Improve Health with Cupping Massage & Cupping Therapy

Cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy that involves placing cups on the skin to create suction. This causes local skin congestion and stasis of blood to prevent and treat diseases. It has the following effects:

1. Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis

In Chinese medicine, there is a saying that “if blood and energy(qi) pass, you won’t feel pain”. When muscles, ligaments, and bones are injured, they hurt because of local blood stasis, which prevents fresh blood from flowing to the affected area. If the blood stasis is not eliminated, the pain will not stop. Cupping at the corresponding local acupuncture point can eliminate the stasis of blood, generate new blood, and open meridians and channels. This helps energy(qi) and blood flow freely and achieves the purpose of “There will be no pain if energy and blood pass”.

2. Removal of Metabolic Waste

When an individual has a slow metabolism, there can be a buildup of unprocessed substances in the body’s tissues. For instance, pus can develop from gastric ulcers, sputum can become thicker in the lung. These fluids are highly concentrated and cannot exit the bloodstream, remaining in the interstitial spaces of the tissues, and ultimately affecting the proper functioning of organs. Cupping generates negative pressure that draws excess fluid to the surface of the body, where it can be drained through bloodletting. This technique is called heavy-cupping.

3. Relax the Muscles

For deep muscle relaxation, apply a layer of massage oil and use a suction cup to move along the muscles. This technique, known as moving-cupping, is highly effective and surpasses the benefits of both Gua Sha and massage. It is often used in conjunction with acupuncture for optimal results.

Is cupping suitable for everyone?

1. Cupping can exacerbate symptoms in people who are weak, so it's not recommended for them. If you're feeling particularly weak but you still need to do cupping, it's best to schedule a session in the afternoon.
2. Patients with spontaneous bleeding tendencies, high fever, or convulsions should not undergo cupping. It's recommended that these patients seek medical attention right away to avoid exacerbating their condition.
3. Older people with heart disease should be more careful with cupping. The skin is tightened under negative pressure during cupping, which is a painful stimulus to the whole body, and this type of patient may have a heart attack under this stimulus.

The color of the cupping marks can tell a thing?

1. In healthy people, the skin should be flushed after cupping;
2. If the color is darker, it means that the cold evil in the body is very heavy;
3. if the color is purple, it means that there is cold-damp in the body;
4. if there are purple and dark spots, it means that there is stagnant blood in the body;
5. If the color is red, it means that there is damp-heat in the body.
(Damp, dampness means excess metabolic products in the body)

Can I take a shower after cupping?

Many people like to take a shower after cupping, thinking that it is very comfortable, but in fact this is very incorrect. After the treatment, the skin is stagnant and the skin pores are in an open state, especially when taking a cold shower. The correct time to take a bath is 1 to 2 hours after the treatment, and the temperature of the bath water should be slightly higher.

Can cupping be done on any part of the body?

Cupping is not recommended for the apical impulse of the chest. Local skin burns, ulcers, infections, and tumors are not suitable neither. Pregnant women should avoid cupping in the lumbosacral area and abdomen, otherwise, it is very likely to cause miscarriage.

Is it better to keep cupping for a longer period of time?

At a time when heavy cupping was all the rage. Many people believe that the longer the cupping time, the better the effect will be, and even believe that the effect of this treatment can only be seen when blisters are extracted, which is actually wrong. Heavy cupping is only used for patients with severe ulcers and phlegm. If there are no excess metabolites in the body. Prolonged suction not only dissipates the essence but also may harm the skin. In general, it is appropriate to leave the cup for about 10-15 minutes.

If the cupping time is too long resulting in blisters on the skin, small ones do not need to be treated and are left to absorb naturally; large blisters are usually pierced with acupuncture needles to allow the fluid in the blister to flow out, and are covered with scalding cream and sterile dressings to prevent infection.

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