Is regular cupping good for the body?

Faced with the threat of various diseases, modern people prefer some traditional medical diagnosis and treatment techniques. Although modern medical technology is very powerful, it cannot solve most malignant diseases. The use of traditional physical therapy techniques can gradually eliminate the root causes of the disease and ultimately achieve the goal of patient recovery. Among them, cupping is a very popular practice. However, is frequent cupping good for the body?

As the saying goes, "Cupping regularly will make you live to be 88." Cupping has the functions of dredging meridians, promoting qi and blood circulation, relieving heat and toxins, reducing swelling and relieving pain, so it is of course good to cupping regularly.

Theoretical basis of cupping therapy:

1. Promote local blood circulation;

2. Enhance metabolism;

3. Accelerate the elimination of waste and toxins in the body;

4. Enhance local tolerance and body resistance.

When cupping is performed through negative pressure suction, a large number of bubbles overflow from the skin surface. These bubbles can only come from the blood and local tissues. Therefore, cupping can easily cause autohemolysis, so the change in skin color after cupping is a normal physical phenomenon. Therefore, cupping can treat many common diseases. It is a traditional Chinese medicine method that has no toxic side effects and no psychological burden.

Side effects of regular cupping:

1. Frequent cupping can cause skin infection

Many people believe that cupping needs to be done for at least half an hour to be effective. However, Chinese medicine practitioners remind us that cupping actually varies according to the size, material, and intensity of negative pressure of the cup. However, it is generally advisable to take no more than ten minutes from lighting the fire and sliding the pot to opening the pot. Because the main principle of cupping is negative pressure rather than time. If the cupping time is too long under high negative pressure until blisters appear, it will not only damage the skin, but may also cause skin infection.

2. It is easy to catch a cold if you take a bath after cupping

You really have to pay attention to the order. You can cupping after taking a shower, but you must not take a shower immediately after cupping. After cupping, the skin is in a damaged state and is very fragile. Taking a bath at this time can easily cause skin damage and inflammation. If you take a cold shower, your skin will easily catch a cold because the pores are open. Therefore, you must not take a shower immediately after cupping.

3. Open pores can easily induce stroke

Cupping opens the pores of the skin and makes it dilated, so that moisture and congestion in the body will be sucked out, but the cold air from the outside will also enter the body through the dilated pores, causing a cold and may even induce a stroke in severe cases. Therefore, avoid taking a cold shower after cupping, and keep your body warm in time to prevent the invasion of cold air.