Cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine health preserving method. Can we often cupping?

Cupping should not be done often. Cupping therapy is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine therapy based on exorcism. It is suitable for situations where pathogenic factors are abundant but vital qi is not empty, such as cold pathogenic factors attacking the exterior, rheumatism, qi and blood stasis, pain, etc.

If the patient is in the stage of acute excess evil, such as pain, cold, strong evil, etc., cupping can be once a day for three consecutive days, or once every two or three days, and three times is a course of treatment.

Cupping is not suitable for people with insufficient qi and blood or weak body. Ordinary people do daily health care, and cupping is not recommended every day. Too many times of cupping will damage healthy qi and consume yang.

Cupping is one of the treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine, which belongs to the category of external treatment. It has the functions of expelling wind and relieving itching, dispelling cold and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Generally speaking, in clinical work, cupping is mainly used to treat diseases with exterior pathogenic factors. Cupping for a long time is harmful to your health.

Because the disease lasts for a long time, it usually belongs to chronic internal injuries. Cupping can only cure the symptoms, not the root cause. Instead of cupping frequently, it is better to recuperate from the inside to achieve the purpose of treating diseases.

It is best not to cupping every day. Cupping refers to the mouth of a can, and local skin congestion dissipates. For patients with wind-cold qi in meridians or exogenous wind-cold exterior syndrome in the early stage, cupping can promote the smoothness of meridians, dispel wind and dispel cold, especially suitable for those with wind-cold-dampness obstruction.

However, frequent cupping, cupping for too long or frequent cupping will cause damage to local skin. For example, if the word cupping lasts more than 15 minutes, the skin may blister, and the local skin will burst after bursting.

Cupping every day may also cause bad results. Therefore, for mild symptoms, cupping 1 twice can improve, but try to pull it every other day or every other day. For soft or delicate places, Zhou Ba is enough once, so pay attention to safety.

In addition to cupping, it can also be combined with other Chinese medicine therapies such as foot bath and moxibustion to increase the curative effect. It is not necessary to cupping frequently or for a long time to improve symptoms.