Disadvantages of cupping for weight loss

Cupping has many benefits. Many people like to cupping now, especially after taking a shower. It is very comfortable and can help expel viruses from our bodies. Currently, cupping is also a very common method of weight loss. Everyone feels that this method of weight loss is very good and has a good effect on weight loss. However, everyone must not be aware of the disadvantages of cupping for weight loss.

Everyone must not feel the disadvantages of cupping for weight loss, and no one has ever thought that cupping has disadvantages. Usually we cupping to make the body healthier, and many people think this method is very good when losing weight. Cupping can not only lose weight, but also make our physical condition better.

1. Frequent cupping can cause skin infection

Many people believe that cupping needs at least half an hour to be effective. However, Chinese medicine practitioners remind us that cupping actually 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.

2. It is easy to catch a cold if you take a bath after cupping

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. 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.

After reading the disadvantages of cupping, let’s look at the benefits of cupping:

1. The role of stress relief

In the process of the body's self-adjustment, it produces the effects of promoting qi and blood circulation, relaxing muscles and tendons, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and removing wind and dampness, acting as a benign stimulus to promote the recovery of normal functions.

2. Warming effect

Cupping has a warming and stimulating effect on local skin, which is most obvious with large fire cups, water cups, and medicine cups.

3. Regulate the body's yin and yang balance

Due to the autohemolysis phenomenon after cupping, a histamine-like substance is produced, which circulates throughout the body with body fluids, stimulates various organs and enhances their functional vitality, which helps to restore the body's functions.

What should you pay attention to when cupping for weight loss:

Cupping and scraping are both feasible for weight loss, but be careful not to use cupping for too long. Improper cupping force may cause blisters on the body, or may lead to accidents, and in severe cases may cause sepsis, so be careful.

Through the introduction, we know that cupping for weight loss does have its disadvantages. We should have a correct understanding of cupping. Some people who want to lose weight feel that the longer the cupping time, the better. In fact, the longer the cupping time is, the best. The most important thing is to have a certain effect, and cupping should not be too frequent.