Common tools for cupping

At present, there are many kinds of commonly used tanks, such as bamboo tanks, glass tanks, gas tanks and so on.

1. Bamboo pot

(1) Materials and bamboo pots are made of stout bamboo with a diameter of 3-5cm, and bamboo tubes with a length of 6-8cm or 8 8- 10/0cm. One end is reserved as the bottom, and the other end is used as the tank mouth. Scrape the green husk and inner membrane with a knife, make a drum in the shape of a waist drum, and polish the jar mouth with sandpaper to be smooth and flat.

(2) The advantages are convenient to obtain materials, simple to manufacture, light and durable, easy to carry, economical and not easy to break; Bamboo pot has a large adsorption capacity, which can be used not only in muscular parts such as shoulders and backs, but also in parts with thin skin and little meat such as wrists, ankles, instep, back of hands, shoulders and neck. Compared with small-caliber glass pots, bamboo pots have obvious advantages in adsorption capacity. In addition, in the application of bamboo cupping therapy, bamboo cupping can be decocted in boiling liquid medicine, and then sucked on acupuncture points or body surface to improve local blood circulation through negative pressure, and it can also play the role of local fumigation with the help of the penetration of liquid medicine, forming a dual role and strengthening the therapeutic effect.

(3) Disadvantages are easy to dry, crack and leak; And opaque, it is difficult to observe the skin reaction in the jar, so it is not suitable for pricking blood and cupping.

2. Glass jar

(1) materials and glass jars are made of heat-resistant glass, which is spherical and has a small mouth and a big belly. According to the diameter of the jar mouth and the size of the cavity, it is divided into different models.

(2) Advantages: the mouth of the can is smooth and the texture is transparent, so it is convenient to observe the degree of skin congestion and congestion at the cupping part, so as to grasp the time of leaving the can; It is the most widely used cupping device in clinic at present, especially suitable for cupping, flashing cupping, pricking cupping and cupping with needles.

(3) Disadvantages: fast heat conduction, easy to burn and damage.

3. Air extraction tank

(1) The vacuum tank is made of plexiglass or transparent engineering resin, and the piston at the top of the tank is used to control the vacuum pumping.

The negative pressure is formed in the tank by using the principle of mechanical air extraction, so that the tank can be adsorbed on the selected part.

(2) Advantages: the gas tank does not need fire or electricity, which eliminates unsafe hidden dangers and does not burn the skin; Simple operation, and can be widely used for personal and family self-medical care. It is a new popular cupping device at present.

(3) Disadvantages: There is no warm stimulation of cupping.