What are the cupping precautions

Cupping, acupuncture and gua sha are popular TCM treatments that have emerged in recent years, and cupping has many benefits that can relax the muscles and blood, detoxify and detoxify the body, reduce swelling and dispel cold. But, cupping is no precautions? Let's take a look!

Cupping is not suitable for people

1, pregnant women, women's menstrual period. Especially the abdomen and lumbosacral area of pregnant women should not be cupped. Pregnant women who have inappropriate cupping can cause pre-eclampsia and miscarriage. The same is true for menstruation. If you cupping the abdomen or lumbosacral area during menstruation, it can cause excessive menstruation. 2, high fever, convulsions and spasms should not be cupping. For epilepsy patients it should be used in the interval. 3, patients with bleeding tendency should be used with caution, and even more so, cupping should not be done to avoid haemorrhage. 4, patients with severe emphysema, back and chest should not be negative pressure suction cupping. Heart failure or physical weakness, not official cupping treatment. 5, skin allergies, skin damage. Fire cupping may aggravate the symptoms of allergies, and skin ulcers can not be cupped, easy to cause infection, blisters, and aggravate ulcers. 6, fracture patients before the complete healing can not cupping, to avoid affecting the fracture alignment and healing. Acute joint sprains, such as ligaments have been ruptured, can not cupping. 7, people who have had enough to drink and eat. Blood flow to the liver for metabolic work, at this time cupping, blood and Qi is forced to guide the cupping site, resulting in the heart had to jump more times to accelerate blood supply, prone to dizziness, nausea and other discomfort. 8, the skin has ulcers, ruptures, cupping is not suitable. During the red, swollen, hot and painful period when the pus at the site of the sore is immature, cupping at the lesion is not advisable. Facial boils are contraindicated for cupping to avoid serious consequences. Local lumps of unknown origin should not be casually cupped.

Prevention of cupping

Halo is a common phenomenon during cupping, often caused by improper handling during cupping. Precautions to prevent cupping. 1, do not cupping in a hungry state. 2, cervical spondylosis is more serious do not bewildered cupping. 3, do not turn around sharply while cupping. 4, cupping to take a horizontal cupping position, do not sit or stand, so as not to cause dizziness. 5, cupping techniques should not be too heavy.

Cupping should pay attention to time control

The cupping time is adjusted according to the size and material of the cupping pot. Generally cupping time should not exceed ten minutes, if it is too long it will cause blisters, which will not only harm the skin, but also may cause infection.

You should not take a bath immediately after cupping

After cupping, the human skin is in a fragile state, so if you take a bath at this time, it will increase the wound on the skin and cause infection if it is serious. In addition, it is easy to take a bath immediately after cupping, so it is not worth the loss.

Repeat cupping is not recommended until the purple mark disappears.

Some people continue to cupping in the painful area after one cupping, hoping to cure the disease by this strong means. In fact, this is wrong. If the purple mark on the last cupping site has not completely disappeared, it is not possible to continuously cupping on the purple mark site, but to replace it to the relevant acupuncture point. Otherwise, it will not only fail to relieve the pain problem, but may also bring more problems.