations. Moxibustion utilizes the pure yang nature of mugwort. When moxibustion acupoints, it can open up the meridians, penetrate the internal organs, directly warm the body, and regulate the balance of yin and yang. After cupping, the pores are opened and then moxibustion is performed, which can make the medicinal power better penetrate the skin, be conducted along the meridians, act on the affected area, and the health care and disease prevention effects are more significant.

The health-care principle of cupping Cupping mainly uses various cups as instruments and utilizes the heat generated by combustion and other methods to expel the air in the cup to create negative pressure, so that it is absorbed on meridians, acupoints, affected areas or certain parts of the body, causing congestion, stasis or blistering on the skin of the cupped area to achieve the purpose of treating the disease.

The health care principle of moxibustion

Moxibustion is a method of placing moxa or other medicines on the acupuncture points on the body surface for burning and warming. With the help of the mild heat of the moxibustion fire and the effects of the medicine, it warms the qi and blood, strengthens the body and eliminates evil, causes local skin congestion, capillary dilation, enhances local blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, and strengthens the metabolic capacity of skin tissue, thereby achieving the purpose of treating diseases and preventing health care.

Should I use moxibustion or cupping first?

Generally speaking, cupping is done first and then moxibustion. Cupping stimulates the meridian points or the affected area to gather wind, cold and dampness around the affected area and open the skin pores. Moxibustion is then used to warm the skin and better expel the evil spirits from the body. If you are suffering from internal heat, you can also do moxibustion first and then cupping to extinguish the internal heat.