What causes skin to turn black after fire cupping?

The black color of skin after fire cupping may be caused by too long cupping time, blood stasis, cold dampness and other reasons.
1. Cupping for too long: fire cupping is a kind of external treatment in Chinese medicine physiotherapy, there will be marks on the body surface after cupping, if cupping is too long and too strong, it may lead to localized subcutaneous bleeding, and the skin turns black after fire cupping.
2. Bruised blood: If there is pain in the limbs or lower back after exertion or exercise, resulting in localized blood stasis and obstruction, the skin may turn black after fire cupping.
3. Cold-dampness: If the skin turns black after fire cupping, it may be caused by heavy cold-dampness, which may be accompanied by symptoms such as fear of cold, heaviness and weakness of limbs, in addition to darkening of the skin.
Patients whose skin turns black after fire cupping are advised to go to regular hospitals in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the disease and take targeted treatment under the guidance of a professional doctor, do not operate on your own, so as not to cause damage to the organism.