Phelps, who used Chinese medicine cupping, became popular in the Olympics. Do you still not believe in Chinese medicine?

Yesterday, in the men's basketball group stage of the Rio Olympics, the Chinese team lost to the French team. But during the competition, the "mysterious round marks" on Chinese team member Zhou Peng attracted outside attention. In fact, those round marks were left after he had cupping.

Prior to this, American swimming star, "Flying Fish" Phelps, while continuing his legend at the Rio Olympics, had promoted the ancient Chinese "cupping" technique. The black and purple circles of cupping marks on his body became "mysterious symbols". Some people thought they were left when he was playing Easter egg shooting, and some even believed that he was attacked by a giant octopus. A more direct effect is that as foreign media reported on the "decoding" of these mysterious symbols, cupping equipment also became a hot seller, with more people trying to understand and accept this ancient Chinese medical technique.

Benefits of Chinese medicine cupping:

1. It can stretch the muscles, increase the pain threshold, and relieve soreness and fatigue. That is, when the muscles are in a tense state, the local blood perfusion will decrease, which will cause tissue ischemia. However, the moving cupping technique in cupping can stretch the muscles, increase blood perfusion, and increase the local pain threshold, thereby relaxing the muscles and re-storing the required energy.

2. It absorbs toxins and discharges pus, promoting wound healing. The negative pressure of cupping will help discharge local pus, toxins produced by bacteria and other substances that are not conducive to wound healing. It can also stimulate the growth of granulation tissue and shrink the wound, thereby achieving the purpose of promoting wound healing.

3. Adjust immune function and enhance one's own resistance. Since the blood stasis produced by cupping remains in the tissue gap, it can properly activate the body's immunity and has the ability to clear inflammatory substances. It is a benign self-training.

4. Promote blood circulation and speed up metabolism. This is because cupping can dilate blood vessels, improve local blood circulation, and thus accelerate the excretion of waste and toxins from the body. It also improves the nutritional status of local tissues and provides more nutrients and oxygen to cells.

5. Follow the meridians to sense the internal organs and adjust the functions of the internal organs. This is the theory of using meridians to connect the internal organs. Cupping is performed along the meridians related to the internal organs. It is suitable to use techniques such as back and forth cupping and sliding cupping. These techniques can have corresponding sensory effects on respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular, gynecological diseases, etc., and sensory stimulation helps to achieve the adjustment of internal functions.