What to do if you are blown by wind after cupping

After cupping, you should massage the area several times and be sure to avoid catching a cold. You should take a shower within eight hours after cupping to prevent moisture from entering the body. Try not to eat cold food after cupping, and do not blow the wind or other activities. If cupping is performed in winter, you must keep warm immediately after cupping, especially the cupping area needs careful care, and never use air conditioning.

Being blown by wind after cupping may cause you to catch a cold. After cupping, the temperature and pressure stimulation will open the pores of the human skin. If you are blown by the wind at this time, it is easy for external wind evil to invade the body. In addition, cupping will make you consume a lot of energy. When the human body is in a weaker state, the resistance to external evil is weaker, which is more likely to cause a cold.

Blowing air after cupping may cause joint pain

After cupping, the sweat pores of the skin dilate and toxins are discharged from the body. At the same time, if blown by the wind, it is easy for wind and cold to enter the body through the dilated sweat pores. When wind, cold and moisture enter the human body, they will cause rheumatic diseases. For people who already have rheumatic diseases, it is easy to induce pain and aggravate rheumatic symptoms.

Blowing air after cupping may cause headache

If you blow wind after cupping, the open pores of the human body will contract due to the sudden cold, which will suppress the heat in the body and cause a cold headache with pain mainly in the forehead and temples.

What to do if you get blown after cupping

Keep warm in time

If you are exposed to wind after cupping, you should add more clothes in time to avoid further exposure to wind.

Diaphoresis

After being exposed to the wind, you may experience symptoms of chills and chills. At this time, you can expel the wind evil by eating some sweat-inducing foods, such as ginger, peppers and other spicy foods. You can also drink some hot soup and hot porridge.

Take a hot bath

At least 12 hours after cupping, if there is no obvious damage to the cupping area, you can take a hot bath to stimulate the pores to open again and expel the wind evil from the body through the temperature.

How to avoid blowing after cupping

1. Put on clothes in time to avoid direct contact between your skin and the outside world, especially the area where cupping is performed, which should be kept warm.

2. Do not blow air towards the air conditioner, because even if it is warm air, it will bring cold air from the surrounding air to invade the human body.

3. Do not take a shower too early, as this will make it easy for unclosed pores to be invaded by cold air from the outside.