What should I pay attention to after cupping

Cupping in summer is actually a very good way to maintain your health. You should know that cupping is not only a good way to maintain health, but also a way to treat chronic diseases. And cupping can actually help you lose weight. This kind of disease-curing and disease-preventing function is often very popular. There are not only precautions for cupping, but also precautions after cupping. What should we pay special attention to after cupping?

It can also treat winter diseases in summer. In summer, the Yang energy is strong, the body is full of Qi and blood, the Qi in the meridians flows smoothly, and the skin acupoints are sensitive. It is the best time to treat chronic and intractable diseases. However, there are also taboos for cupping in summer.

The longer the cupping time, the better. The suction time should not exceed 20 minutes, and should not exceed 15 minutes in summer. For the elderly, children and thin people with poor health, the suction time should be halved.

Three types of people should pay special attention to cupping in summer

1. People with skin allergies or skin damage: Cupping may aggravate allergic symptoms. Moreover, you should not pull the needle on skin ulcers, as this may easily cause infection, blisters, and aggravate the ulcers.

2. Pregnant women and women during menstruation: Cupping is not suitable for pregnant women, especially the abdomen and lumbar sacral area. If pregnant women perform cupping improperly, it may cause threatened abortion, etc. The same principle applies to menstruation. If you pull your lower abdomen or lumbar sacral area during menstruation, it will cause excessive menstruation.

3. After eating and drinking: blood flows to the liver for metabolism. At this time, cupping will force the qi and blood to the cupping area, causing the heart to beat a few more times to speed up blood supply, which can easily cause dizziness, nausea and other discomforts.

Precautions for cupping in different seasons

Precautions for cupping in spring:

The weather turns warmer in spring and the temperature starts to rise. However, the sudden spring cold in the north can still cause people who are caught off guard to suffer from respiratory diseases such as colds. For colds caused by wind and cold, using cupping to remove the cold can effectively relieve symptoms. Pay attention to the lubrication of the cup mouth during treatment. The weather in the north is dry, especially in spring, which is cold and dry. In this environment, people's skin lacks moisture, which can easily cause skin cracks when cupping.

Precautions for cupping in summer:

In summer, the temperature is high and there is a lot of rain, so people are prone to skin diseases such as prickly heat. At this time, cupping is mainly used to remove moisture. Since people sweat more in the summer, it is best to take a shower and dry your body before cupping to prevent sweat from affecting the adsorption of the cupping jar. Do not take a shower after extraction, even if you are sweating a lot, to avoid infection.

Warm reminder: For the sake of your health, when you cupping in autumn and winter, there are actually some precautions that you need to learn carefully. If the patient wants to cupping on the back, abdomen and other parts of the body, it is actually necessary to further reduce the cupping time as it is too long. You will often catch a cold, so in order to avoid catching a cold, don't expose your body for too long. Get dressed immediately after pulling out the welts.