? Cupping: Different cupping methods are used.

Cupping: Different cupping methods are used. After thousands of years of evolution, the pot has developed from the original horn and bamboo tube to ceramic pots, glass pots, and even various kinds of pumping cans, extrusion cans and multifunctional electronic cans. At present, bamboo cans, glass cans and gas tanks are commonly used. Bamboo pot is light and cheap, not easy to break, suitable for boiling; Disadvantages are easy to dry and crack, air leakage and small adsorption force. The glass jar is transparent. When in use, you can observe the degree of congestion and congestion at the pulled part of the skin, which is convenient for you to grasp the situation at any time. The disadvantage is that it is easily broken. The use of glass cans and bamboo cans requires open flame operation, which is dangerous and should be operated by professional medical personnel. The gas stripping tank is convenient to use, has strong adsorption, is safe, has no open flame and is not easy to break, and is suitable for household use.

Commonly used cupping methods mainly include flash fire method, cupping pushing method, flash cupping method, pricking blood cupping method and needle cupping method.

Push cupping: Also known as moving cupping, it is generally used in areas with large area and rich muscles, such as waist, back and thighs. Be sure to choose a large-caliber glass jar with a smooth bottle mouth. First, apply some grease to the jar mouth, suck up the jar, hold the bottom of the jar with your hands, slowly push forward, and push and pull the skin surface up and down or left and right several times until the skin is red.

Flash fire method: This is the most commonly used cupping method in hospitals. Clamp the 95% alcohol cotton ball with tweezers, ignite the alcohol cotton ball, and make the fire rotate in the pot 1~3 times (when cupping with alcohol cotton ball, the alcohol cotton ball must be slightly dried first to make it in an unsaturated state, because the alcohol cotton ball is too saturated, it will lead to alcohol dripping, and the dripping alcohol will burn quickly. Be careful not to touch the jar mouth with burning cotton balls, so as not to heat the jar mouth or burn the skin with the residual alcohol at the jar mouth. After that, remove the fire and quickly buckle the jar where it should be pulled out, which can be adsorbed on the skin.

Flash can method: after the can is pulled out, take it off immediately and suck it out repeatedly until the skin is red. It is often used for cases of local skin numbness or hypofunction, especially for patients and places that are not suitable for leaving cans, such as children and women's faces.

Combination of acupuncture and cupping: that is, combination of acupuncture and cupping. When leaving the needle, pull the can on the part with the needle as the midpoint, and it takes about 10~ 15 minutes to lift the can and needle. This method can play the role of acupuncture and cupping.

Pricking blood and cupping method: after the part to be pulled out is disinfected, pricking blood with a triangular needle or a dermal needle, and then sucking and cupping the pricked part to make it bleed, so as to strengthen the role of pricking blood treatment. Generally, the puncture and cupping are kept for 1~3 minutes, and the amount of bleeding is 2~4ml.