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Cold is a common respiratory disease, which is divided into typhoid, severe typhoid and seasonal cold depending on the severity of the disease. It can occur in all seasons and can be divided into wind-cold, wind-heat and summer-damp according to its pathological mechanism.

Treatment of cold and flu

Wind-cold evidence: nasal congestion, clear runny nose, cough, thin sputum, slightly itchy throat, sneezing, heavy cold, light fever, head sweat, headache, heavy limbs, no thirst or thirsty but like hot drinks, thin white tongue coating, floating or tight pulse. Wind-heat evidence: stuffy and dry nose, little or thick runny nose, heavy cough, yellow and sticky sputum, swollen and sore throat, light chills, heavy fever, sweating and fever without relief, headache or dizziness, red face and eyes, dry mouth and thirst for cold drinks, thin yellow tongue coating, floating pulse. Summer dampness: cough with heavy and turbid sound, coughing and spitting white mucous sputum, body heat, sweating, heavy limbs, dizziness and swelling, chest and epigastric stuffiness, dullness, abdominal distension, loose stools and diarrhea, little yellow urine, white or light yellowish greasy tongue coating, moist pulse.

Cold cupping treatment rules

To dispel the wind and dispel the cold, promote the lung and relieve the symptoms; to dispel the wind and dispel the heat, clear the lung; to dispel the heat and clear the lung qi; to dispel the heat and dampness, dispel the surface and harmonize the lung; to take the acupuncture points of the lung meridian of Taiyin and the lung, and to take the acupuncture points of the lung.

Prescription for cupping treatment of colds

Main points: Lung Yu, Zhongfu. Supporting acupuncture points: Fengmen for wind-cold symptoms; Dazhi for wind-heat symptoms; Zhongyin for summer-dampness symptoms; and Shusanli. Cupping course: once a day, leave the cupping for 10-15 minutes each time, 7 days as a course of treatment. The formula means: for wind and cold, heat, summer and dampness, it is necessary to take Lung Yu and Zhongfu to dispel the wind and relieve the surface; for wind-cold evidence, add Fengmen to dispel the wind and cold; for wind-heat evidence, add Guazhi to dispel the wind-heat; for summer and dampness, add Zhongyu and Shu Sanli to harmonize the dampness.

Procedure of cold cupping

The patient takes a sitting or lying position, uses a 1.5cm caliber cupping pot (smaller cupping pot for children), and uses the residual cupping method for Dazhi, Fengmen, Lung Yu, Zhonggui, Zhongfu, and Sansili points, with 5-6 cupping pots on each side until the skin is stagnant. The strength of cupping should be light and the time should not be too long for Zhongfu and Zhongyu. The dorsal points can be used to walk the cupping method, apply petroleum jelly ointment to the mouth of the cupping jar, hold the alcohol cotton ball with tweezers after ignition, reach into the cupping jar and rotate a circle to exit immediately, then quickly snap the cupping jar in the large vertebrae, wait 3-5 minutes to slide the cupping jar down the back to the lung and other points; after starting the cupping jar with the same method of implementation on the other side, can also be applied to the back of the bladder meridian walking cupping method or small fire cupping scraping method.

Precautions for cold cupping

1. During the period of cupping, the patient's reaction and the change of the situation inside the jar should be observed frequently. 2. Walk the cupping method until the skin on both sides of the back shows congestion or stasis of blood to the extent that the young children or thin patients, optional small fire cupping scraping method. 3. If there is a burn, the blisters can be absorbed by themselves without treatment, if the blisters are larger or the skin is damaged, the blisters should be broken first with a sterile needle to release the water, and then coated with ointment. 4. Cupping is effective in treating colds, but if high fever persists, coughing increases, or even coughing up bloody sputum, it is advisable to take comprehensive treatment measures as soon as possible.