Can cupping be used for heat stroke

In the hot summer, many friends are actually prone to heatstroke. Such physical discomfort is very common in life, especially for people who work outdoors. After suffering from heatstroke, you can actually treat it through cupping, but you need to pay attention to the selection of acupoints and move the patient to a cool place to rest as soon as possible.

Can cupping be used for heat stroke?

1. Cupping can be used to treat heatstroke, but you need to pay attention to the selection of acupoints. Generally, you can cupping the Dazhui, Feishu, Jianjing, Quchi, Fenglong and other acupoints, and each time you cupping last about 10 minutes. The patient should be removed from the high temperature environment and quickly transferred to a cool and ventilated place to rest. Make the patient lie flat, raise his head, and loosen the buttons of his clothes. Replenish fluids: If the person suffering from heatstroke is conscious and has no nausea or vomiting, he or she can drink salty cool drinks, tea, mung bean soup, etc., which can both cool down and replenish blood volume.

2. Heatstroke is also called "fa sha" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed that it is caused by the patient's weak constitution and excessive fatigue, which leads to deficiency of vital energy and the invasion of summer heat. In mild cases, the summer heat and dampness are trapped on the skin surface; in severe cases, the summer heat burns and obscures the pericardium, causing illness, and the onset is sudden and acute. In addition to the patient's symptoms of heatstroke, you can bend the middle finger of your right hand and scratch the patient's chest skin. If there are obvious purple-red raised scratches, it means there is "sha". Gua Sha can eliminate the evil of summer heat and dampness in time, and play the role of relieving exterior symptoms, clearing away summer heat, calming the mind and opening the orifices. This method is used both clinically and among the people, and has a very good effect.

Cupping Basics

Cupping therapy is a treatment method that uses cups as tools and utilizes methods such as burning and squeezing to expel the air inside the cups, creating negative pressure, allowing the cups to adsorb to specific parts of the body surface (affected areas, acupuncture points), producing widespread stimulation, and forming local congestion or congestion, thereby achieving the purpose of preventing and curing diseases and strengthening the body. Cupping, like acupuncture, is also a form of physical therapy, and it is one of the best physical therapies. The same applies to children. It is also called "cupping". There are cupping jars, gas tanks, etc.

Cupping therapy is also known as "fire cupping" and "suction cup therapy", and was called "horn method" in ancient times. This is a therapy that uses cups as tools to expel the air inside through heat to create negative pressure, which is then absorbed by the skin, causing congestion. Ancient doctors used it to absorb blood and drain pus when treating sores and abscesses, and later expanded its application to internal diseases such as tuberculosis and rheumatism. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, cupping therapy has made new developments due to continuous improvement of methods, further expanding the scope of treatment and becoming an important treatment in acupuncture.

Cupping operation method

1. Can retention method (a method in which the can is retained for a certain period of time after being sucked and pulled at the part to be pulled)

2. Cupping method (after the cup is sucked, pull the cup repeatedly from top to bottom until the skin turns red).

3. Flash cupping (after the cup is sucked onto the treatment area, the cup is quickly pulled out with the hand to make a sound, so as not to leave any trace)

4. Bloodletting and cupping (use a sterilized three-edged needle to pierce the epidermis of the acupuncture point to make it bleed, and then cupping is performed immediately)

5. Needle-retention cupping

Experts remind: Since cupping is a professional treatment method, it is certainly not simple. If you cupping yourself at home without thinking twice, it can easily cause danger. There are many unexpected incidents during cupping in life. If you use acupuncture points randomly, it may sometimes backfire. First of all, you should pay attention to the selection of materials. Chinese medicine mostly uses bamboo tubes. If you can't find them, glass bottles and ceramic cups will do. But the mouth must be thick and smooth to prevent the mouth of the cupping jar from being too thin and hurting the skin and flesh. The bottom should be wide and semicircular.

Before cupping, the cup should be cleaned and dried first, then the patient should lie down or sit comfortably, exposing the area to be cupped, and then light the fire and insert the cup. When lighting a fire, usually hold the cup with one hand and the lit probe with the other hand. The operation should be quick, shake the burning probe in the cup a few times and then remove it, and quickly place the cup on the part to be treated; while the fire is still burning, hold the cup mouth tightly against the affected area, and do not wait for the fire to go out, otherwise it will be too loose and not conducive to absorbing moisture. It is better to feel the cup mouth tightly sucked on the body. Be careful not to heat the edge of the jar to avoid burns.

Generally, the cup can be removed after 15-20 minutes. Do not pull the cup forcefully, or pull or rotate it. The key is to tilt the cup to one side with one hand and press the skin with the other hand to allow air to enter the cup through the gap, and the cup will naturally separate from the skin. You can also use the cupping method. Cupping means that after the cup is covered, you hold the cup with one or two hands, lift it up slightly, and push and pull the cup body to move on the patient's skin. It can move in one direction or back and forth. This treats several areas.

When cupping, you should be careful to apply some lubricant, such as glycerin, paraffin oil, scraping oil, etc., on the area to be cupped or the mouth of the cup to prevent the skin from being pulled during cupping. Cupping has health-care and medical effects. Cupping on the back, especially along the Jiaji, Du Channel and meridians, can regulate the internal organs and strengthen the body. It is particularly effective for rheumatism, pain, and cold. Regularly pressing the eight major health acupoints - Baihui, Dazhui, Neiguan, Hegu, Shenque, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao and Yongquan - can help open up the eight extraordinary meridians.