Can cupping remove moisture from the body?

In the hot summer, because of the hot weather, many people will use air conditioning to get through the hot summer. However, staying in an air-conditioned room for a long time will often cause the moisture in the human body to increase. If you often drink cold drinks and eat chilled food in the summer, it will also cause increased moisture in your body. However, it is difficult to remove moisture. Some people are used to cupping. So, can this method remove moisture?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that excessive dampness in the body is a common problem among modern people. Although both are "heavy dampness", due to the different locations of the disease and the different symptoms, it is divided into two categories: external dampness and internal dampness. External dampness is caused by the humid climate in midsummer, or a damp home, wading through water and rain, wearing wet clothes, turning on the air conditioner immediately after bathing, etc. External evil invades the human body, preventing the water in the body from evaporating, and the moisture accumulates and causes illness. It often manifests as rheumatic joint pain, back pain, etc.

Internal dampness is often related to digestive function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen has the function of "transporting and transforming water and dampness". If the body is weak and has indigestion or if one overeats, stays up too late, and often eats greasy, sweet, spicy, or barbecued food, the spleen will not be able to "transport and transform" normally and "water and dampness will stagnate inside the body", resulting in symptoms such as thick and greasy tongue coating, loss of taste in the mouth, thirst and heartburn, poor appetite, abdominal bloating, loose stools, sores and blisters, etc.

Cupping uses physical stimulation and negative pressure to artificially cause capillary rupture and congestion, mobilize the body's stem cell repair function and the necrotic blood cell absorption function, promote blood circulation, stimulate essence, regulate qi and blood, and achieve the effect of improving and regulating the body's immunity. Cupping will leave cupping marks. Generally, the cupping marks will disappear in about 7 days.

The color after cupping mainly depends on factors such as the moisture in the body, the duration of cupping, and the doctor's technique. The colors after cupping include purple-black, red, dark red, etc. Usually, the color after cupping is darker, indicating that the body is cold and damp, and the person usually likes to cool down, or may have a damp-heat constitution, etc.

Cupping can remove moisture from the body. If blisters appear during cupping, it means that the dampness and toxins in the body are being discharged. The presence of blisters also indicates that the moisture in the body is relatively heavy. In addition to cupping to remove dampness, drinking red bean and barley porridge regularly is also a very good way to remove dampness, so you may as well use it often.