How to analyze cupping marks color and symptoms?

Perhaps many young people have not done cupping, but people who are a little older have more or less had cupping experience. Those who have done cupping know that cupping will leave obvious cupping marks on the skin. The colors of the cupping marks are not the same. The colors of the cupping marks on different people are different. In traditional Chinese medicine, people will analyze possible health problems based on the color of the cupping marks. The specific contents are as follows.

Can mark color and symptom analysis:

When cupping, the skin will produce various reactions to the stimulation of cupping (mainly changes in skin color and shape), which are called "cupping marks". Common cupping marks include flushing, purple or purple-black bruises, and small purple-red rashes, often accompanied by varying degrees of heat and pain. These changes in the skin are part of the therapeutic effect of cupping therapy and can last from one to several days. Generally speaking, people who are not sick do not have obvious changes in cupping spots.

Different cupping spots have different clinical significance

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that:

Cupping spots show water vapor, blisters or edema, indicating that the patient is damp, cold or suffers from cold and dampness.

The cupping spots are blood-red or black-red blisters, indicating a pathological reaction of long-term illness, dampness and blood stasis;

The cupping marks are purple-red or purple-black, without blood stasis or fever, indicating that the patient has cold and blood stasis, with varying degrees of severity;

Purple-red or purple-black cupping marks, or the appearance of red sha, slight pain when touched, and fever indicate that the patient has heat toxicity.

The cupping spots are slightly itchy or have skin wrinkles, indicating that the patient has rheumatism;

There is no change in the color of the cupping marks and they are not warm to the touch, indicating that the patient suffers from deficiency-cold syndrome.

If there is no cupping mark after cupping or if there is a cupping mark but it disappears immediately and returns to normal color after the cupping is removed, it indicates that the disease is still mild. If the technique is not improved day by day, it often means that the disease has been there for a long time and needs more treatment for a period of time. As the condition improves, the color will also lighten, which can indicate the recovery of the condition.

Brief analysis: Diagnostic methods for cupping spots in different body areas

I believe everyone is familiar with cupping. During cupping, the skin will produce various reactions to the stimulation of cupping, mainly manifested as redness, purple or purple-black bruises, or small purple-red rashes. These skin manifestations are called "cupping spots." To be precise, different cupping spots appear in different areas of the body and represent different clinical significances. So, what dangerous signals do cupping spots in different areas of the body bring? The following is a detailed introduction for everyone:

Diagnosis of potting spots

Lung area pot spots:

1. Purple-red spots appearing on both sides of the cup when the cup is opened indicates bronchitis.

2. Reddish patches that appear when the cup is removed indicate lung heat, with symptoms such as thirst, chest pain, etc.

3. When small rashes appear when the cup is removed, it means there is inflammation of the respiratory tract, such as pharyngitis, rhinitis, etc.

4. The appearance of light purple or red color indicates tonsillitis.

5. The appearance of lavender or red indicates lymph node swelling.

6. The appearance of white indicates lung deficiency.

7. Enlarged pores are caused by wind and cold. Neck stiffness, shoulder blade pain or accompanied by periarthritis of the shoulder, etc.

Heart area pot spot:

1. When the cup is opened, purple-red color connected to the upper and lower parts appears, which means the heart meridian is blocked, and symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath may occur.

2. When the cup is opened, small patches appear, indicating insufficient blood supply to the brain, such as dizziness and numbness and swelling in the head.

3. Purple-red stripes appearing when the cup is removed indicate that the patient has cervical vertebra disease

4. White color appears when the cup is opened, which indicates myocardial ischemia.

5. If the pores are wide open and foggy when you open the cup, it is a sign of rheumatic heart disease.

6. The appearance of white indicates a deficiency of Qi and blood.

7. The sunken shape indicates insufficient blood in the heart, weak pulse, and shortness of breath.

8. Red color indicates strong heart fire

Gallbladder area cupping spots:

1. When you open the can, there will be a small indentation, which is a gallstone.

2. The appearance of purple-red spots around the cup when the cup is opened indicates that the excretion function of the gallbladder is disordered, which may cause diseases such as bitter taste in the mouth, pain in the ribs, and jaundice.

3. White color appears, indicating low bile function.

4. The appearance of light purple circles indicates that the person has been frightened and is timid.

5. The appearance of flaky red rash is cholecystitis.