Do you know what happens after cupping? This result is scary.

Since cupping and scraping are common health-preserving methods in traditional Chinese medicine, many people have questions about them. For example, is it good to cupping frequently? Chinese medicine practitioners have discovered that some people often use cupping to prevent and treat diseases, but cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine method...

Since cupping and scraping are common health-preserving methods in traditional Chinese medicine, many people have questions about them. For example, is it good to cupping frequently? Traditional Chinese medicine has found that some friends often do cupping for better prevention and treatment, but cupping is a medical method in traditional Chinese medicine, and frequent cupping is not a correct way to maintain health.

Cupping, like acupuncture, is also a form of physical therapy, and it is one of the best physical therapies. It is a therapy that uses cups as tools to expel the air inside through heat to create negative pressure, which is then absorbed by the skin, causing congestion. Ancient doctors used it to absorb blood and drain pus when treating sores and abscesses, and later expanded its application to internal diseases such as tuberculosis and rheumatism. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, cupping therapy has made new developments due to continuous improvement of methods, further expanding the scope of treatment and becoming an important treatment in acupuncture. Generally, the cup can be removed after 15-20 minutes. Do not pull the cup forcefully, or pull or rotate it. The key is to tilt the cup to one side with one hand and press the skin with the other hand to allow air to enter the cup through the gap, and the cup will naturally separate from the skin.

It is not recommended to cupping frequently, but you can often use the moving cupping method, which is very comfortable and good for the body. Cupping means that after the cup is covered, you hold the cup with one or two hands, lift it up slightly, and push and pull the cup body to move on the patient's skin. It can move in one direction or back and forth. This treats several areas. When cupping, you should pay attention to applying some lubricant on the area to be cupped or the mouth of the cup, such as glycerin, paraffin oil, scraping oil, etc., to prevent the skin from being pulled during cupping.

Cupping has health-care and medical effects. Cupping on the back, especially along the Jiaji, Du Channel and meridians, can regulate the internal organs and strengthen the body. It is particularly effective for wind diseases, pain diseases and cold diseases. Regularly pressing the eight major health acupoints - Baihui, Dazhui, Neiguan, Hegu, Shenque, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao and Yongquan - can help open up the eight extraordinary meridians.

Cupping is the healthiest and most original way of conditioning the body and preventing diseases left to us by our ancestors. Many people choose to have cupping when they feel unwell. They also know that there will be some cupping marks left on their bodies after cupping, but they just look at them and forget about it, and don’t take it to heart. Little do people know that the cupping process is not the most important thing. The most frightening thing is that the cupping marks left on your body represent sub-health problems in your body that you don’t even know about! Next, “Health Preservation Methods” will teach you how to “Diagnose Diseases Using Cupping Marks”.

Purple-black color - insufficient blood supply and accumulated cold.

Purple with black spots - poor blood circulation.

Purple spots and blocks of varying shades - rheumatism

Bright red and with local fever - Yang syndrome, heat syndrome, excess syndrome, intense heat and toxicity, Yin deficiency, and excessive fire

Red and dark - thick blood lipids, high blood lipids, insufficient blood supply

Blisters and edema after cupping indicate cold syndrome and excessive dampness

Slightly itchy skin - wind evil, dampness

Blisters, edema, dampness - cold syndrome, excessive dampness

If there are water drops in the jar, it means that the person is cold and damp.

Purple, dark red: Yin syndrome, cold syndrome, blood stasis

Flushing, reddish color - deficiency syndrome

The local area quickly returns to its original state - indicating that it will heal quickly

Cupping can easily induce stroke

Traditionally, cupping is usually used for physical therapy, but with the popularity of weight loss, many people use cupping to lose weight. Experts especially remind that since the skin pores are in a dilated state after cupping, it is easy for the cold air in the external environment to enter the human body, thereby inducing a stroke. Therefore, after large-area cupping, you must be careful not to expose the cupping area to the outside, and keep it warm.