Can cupping be used for stomach discomfort?

Cupping has now become a healthy choice for more and more people. It can not only treat the common cold but also relieve back pain. Therefore, cupping is loved by the majority of patients. In fact, cupping can also treat stomach pain. The following editor will explain in detail how to treat stomach pain through cupping. Let’s follow the editor to take a look!

Cupping therapy:

Factors that cause epigastric pain include bad eating habits, such as eating too fast or too hot, or eating spicy, raw, cold, rough food and strong tea and liquor for a long time, excessive smoking or long-term use of salicylic acid drugs, which repeatedly stimulate or damage the gastric mucosa, or long-term bile reflux, which stimulates the gastric mucosa and causes epigastric pain.

Sitting cupping, walking cupping, and flash cupping are used at Zhongwan, Shangwan, Zusanli, Weishu, Xiawan, Guanyuan, Zhongji, Dachangshu, Shenque, etc. to treat epigastric pain and organ dysfunction, with satisfactory results.

(1) Cupping: Keep the cup attached to the skin and leave it there for about 10-15 minutes.

(2) Flash cupping: Use the flash cupping method to suck the cup, then remove it immediately, suck it again and then remove it again, repeating this process several times until the skin becomes flushed.

(3) Cupping: You can choose a cupping jar with a larger diameter (preferably a glass jar) with a smooth mouth. First, apply a thin layer of all-purpose pain relief cream or vaseline on the selected area and the mouth of the jar. After the cupping jar is sucked, hold the cupping jar with your hand and push it up and down slowly with force. Remove the cupping jar when the skin becomes flushed, congested or bruised.

Cupping precautions:

1. When cupping, you should choose an appropriate body position and a part with plump muscles. It is not suitable for areas with improper body position, movement, uneven bones, or excessive hair.

2. When cupping, choose a cup of appropriate size according to the area to be cupped. The operation must be quick to ensure that the can is pulled tight and adsorbed effectively.

3. Be careful not to burn or scald the skin when using cupping. If blisters form on the skin due to burns or the cupping is left on for too long, small blisters do not need to be treated. Just apply a sterile gauze to prevent abrasions. When the blisters are large, use a sterilized needle to drain the water, apply gentian violet solution, or wrap them with sterilized gauze to prevent infection.

Cupping can effectively relieve or even eliminate stomach pain, and as a health-preserving method it can also be very effective for certain diseases. The editor reminds the majority of stomach pain patients to pay attention to dietary conditioning in normal times. They need to choose to eat more light foods, and pay attention to the combination of work and rest during normal work, otherwise they will often stay up late.