Is cupping comfortable?

Cupping may seem scary to people who have never tried it because it will leave bruises on the area where the cupping was done. These bruises look very horrible, and if you touch the cupping area with your hand, you will feel a little pain. However, cupping is becoming more and more popular in modern society, which is enough to show that cupping still has a certain therapeutic effect on the human body. But will people feel comfortable during the cupping process?

Cupping is very popular in today's society and is sought after by people. Whether they are old or young, they often use cupping to make themselves healthier. So is there anyone who is not suitable for cupping?

These people should not use cupping

1. Pregnant women and women during menstruation. Cupping is not suitable for the abdomen and lumbar sacral area, especially for pregnant women. If pregnant women perform cupping improperly, it may cause threatened abortion, etc. The same principle applies to menstruation. If you pull your lower abdomen or lumbar sacral area during menstruation, it will cause excessive menstruation.

2. Cupping is not suitable for people with high fever, convulsions and spasms. For patients with epilepsy, it should be used during the interval period.

3. Patients with bleeding tendency should use with caution, and should avoid blood pricking or cupping to avoid heavy bleeding.

4. For patients with severe emphysema, negative pressure suction should not be performed on the back and chest. Cupping should not be used for patients with heart failure or weak constitution.

5. People with skin allergies or skin damage. Cupping may aggravate allergic symptoms, and cupping should not be used on skin ulcers, as it can easily cause infection, blisters, and aggravate ulcers.

6. Because the skin tightens under negative pressure during cupping, it is a painful stimulation to the whole body. Elderly patients with heart disease may suffer a heart attack under this stimulation. Therefore, cupping is not recommended.

7. Cupping should not be used on patients with fractures before they are fully healed to avoid affecting the alignment and healing of the fractures. For patients with acute joint sprains, such as ligament rupture, cupping should not be used.

8. Those who have eaten and drunk enough. Blood flows to the liver for metabolic work. When cupping is performed at this time, Qi and blood are forcibly directed to the cupping area, causing the heart to beat a few more times to speed up blood supply, which can easily cause dizziness, nausea and other discomforts.

9. Cupping is not suitable if there are ulcers or cracks on the skin. It is not advisable to cupping the lesion during the red, swollen, hot and painful stage when the pus is not yet mature. Cupping is contraindicated for facial boils to avoid serious consequences. Do not use cupping on local lumps of unknown cause.

Cupping precautions

Time should not be too long

Long-term cupping can cause skin infection; many people say that cupping should take at least half an hour. Some people think that the effect of cupping can only be reflected when the blisters are pulled out, especially some elderly people who hold this view. Opinions vary from person to person. Cupping 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.

Don’t take a shower right away

It is easy to catch a cold if you take a bath immediately after cupping, so it is not advisable to take a bath after cupping. Many people who like to take a bath in the bathhouse often say "cupping and bathing, one is equally important". Indeed, warm bath water and warm cupping, washing and then cupping, cupping and then washing, it feels comfortable just thinking about it. But 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. It is important to note that

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.

In summer, the temperature is high and there is a lot of rain, so people are prone to skin diseases such as prickly heat. At this time, cupping is mainly used to remove moisture. Since people sweat more in the summer, it is best to take a shower and dry your body before cupping to prevent sweat from affecting the adsorption of the cupping jar. At the same time, when the temperature is suitable in summer, you can use camellia oil + detoxifying essential oil to soothe your back first and then cupping. Do not take a shower after pulling out the pimples, even if you are sweating a lot, to avoid skin infection