Can cupping be used on rainy days? Does cupping have any effect on rainy days?
Whether it is cupping, scraping, or moxibustion, the pores are open after these traditional Chinese medicine treatments. Therefore, the cold air from outside can easily enter. It is generally recommended to choose a sunny day. So, can cupping be used on rainy days? Does cupping have any effect on rainy days?
Can cupping be performed on rainy days?
It is best not to. Because after cupping, the pores are enlarged and the dampness from outside can easily enter.
Cupping uses a cup as a tool to generate negative pressure by burning fire, pumping air, etc., so that it can be adsorbed on the body surface and cause local blood stasis to achieve dredging of menstruation, activating Qi and blood circulation, and reducing swelling. Therapy that relieves pain, dispels wind and dissipates cold. Cupping therapy has a long history in China. As early as the silk book "Fifty-two Prescriptions for Diseases" written in the Western Han Dynasty, there are records about the "angle method". The angle method is similar to the cupping therapy in later generations. Cupping therapy was also popular in ancient Greece and Rome in foreign countries.
When is the best time to cupping?
1. In fact, cupping has little to do with the weather. After cupping, the skin pores will remain open for half an hour, so moisture and cold air will enter.
2. It is best to choose dry and sunny weather for cupping to promote blood circulation.
3. If you have to cup the cup on a rainy day, lie down for half an hour after cupping, and wait until the pores shrink before getting up and walking around.
Precautions for cupping
When cupping, the indoor air should be kept fresh, avoid direct blowing by fans in summer, and keep the room warm in winter to avoid feeling cold.
Pay attention to cleaning and disinfection. The hands of the operator and the cupping site of the recipient should be clean or routinely disinfected, and cupping equipment must be routinely disinfected
Blood stasis, small water droplets, itching, and cupping can cause small blisters and bleeding on the skin. Dots and other phenomena are normal treatment reactions. Generally speaking, Yang syndrome and heat syndrome usually show bright red ecchymosis; Yin syndrome and cold syndrome mostly show purple-red or light red ecchymosis; Cold syndrome and damp syndrome mostly show blisters and water drops; Deficiency syndrome mostly show flushing or light redness. If there is no local ecchymosis, or although there is flushing, it disappears immediately after taking off the pot, it means that the disease is still mild, the condition is not serious, or the disease is close to recovery.
Generally, it is not advisable to take a bath within 3 hours after cupping.
If symptoms such as cold limbs, nausea and vomiting, palpitations, pale face, fainting, cold sweats and dizziness occur during cupping, this is cupping fainting, and cupping should be stopped immediately and the patient should be allowed to Lie down on your back, drink warm water or sugar water, and rest for a while, which will usually improve your condition.
For severe cases of dizziness, acupuncture or acupuncture should be performed on Baihui, Yongquan, Zusanli, Zhongchong, Neiguan and Renzhong acupoints, or moxibustion on Baihui, Qihai, Yongquan, Guanyuan and other acupoints. If necessary, Sent to hospital for first aid