What causes bleeding due to cupping?

Cupping is a common health-preserving method in daily life. Cupping has a good effect on preventing and treating diseases. Cupping also has the effects of dredging meridians, removing moisture and activating blood circulation. Due to the different physical conditions of each person, the cupping marks after cupping are also different. Some people have purple-black marks, and some people have bleeding after cupping. If it is slight bleeding, it is generally normal. The physical condition can be seen from the bleeding after cupping.

How to diagnose physical illness through bleeding after cupping?

1. If the blood comes out black and ink-like, it is a long-term illness, which means that blood stasis has been stagnant in the body for a long time and has blocked the collaterals.

2. The presence of mucus-like jelly substances in the blood indicates that dampness and toxins are accumulating and stagnating for a long time.

3. The blood discharged is thin and not easy to coagulate, indicating blood deficiency.

4. Blood easily settles and coagulates very quickly, indicating Qi deficiency.

5. The presence of water in the blood indicates rheumatism and liver disease.

6. If the bleeding is very light, it means inflammation and the disease is at the initial stage. Bloody purple indicates a fresh wound.

7. The discharge of transparent aqueous fluid indicates edema.

8. The presence of blisters indicates dampness.

9. Aspirating foamy liquid indicates wind-cold.

10. If the aspirated substance is like meat washing water, it indicates severe chronic dampness.

11. A large amount of bleeding indicates that the disease process is relatively long.

12. A smaller amount of blood aspirated indicates that the onset of the disease is shorter or the disease is located deeper.

13. Slow bleeding, or intermittent bleeding after multiple acupunctures, indicates qi deficiency and blood deficiency.

14. If the pain is relieved by bloodletting during the day but becomes worse at night, it is blood stasis and needs another prick until the pain is relieved.

15. After cupping, put your hand into the cup when taking it out. If you feel a burst of heat instantly, it means that there is a lot of dampness and heat.

If blisters or bleeding occur after cupping, don't be afraid. Just compare it with the above situations and you will know what problems are there in your body. Here we would like to remind everyone that you must master the correct method of cupping to avoid burns.

Which diseases are best treated with cupping?

If you have a cold and feel dizzy, have a stuffy nose, and sore shoulders and back, you can put a few cupping cups on your shoulders and back, and you will immediately feel your shoulders and back relax and your mind clear.

It is often difficult to satisfy the drug treatment of chronic pharyngitis, but if you occasionally put a cup on the Lianquan point or Tiantu point on the front of your neck, it will quickly make you feel less blocked.

Chronic rhinitis can be treated with cupping on the first lateral line of the bladder meridian on both sides of the back spine, with very good results.

Cupping for dysmenorrhea is effective for dysmenorrhea caused by cold-dampness stagnation type and qi stagnation and blood stasis type. Cupping can be performed on the Zhongji, Guilai, Tianshu points on the abdomen and the Ganshu and Shenshu points on the back.