What are the requirements for the color of cupping

Cupping, as a term in traditional Chinese medicine, is deeply loved by people. It can relieve physical discomfort without taking medicine or injections, and can effectively treat some common diseases. Cupping often produces different light or dark colors. Some people may think that the darker the color of the cupping, the greater the heat in the body. What is the specific connection between the color of the cupping and the health of the body?

The marks left by cupping and the meaning of their colors:

1. The cupping marks are dark purple and black: generally indicating insufficient blood supply, menstrual irregularities and blood stasis.

2. The cupping marks are purple and accompanied by plaques: generally indicating cold blood stasis.

3. The cupping marks are scattered purple dots with the same depth, indicating qi stagnation and blood stasis.

4. The cupping mark is bright red and vivid: it generally indicates Yin deficiency, Qi and blood deficiency or Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire.

5. The cupping mark is dark red: it indicates high blood lipids and heat evil.

6. The cupping mark is grayish white and not warm to the touch, which is mostly caused by deficiency of cold or dampness.

7. There are skin wrinkles or slight itching on the surface of the cupping mark: it indicates wind-cold or dampness.

8. There is water vapor on the inner wall of the tank: It means there is moisture in that part.

9. The appearance of blisters on the cupping marks indicates that there is a lot of moisture in the body. If there is blood in the blisters, it is a reaction to damp-heat toxins.

It is normal to have purple-red marks after cupping. Generally, these marks will disappear in about 7 days. If you want them to disappear quickly, you can use hot compresses or moxibustion 24 hours after cupping to help them disappear. You can also massage it more to help dissipate it.

What are the benefits of cupping?

1. The role of stress relief

In the process of the body's self-adjustment, it produces the effects of promoting qi and blood circulation, relaxing muscles and tendons, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and removing wind and dampness, acting as a benign stimulus to promote the recovery of normal functions.

2. Warming effect

Cupping has a warming and stimulating effect on local skin, which is most obvious with large fire cups, water cups, and medicine cups.

3. Regulate the body's yin and yang balance

Due to the autohemolysis phenomenon after cupping, a histamine-like substance is produced, which circulates throughout the body with body fluids, stimulates various organs and enhances their functional vitality, which helps to restore the body's functions.