Side effects of acupuncture, cupping and bloodletting

Acupuncture, cupping and bloodletting are very common treatment methods in daily life. They can treat many diseases with remarkable results. However, many people think that they are omnipotent. But in fact, this treatment method also has its own side effects. Therefore, people need to carefully consider their own physical condition before choosing this treatment method to avoid some adverse side effects and cause great harm.

1Cupping, as a form of bloodletting therapy, has no harmful effect on the body (recently I have been studying how cupping can help remove tattoos, haha). As for your concern that cupping for a long time will cause enlarged pores and dust to enter the body, I can only say that this is a whimsical statement made by some people and has no scientific basis. Are you worried that dust will enter your body? Congratulations, you don't have to breathe anymore, because the amount of dust that enters the human body through the mouth and nose every day is far greater than the dust that enters the body through other channels. The skin has the function of sweating, and a considerable amount of sweat evaporates through the skin pores every day. Even dust remaining in the pores will be discharged from the body with the sweat. What? Don't you sweat? Oh, that's right. Most of the sweat on the skin evaporates before it condenses into sweat, so the human body sweats all the time. Speaking of rough pores, cupping can rebuild the microcirculation of subcutaneous blood. Only when the skin has a good blood supply can the skin become more and more elastic. How could the pores be rough? Whose skin has no elasticity?

2. It depends on the location of cupping and bloodletting. Generally, there is no problem:

1. Bloodletting, also known as "bloodletting", is an effective method of treating pain by pricking blood at specific parts of the body to dispel evil spirits and achieve the purpose of harmonizing Qi and blood, balancing Yin and Yang, and restoring positive energy. It is also suitable for various diseases involving "blood vessels".

2. Cupping can increase local blood flow. The air pressure will cause the capillaries under the skin of the local area (where the cupping is done) to rupture and bleed, thus speeding up the blood circulation in the blood vessels. Speeding up the blood circulation will bring nutrition to the body, help repair the body's functions, and also play an anti-inflammatory role.

Contraindications: Bleeding tendency, coagulation dysfunction, old age and frailty, skin infections, etc.

Anyway, I usually do the cupping twice a week, and the skin on my back is very good. It's not as good as a baby's, but compared with people of the same age, my back skin is really moist.