How to avoid scalding by cupping? What should I pay attention to in cupping?

Cupping is a method to treat diseases. Some symptoms of blood stasis can be effectively improved by cupping. In the process of cupping, you need to touch the fire. Some people will go to some professional clinics for cupping, while others will do it at home. You should be careful not to get burnt when cupping. So how can cupping avoid burns?

1, the key points to avoid burns

(1) Water coating: In the cupping area, some water (warm water in winter) should be coated in advance. Applying water can cool the local temperature, protect the skin and avoid burns;

(2) Flame facing the bottom of the tank: the flame of alcohol cotton ball must face the bottom of the tank, and the mouth of the tank must not be scalded, and the mouth of the tank must not be stained with alcohol;

(3) Short storage time: shorten the storage time, not too long. If it is too long, it is easy to absorb blisters. Generally, it takes 3 ~ 5 minutes, and no more than 10 minute.

2. The correct method of cupping

Method 1: Where conditions permit, you can pick up a small cotton ball with tweezers, dip it in 95% alcohol (but not too much, depending on the degree of wetness), hold the cylinder with the mouth down to the right with your left hand, then put the burning cotton ball into the cylinder to burn for 1-2 seconds, then take it out quickly, and send the cylinder to the acupoint with your left hand urgently. Be careful not to aim the jar mouth at the acupoint during the delivery to avoid air entering the jar. Instead, use the bottom of the jar to approach the acupuncture point forward, and when touching the skin, twist the jar mouth to the acupuncture point conveniently and quickly to make it suck tightly.

Method 2: It is very easy to use, that is, take 10g flour, add water to make dough, knead it into a round pancake larger than the jar mouth, and stick it on the skin. Then, quickly throw a ball of burning paper into the jar and immediately cover the jar on the bread, which is more attractive. For people who use it for the first time, this can prevent the skin from being accidentally burned.

If you are not sure about cupping, go to a professional institution.

3. Cupping effect

(1) can stretch muscles, raise pain threshold and relieve pain and fatigue, that is, when muscles are in a state of tension, local blood perfusion will decrease, thus promoting tissue ischemia. However, cupping technology in cupping can lengthen muscles, increase blood perfusion and raise local pain tolerance threshold, so as to relax muscles and re-reserve needed energy. Cupping in hot weather is very particular about removing dampness, and it is best not to exceed a quarter of an hour.

(2) Take medicine to expel pus and promote wound healing. Being attracted by the negative pressure of cupping will help local pus, toxins produced by bacteria and other substances that are not conducive to wound healing to be excreted. At the same time, it can stimulate the growth of granulation tissue and shrink the wound, thus achieving the purpose of promoting wound healing.

(3) regulating immune function and enhancing self-resistance. Because the blood stasis produced by cupping can leave tissue gaps, can properly activate the body's immunity, and has the ability to remove inflammatory substances, which is a benign self-exercise.

(4) Promote blood circulation and accelerate metabolism, because cupping can dilate blood vessels and improve local blood circulation, thus accelerating the excretion of wastes and toxins, improving the nutritional status of local tissues and providing more nutrition and oxygen for cells.

(5) Sensory transmission along meridians regulates the function of human viscera. This is based on the theory that meridians connect viscera, and cupping stimulation is selected along meridians related to viscera, which is suitable for moving cupping back and forth and sliding cupping. These techniques can play a corresponding role in respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular and gynecological diseases, and it is helpful to realize the regulation of internal functions through sensory transmission stimulation.