Cupping is a characteristic therapy of traditional Chinese medicine. Nowadays, it is favored by many people. Some people can also cupping at home, but cupping has advantages and disadvantages. Do you know that cupping can be done after a meal?
Can I cupping just after dinner
No, because it's not suitable to pull out cupping when you are full or empty. Just full, not suitable for cupping, it is best to eat 1 hour after a better, if it is morning fasting is not suitable for cupping.
How to cupping correctly
1. First of all, not everyone can cupping, where the pain is not cupping, need the diagnosis and treatment of professional doctors to come to a conclusion. According to Dr. Zhao Chaoting, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, first of all, we should "differentiate symptoms and signs" by means of observation, hearing, questioning and other means, and then consider what kind of means to treat and care according to each person's different symptoms and physique.
2. Secondly, cupping seems simple, but it's actually a 'technical job', which needs to be carried out in a regular medical institution. Because in the regular medical institutions, the medical staff of cupping have been specially trained, and they pay attention to how to find the right acupoint and how light and heavy to start cupping. Even from the perspective of safety, there are clear regulations on the dry humidity of an alcohol cotton ball, and attention should be paid not to let the burning cotton ball touch the can mouth, otherwise it is easy to scald the skin.
3. Finally, as a routine way of health care, cupping should not be too much. Cupping can be done at most twice a week for similar parts. Too frequent cupping can easily damage the skin and may not be beneficial to health.
The benefits of cupping
1. By pulling out the cupping pot, the moisture and cold in the body can be penetrated through the skin tissue, so as to eliminate the evil Qi and make people energetic.
2. Because the body's meridians, acupoints and viscera are connected, through the external suction, the acupoints on the surface of the body will be stimulated, and then through the tendons and bones meridians, the internal organs of the human body will be adjusted accordingly, so that people's Qi and blood flow can be unblocked and the body can be strengthened.
3. Cupping also has a certain effect on local tissue injury and lumbar disc herniation. Cupping regularly for a long time can relieve pain and symptoms.
4. The function of decompression: it has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, relaxing tendons and collaterals, relieving swelling and pain, dispelling wind and dehumidification, etc. in the self-regulation of the body, playing a benign stimulation and promoting its recovery of normal function.
5. Warm effect: cupping method has warm stimulation effect on local skin, and cupping, water cupping and medicine cupping are the most obvious.
6. Adjust the balance of yin and Yang in the body: due to the hemolysis after cupping, a kind of histamine substance is produced, which flows around the body with body fluid, stimulates various organs and enhances their functional vitality, which is helpful to the recovery of body function.