Can cupping be used to treat tracheitis?

Cupping can be used for tracheitis. Although it cannot completely cure the disease, it can relieve and maintain health. It is a good auxiliary treatment method. The method of cupping is also relatively simple. It requires sucking some corresponding acupoints. For example, cupping can be done on both sides of the first to twelfth vertebrae on the back, and on the first side line of the back of the foot-sun bladder meridian. It has a good effect in relieving bronchitis and can relieve the symptoms of cough caused by tracheitis.

Can cupping be used to treat tracheitis?

When the air humidity is relatively low, the mucous membranes of the nose and lungs become dehydrated and their elasticity decreases. Dust, bacteria, etc. can easily adhere to the mucous membranes, irritating the throat and causing coughing, and can easily cause respiratory diseases such as bronchitis. In a dry environment, viruses and bacteria reproduce faster, and dry air can also accelerate the spread of influenza, while viruses and bacteria are the causes of bronchitis.

Reminder: The dry weather in autumn can reduce the body's immunity, so you should eat more fruits and vegetables that nourish yin and moisten dryness, such as pears, sugar cane, bananas, apples, citrus, corn, radish, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., as well as some porridge and soup that nourish the lungs and promote the production of body fluids. You can also use cupping therapy in traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat acute and chronic bronchitis in autumn.

The details are as follows:

Acupoint location: On both sides of the 1st to 12th thoracic vertebrae on the back, on the first lateral line of the back of the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian.

How to use cupping: The patient lies prone, and cupping cups of appropriate size are applied on both sides, 5 to 6 times, until bruising occurs on the skin. Cupping should be performed once every 2 to 3 days.

Main indications: various acute and chronic bronchitis.

Emphasis: Those with severe symptoms should also cooperate with traditional Chinese medicine treatment under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in order to achieve recovery.

What are some folk remedies for bronchitis?

1. 12g mulberry leaves, 15g Adenophora ginseng, 12g apricot kernel, 10g Fritillaria thunbergii, 9g Gardenia jasminoides, 6g light black beans, 18g pear peel, 12g Ophiopogon japonicus, and 6g licorice. Take it in decoction, one dose per day. Suitable for bronchitis caused by wind-dryness damaging the lungs.

2. 15g of mulberry bark, 10g of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 12g of Rehmannia root bark, 10g of Gardenia jasminoides, 12g of Platycodon grandiflorum, 10g of Citrus aurantium, 6g of Tangerine peel, 3g of Indigo naturalis (for brewing), 20g of clam shell, and 6g of Licorice root. Take it in decoction, one dose per day. Suitable for bronchitis caused by liver fire attacking the lungs.

The above introduces whether cupping can cure bronchitis and what folk remedies are there for treatment. I hope that through learning, patients and their families will seek treatment early to avoid missing the best time for treatment.

Many patients are confused about the treatment of bronchitis, but you may want to try the following three drugs:

Chuanshu Tablets: warms the kidney and absorbs qi, resolves phlegm and calms asthma. Used for chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, emphysema, especially suitable for asthmatic bronchitis.

Bacterial lysates: Indications are for use in immunotherapy. It can prevent recurrent respiratory tract infections and acute attacks of chronic bronchitis. It can be used as a combination drug for the treatment of acute respiratory tract infections.

Bailing Capsules: nourish the lungs and kidneys, and improve the essence and energy. Used for cough, asthma, hemoptysis, back pain caused by deficiency of both lung and kidney; adjuvant treatment of chronic bronchitis.