If a person is in a humid environment for a long time, or due to poor digestion, physical weakness, improper diet and other reasons, resulting in heavy dampness in the body, you will feel a variety of physical discomfort, such as heavy head, fatigue, reduced immunity, easy to get sick, etc., so when the body is heavy with dampness, to find ways to remove dampness, so cupping can go to the dampness?
Can cupping remove dampness?
Cupping has a certain effect on removing dampness.
Cupping usually has the effect of dispelling cold and dampness, activating blood circulation, removing stagnation, relieving swelling and pain, and detoxifying evil heat, but people with heavy dampness should pay attention to distinguish whether the body is external or internal dampness when cupping, and not everyone with heavy dampness can get rid of dampness by cupping.
The principle of cupping to remove dampness
Cupping is done by exhausting the air to cause negative pressure in the jar, which pulls on the muscles and blood vessels in the skin, thus producing some reactions to improve blood circulation and expel dampness from the body.
Cupping cupping where to remove dampness
Yongquan point
Yongquan point location: Yongquan point is located in the anterior recess of the foot, the 2,3 toes toe line head end and the first 1/3 of the line of the heel.
The kidney is the main organ of water, and when abnormalities occur in the physiological function of the kidney, it can easily lead to water metabolism disorders in the body. Fire cupping at the Yongquan acupuncture point helps to smooth the flow of qi and blood, unblocks the kidney meridian, and helps to remove dampness and toxicity from the body.
Foot San Li Point
Foot Sanli point location: foot Sanli point is located on the lower extremities of the human body, the front and outer side of the ablation, 3 inches below the calf nose from the front edge of the tibia a horizontal finger.
The foot Sanli point is a joint point of the foot Yangming Stomach meridian, which has the function of de-stimulating the spleen and stomach, promoting the body's metabolism, regulating the digestive system, and improving endocrine function. Cupping and stimulating this point helps restore the spleen and stomach's function of transporting water and dampness, helping to eliminate dampness in the body.
What to pay attention to when cupping to remove dampness
Dampness is external dampness and internal dampness, due to humid climate, showering, wearing wet clothes, blowing air conditioners after bathing, etc., resulting in the invasion of external evil, the body's water is not allowed to evaporate, water dampness stop gathering, this dampness is external dampness, this situation is very effective to use the cupping method to regulate; but if it is due to eating too much cold and cold food, or overeating, staying up too late, causing the spleen can not be normal transport and transformation caused by Internal dampness, the use of cupping method of treatment is not so obvious. Therefore, cupping is only good for cold dampness, but weak for damp heat.
Who is not suitable for cupping to remove dampness
External dampness refers to the phenomenon of excessive dampness caused by a long-term air-conditioned environment, and cupping is effective in this case. Eat more cold food, it is easy to cause internal dampness, in this case cupping does not play a too obvious role. In addition, pregnant women, people with physical weakness, skin diseases, and people with low platelet levels are also not suitable for cupping.
