Can cupping be used for heat stroke?

Heat stroke is an acute fever that can easily occur in the summer, if not treated in time may lead to fainting or even life-threatening, so some people will use cupping to treat it, so can heat stroke be cupped?

What is heat stroke?

Heat stroke is an acute illness that occurs in the summer season in a high-temperature environment, characterized by high fever, sweating, panic, dizziness, irritability, and even dizziness and convulsions.

The scope of cupping

Cupping is a traditional therapy of Chinese medicine with little injury and pain. It is mainly applied to rheumatic pain, abdominal pain, stomach pain, indigestion, headache, high blood pressure, cold, cough, low back pain, dysmenorrhea, poisonous insect bites, alone, sores at the early stage of ulceration, etc.

Why cupping can treat heat stroke

The body's heat production and heat dissipation are in dynamic balance through the action of the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center and should not be influenced by the daily ambient temperature or physical activity. Heatstroke belongs to the category of "summer heat" in Chinese medicine, which is a kind of abnormal fever caused by the summer heat and the party age. Summer heat causes illness, and it is easy to be affected by moisture. During the summer heat season, ground moisture rises and people are in the midst of moisture, so they can easily feel the heat and moisture. If cupping is used, it can open all the yang to the meeting, relieve the heat and release the summer heat, sweating and relieving the surface, so summer heat can be treated by cupping.

The effects of cupping for heat stroke

Cupping can remove cold and dampness, dredge meridians, remove stagnation, move Qi and blood, relieve swelling and pain, remove toxins and heat, and adjust the balance of yin and yang in the body, relieve fatigue and enhance physical fitness. The treatment of heatstroke using less painful fire cupping, generally after three consecutive days of cupping treatment, heatstroke can be cured. It is a treatment method to remove the air in the jar with the help of heat and use the negative pressure to make it suck on the skin, causing the phenomenon of bruising.

Cupping points for heat stroke

Treatment method I

(1) Acupuncture points: Quchi (double), Guizhong (double), and the two green tendons under the tongue. (2) Method of operation:Stabbing luo cupping method. In mild cases, first puncture with a trigeminal needle, slight bleeding can be, and after the blood stops, use the flash fire method to suck and cupping on the punctured points (no cupping under the tongue), and leave the jar for 10-15 minutes. In heavy cases, first use 2-3 chopsticks or hands dipped in water to pat the Quchi and Zhizhong, after the surface tendons are revealed, then use a trigeminal needle to release about 10 ml of blood, wait for the blood to stop, then use the flash fire method to suck and cupping the jar on the punctured point. Acupuncture points, the can is left to bleed 15-20 ml for the degree, after starting the can, use 2% iodine to rub the needle orifice. If you have been comatose, first use the soapberry (soapberry research fine powder) a little blow into the nostrils, and then perform the above method of treatment. Tip: Severe heat stroke can also be added to stab the Shaoshang, Zhongchong, Renzhong and Xuan points to release a little blood.

Treatment method 2

(1) Acupuncture points: Main points: Dazhi, Zhizhong, Waiguan. Supporting points: Zhongchong, Shixuan, both sides of the spine, and Guanchong. (2) Operation method: simple cupping method or piercing cupping method. Perform the cupping according to the usual method and leave the cupping for 5 minutes. Both sides of the spine with plum blossom needle heavy percussion 3-5 times, with walking cupping method; Zhongchong, Guanchong, ten Xuan with three prong needle point to release blood, without cupping.

Treatment method three

(1) Acupuncture points: Quchi, Guazhong, Quze, and Shixuan. Abdominal pain with Shen Que; Shen Fainting with Ren Zhong and Guan Chong. (2) Method of operation: piercing and cupping method. First puncture each point with a trigeminal needle (Shen Que point is not punctured), then use the flash fire method to suck and pull the can on the punctured points, and leave the can for 5 minutes. Treat 1-2 times daily. Renzhong, Guanchong and Shixuan only needles are pricked for bleeding, no cupping. Tip: The amount of blood released should be flexible depending on the patient's physical condition and the severity of the heat stroke, but the amount of bleeding should not exceed 50 ml each time.

Treatment method four

(1) Acupuncture points: Main points: Dazhi, Waiguan, both sides of the spine. Supporting points:Shuxuan and Guanchong. (2) Method of operation: piercing cupping method and walking cupping method. The large vertebrae and the external guan are cupped with the thorny cupping method according to the usual method; the two sides of the spine are cupped with the plum blossom needle for 3-4 times, and then cupped with the walking cupping method according to the usual method until the skin is purple-red. The matching points are punctured with a trigeminal needle to release a little blood, without cupping. Tip: If 1 time does not heal, cupping 1 time every 1 hour.

What to pay attention to cupping

1, when starting cupping, generally use the left hand to hold the can first, the right thumb from the can next to the mouth press, so that the gas into the can, you can remove the can, otherwise it is easy to lead to skin strains or cause pain. 2, cupping, choose the more muscular parts; bone bumpy, hairy parts should not, to avoid pain when cupping. 3, when using fire cupping, care should be taken not to burn the skin; if the can is left too long, too much suction, the skin will blister. Small blisters do not need to deal with, large blisters can be used to convulse liquid injection needle, coated with gentian violet or sterile gauze wrapping. 4, the skin has allergies, ulcers, edema and large blood vessel distribution parts, should not cupping. High fever convulsions, pregnant women should not be cupping the waist and abdomen. 5, stabbing cupping method must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor, do not self-medication. 6, daily or every other day, certain acute diseases, can be 2 times a day, 7-10 days for a course of treatment. 7, heatstroke cupping therapy is effective, but before cupping should be carried to a cool place, and then cupping after the patient's heatstroke emergency subsides.