What does the color shade represent after cupping

How to identify the skin color after cupping? The different colors of the skin after cupping reflect the different health conditions of the cupped person, so what kind of health conditions are reflected by the different colors after cupping?

Why does the color change after cupping?

Cupping is an important therapy in Chinese medicine, the essence of traditional medicine, which refers to the use of jars to generate negative pressure on the surface of the body through venting, and the skin reacts to this stimulation in a variety of ways. The skin changes mainly in color and shape, and the marks left on the body surface after cupping are called "can spots". Chinese medicine considers these skin lesions to be a reaction to internal pathology. Different colors and skin patterns represent different diseases in the body, so come with me to learn how to identify the skin color after cupping.

Black and purple after cupping

If the patient's cupping area appears purple or blackish-purple, it means that the patient's internal blood circulation has a problem, which in Chinese medicine is called internal stagnation, and the usual symptoms are strain and strain. Countermeasures: In addition to cupping, a better method is to use heat therapy to invigorate the blood and open the ligaments through manual massage with herbal hot therapy. If the black and purple can marks do not subside after one month of cupping, you can go to the Tui-Na department to see a hot compress, and if it does not work, you should check whether the platelet values are normal.

Yellow water flowing from the skin after cupping

The appearance of a yellow substance after cupping indicates that there may be other disease and evil in the body; a yellow substance with a foul odor is usually a skin disease, such as acne. Countermeasure: Using the lotus needle cupping to remove silt, the skin recovers after tapping with a lotus needle on the skin surface, and then cupping again after a period of time, at which time the silt in the body will be discharged together with the body.

Purple skin with patches after cupping

If the skin is not only purple after cupping, but also accompanied by plaques, it generally indicates that there is local cold and blood stasis, such as a large area of purple marks when walking the cupping, indicating a large area of wind and cold. Countermeasure: To treat the symptoms and drive away the cold, you can use a hot towel to help drive away the cold and invigorate the blood.

The skin is grayish white after cupping

If the location of the cupping is white or no color change, touching the cupping site can not feel warm, then it means that the patient's body is heavy with damp and cold, because the dampness in the human body is serious, it will not be completely eliminated from the body for a while because of more water and dampness and the pores. Countermeasures: heavy dampness in the body, cupping alone may not be able to get rid of all dampness, the best way is to let the sun. The sunlight in the body is Yang, supplementing Yang Qi in order to make dampness dissipate; in daily life should take some drugs to dispel cold dampness such as cinnamon, ginger, cloves, dogwood, etc. to regulate the body.

Bright red skin after cupping

It is relatively rare for the skin to appear bright red after cupping. If the skin is found to turn bright red after cupping, this indicates that the patient's body is internally heated. Countermeasures: The daily diet should include more ingredients to reduce fire such as yam, rock sugar pear, etc. You can also take Niuhuang detoxification tablets and Huang Lian Shangqing tablets to defeat fire.

The skin is dark red after cupping

If the skin is found to be red, but not bright red but dull in color, it is still a symptom of internal heat, but it has developed to a certain extent and the blood is running poorly due to blood depletion in the body, this condition is usually when the patient is suffering from diseases such as high blood lipids. Countermeasures: You can use some medications to remove the fire and invigorate the blood, so that you can restore your health.

Red spots of tansy on the skin after cupping

After cupping, the skin after cupping is black and red without secretions, while tansy red dots appear in the cupping marks, usually for colds. Countermeasure: Cupping can expel toxins, in addition, you can also massage acupuncture points to relieve cold symptoms.

Other changes after cupping

Water vapor appears on the inner wall after cupping

If watery qi appears in part of the jar after cupping, it indicates the presence of dampness in the area. Countermeasure: cupping itself has the effect of dispelling dampness, and can be supplemented with dampness dispelling foods, such as barley porridge, winter melon soup, stir-fried lentils, Huai Shan in sauce, and old duck gravy soup to promote health recovery.

Blood blisters on the skin after cupping

Blood blisters after cupping are caused by too long cupping time, which should be controlled at about 12~13 minutes and should not exceed 15 minutes. Countermeasure: It is recommended to disinfect the local blisters and then apply erythromycin ointment to do the treatment.

Skin folds after cupping

This is due to the invasion of wind and evil in the patient's body, commonly in winter and spring, and it is best to receive immediate treatment to avoid and aggravate leading to the development of skin diseases.

No significant skin changes after cupping

After starting the cupping, there is no cupping trace, or there is a cupping trace but it disappears immediately and the skin returns to normal, indicating that the body is basically normal or the disease and evil are less serious.

Cupping Tips

In addition to changes in color and shape, there will be varying degrees of burning sensation on the skin, and these changes are part of the therapeutic response to cupping therapy, which can last from one to several dozen days. In general, cupping is a special treatment, so don't worry too much about the color and shape changes of the skin, just pay attention to the body.