Asthma cupping diagram Asthma cupping location

Asthma is an allergic disease characterized by episodes of croup in the throat and difficulty in breathing, then wheezing and not being able to lie down, and is more frequent in cold seasons and sudden climate changes. According to the dialectical typology of the disease mechanism, it is divided into cold drinks in the lungs, phlegm-heat congestion in the lungs, lung and spleen deficiency, lung and kidney yin deficiency, heart and kidney yang deficiency, etc. The disease is located in the lungs, and is closely related to the lungs, spleen, kidney and heart organs, the treatment should be to drive away the evil, tonify, resolve phlegm, stop croup and calm asthma.

Asthma classification and treatment

1. Cold drink in the lungs: triggered by cold, fullness of the chest and diaphragm, shortness of breath, phlegm in the throat, thin white coughing sputum, initial fever with vicious cold, headache without sweating, clear runny nose, pale tongue, white smooth coating, floating and tight pulse. 2. Phlegm-heat congestion in the lung: shortness of breath, chest tightness, roaring in the throat, high voice, thick yellow phlegm, coughing and vomiting, fever and thirst, red tongue, yellow greasy moss, slippery pulse. 3. Lung-Qi deficiency: cough and shortness of breath, aggravated by movement, low cough, thin sputum, fear of wind and spontaneous sweating, fatigue, loose stools, pale tongue, thin white fur, moist and thin pulse. 4. Lung and kidney yin deficiency: short breath and wheezing, cough with little phlegm, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, hot flashes and night sweats, red tongue with little moss and thin pulse. 5. Deficiency of Yang in the heart and kidney: shortness of breath, more expiration and less inspiration, incontinence of Qi, coldness in the extremities, edema with little urination, or even shortness of breath and irritability, palpitation and confusion, cold sweating, blue nails, purple and dull tongue or petechiae, thin white fur, sunken or weak and knotted pulse.

Principles of asthma cupping treatment

Prescription for asthma cupping treatment

Main acupoints: Lung Yu, Ding Qi, Feng Long. Supporting points: Fengmen for cold drinks in the lung; Gaji, Quchi, Dabao for phlegm-heat congestion in the lung; Spleen Yu and Foot Sanli for Lung-Qi deficiency; Kidney Yu, Guanyuan and Lingxu for Lung-Kidney Yin deficiency; Heart and Kidney Yang deficiency: Heart Yu, Kidney Yu, Qihai and Guanyuan. Cupping course: once a day, leave the cupping jar for 10-15 minutes each time, 10 days for a course of treatment.

Asthma cupping operation method

1. The patient takes a sitting or supine position. 2. Use small fire cans or small silicone cans, small suction cans to suck the head acupuncture points and acupuncture points with small areas, and use medium-sized cans for acupuncture points on the back and in thick muscles. 3. The acupuncture points such as Dazhi, Fengmen, Dinggyan, Lung Yu, Spleen Yu, Heart Yu, Kidney Yu, etc. should be left in the can, with 5-6 cupping jars on each side, until the skin is stagnant, Dabao, Lingxu, Guangyuan, and Qi elevation jars should be light and not too long. 4. Fengmen, fixed asthma and other acupuncture points using the flash can method, the patient to take a supine position, choose the appropriate caliber of glass fire cans, use forceps to hold the alcohol cotton ball, lit into the bottom of the can, and then immediately withdraw the cotton ball, the cans cupped in the above acupuncture points, the cans cupped, immediately up and down, so repeatedly cupped up and down, up and down cupped, until the skin flushed, congested as degree.

Asthma cupping recipe

The lung is congested with phlegm and phlegm, which leads to asthma; the lung is taken from the lung, and the lung is called lung Yu, and the lung is regulated to stop the asthma; the lung is descended from the sky, and the lung is dispelled; Kong is the most important point in the lung meridian, which is the main acute-onset disease, and is used to purify the lung and resolve phlegm, and to descend and calm the asthma; Fenglong is an effective point to expel phlegm; Fengmen and Taibuan are added for cold drinks; the lung is congested with phlegm and heat, and the lung is enlarged. If the lung is deficient in spleen qi, add Spleen Yu and Foot San Li to cultivate earth and produce gold; if the lung and kidney are deficient in yin, add Kidney Yu, Guan Yuan and Ling Hui to nourish the kidney and benefit the lung; if the heart and kidney are deficient in yang, add Heart Yu, Kidney Yu, Qi Hai, Guan Yuan and Nei Guan to benefit the heart and invigorate the yang.

Asthma cupping precautions

1. Choose a clean and hygienic environment when cupping, avoid wind and cold, keep warm and prevent the patient from getting cold. 2. The cupping tool must have smooth edges and be free from breakage. 3. Asthma attacks lasting for more than 24 hours or not controlled after more than 12 hours of treatment are likely to lead to severe hypoxia, acid-base balance and disruption of electrolyte disorders, respiratory and circulatory failure, so it is appropriate to take comprehensive treatment measures. 5. During the period of asthma remission, moxibustion can be applied to Fengmen, Lung Yu, Plastered Heart, Spleen Yu, Kidney Yu, Guan Yuan, Qi Hai, and Foot San Li. Choose 3-5 points each time, moxibustion until the skin is flushed, once a day, continuous moxibustion treatment for 3-6 months, often have a good preventive effect. 3. Asthma patients should pay attention to daily care: diet should be light, eat less or no fatty, sweet and greasy food and meat and fishy hair, prohibit smoking and alcohol, appropriate to strengthen exercise, careful search for allergens to avoid contact and triggered.