Leg pain and numbness caused by lumbar vertebrae can be selected from the back of the pinch point and A Yes point (acid numbness, swelling and pain feeling obvious points) cupping, specific points can also be selected from the Kidney Yu point, lumbar yangguan, yinlingquan, and lumbar vertebrae spinous process on both sides of the pinch point. Cupping can help to relax the tendons and activate the collaterals, promote local blood circulation and relieve pain.
Cupping on kidney point and lumbar Yang Guan can warm the kidney and help yang, support positive qi, and cupping on spine point can relieve leg pain and numbness, and cupping on bladder meridian can promote circulation of qi and blood. Cupping cupping time should be kept at about 20 minutes, too long time will appear blisters.
Patients with leg pain and numbness caused by lumbar spine should go to the hospital in time for lumbar spine CT or MRI, to clarify the specific cause of the symptoms, and to check whether there is lumbar spine slippage, lumbar disc protrusion and other organic lesions, and cupping, as a kind of adjunctive treatment, should be used after the diagnosis is clarified.
It is important to note that cupping can not be performed on the lumbar back with broken skin, open wounds, pregnant women and menstruating women in the lumbosacral area. It is recommended that cupping be operated by a professional doctor, do not operate on your own, so as not to cause adverse reactions.