Can cupping treat cervical spondylosis

Cervical cupping is a traditional medical treatment, and cervical spondylosis is a slow progressing degenerative bone lesion of the cervical spine, which used to occur in older age groups, but because modern young office workers are often sedentary, they have also become susceptible to cervical spondylosis; when cupping meets cervical spondylosis, what effect will it have? Many people are concerned about this question: Can cupping cure cervical spondylosis?

Fire cupping can cure cervical spondylosis

First of all, Minnie is here to tell you that although the causes of cervical spondylosis are very complex, cupping can effectively treat most cervical spondylosis! There are numerous clinical cases that prove that cupping is very effective in treating cervical spondylosis. The theoretical explanation in Chinese medicine is as follows. Cervical spondylosis mostly develops due to the accumulation of kidney deficiency, essence deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, qi stagnation, phlegm, plague blood and other diseases that cause obstruction of the channels and tendons. The clinical symptoms are mainly heavy numbness of the head and neck, soreness and swelling of the press, and in severe cases, soreness and weakness of the body and even incontinence of urine and feces, and there is a high risk of stroke in the elderly. Chinese medicine cupping method by the human shoulder and neck acupuncture points such as the large vertebrae point, shoulder well point The cupping method stimulates the acupuncture points of the shoulder and neck, such as the large vertebrae point, the shoulder well point, the tianzong point, the quchi point, the hand sanli point, and the wai guan point, which can effectively relieve cervical spondylosis.

Cervical spondylosis cupping method

Fire cupping method

Use the flash fire method (stick a lit alcohol cotton ball, reach into the jar and burn it for a while, withdraw the cotton ball, and soon the cover is fastened to the affected skin.) Attach the jar to the dazhong, da loom, shoulder well, shoulder joint, tianzong, diaphragm acupoint, liver yu, or to the above points with the pumping jar method, and leave the jar on for 10-15 minutes, once a day.

Stabbing cupping method

After local sterilization, use a skin needle to pierce the acupuncture point until it slightly oozes blood, and then immediately use the flash fire method to cupping.

Walking cupping method

Using the flash fire method, cupping is applied to the neck, walking back and forth along the cervical spine, the outer shoulder acupoint of the hand sun and small intestine meridian to Tianzong.

Medicine cupping method

The bamboo tubes of different calibers are placed in a pot of boiling medicinal water (mugwort, fangfeng, eucommia, ephedra, papaya, Sichuan pepper, perforated gum, tulip worm, qiangwu, atractylodes, doklam, sumac, safflower, peach kernel, turbinarium, millennium health, haitongpi, 5 grams each of frankincense and myrrh, cloth wrapped in water) and removed after 2~3 minutes, and the medicinal water inside the tubes is shaken off and placed quickly on the patient's acupuncture points, which can firmly absorb the The skin is removed after 7~8 minutes and the local skin appears bruised or congested. Treat once a day or every other day according to the condition, 10 times for a course of treatment.

Precautions

The cupping hood buckle time should be controlled at 5~15 minutes. If there is skin damage after cupping, you should apply gentian violet disinfectant and wrap it with sterile gauze. The bruises on the cupping site that have not disappeared should not be cupped again, and people who are not suitable for cupping should not be cupped.

Tips

Finally, I would like to remind you that although cupping has good efficacy in treating cervical spondylosis, any disease is most beneficial to the body if it is properly prevented before it occurs. For cervical spondylosis, in the usual work life at the time to pay attention to the appropriate rest and activities, the formation of good sitting habits is the fundamental prevention of cervical spondylosis.