At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the cupping marks on the backs of athletes from all over the world caught everyone’s eye. U.S. men’s gymnast Alex Nadore posted a photo of himself cupping on his Instagram and talked to USA Today about the benefits of “cupping”: “It’s been my secret weapon to stay healthy this year, and it’s worked better than any other treatment I’ve paid for before. It’s worked better than any other treatment I’ve ever paid for.” Former Olympic champion Natalie Coughlin has also posted photos of her “cupping”, which has completely gone global. After winning the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, Phelps explained the benefits of cupping to a group of curious foreign journalists. “I’ve been cupping for a while. Before the race I felt a little sore on my body and pulled once, before I never had such a black (purple) mark on my body, the mark appeared on my body where it hurt the most.” Phelps often cupping, he even recorded a video called “control yourself” to show the promotion of this new treatment, it is logical to become the best spokesman for cupping therapy. Not only is cupping a favorite among athletes, it is also popular among celebrities and superstars. According to the Daily Mail, the willingness of Americans to embrace cupping therapy began with movie star Jennifer Aniston, followed by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who also fell in love with cupping in the U.S. In 2004, famous movie producer Gwyneth Paltrow attended a movie premiere with cupping marks on her back. Justin Bieber and Victoria Beckham have all been photographed with cupping-like marks on their bodies. Nicole Richie has had her father and singer Lionel Richie try cupping as well. But while cupping has been practiced and approved by many people around the world (including world-famous athletes and actors) and has actually solved people’s ailments, Edzard Erns, a professor at the University of Exeter’s School of Contemporary Medicine, says that cupping is an unproven therapy, and can only be described as a relatively safe method, but there is no evidence of its There is no evidence of its effectiveness, and no clinical trials have been conducted on cupping therapy. USA Today interviewed Robert Glatt, an emergency physician at a New York hospital, who said the same thing. In response, the rebuttal given by the chief researcher, executive vice president of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and president of the World Needle Federation is that “at least it cannot be proven that cupping is harmful to humans. And next we will tell you from our clinical practice that cupping therapy is not only harmless to the human body, but its clinical efficacy in the treatment of tumors and their complications is certain! Cupping method has a long history, commonly known as “fire cupping”, the ancient name “horn method”, is one of the important external treatment methods of Chinese medicine, as early as in the Mawangdui Han tomb unearthed in the silk book “fifty-two disease formula” has “peony hemorrhoids …… to the small corner of the horn” is recorded, and has been discussed in Chinese medical literature for many generations. The external treatment of pus sores with jar-shaped animal horns is described in the “Post-Elbow Preparedness and Emergency Formula” by Jin Dynasty medical scientist Ge Hong, and the operation and application of cupping is described in detail in the “Secret Essentials of Wai Tai” by Wang To of the Tang Dynasty. Jackie Long, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner at the London Center, said cupping has been practiced in China for more than 3,000 years, but is equally popular in Egypt, the Middle East and around the world. The principle of cupping, that is, the jar as a tool, with the help of burning fire, pumping, etc., to expel the air in the jar, the formation of negative pressure, so that the adsorption of acupuncture points or lesions, resulting in local skin congestion, bruising treatment method, to play a benign stimulation, with warming the meridians, moving the blood, swelling and pain, dispel wind and dispel cold and other effects. Its scope of application is relatively wide, especially suitable for rheumatism paralysis, back muscle strain, headache, traumatic bruising and all soreness evidence. For athletes and actors bruises are very common, and inevitably there will be red, swollen, hot and painful symptoms, and even bruises, and cupping therapy, especially air cupping, cheap, portable, easy to operate, rapid and accurate results, so popular with athletes and actors. Cupping therapy has been widely loved by the public both at home and abroad, and many of the patients who come to our department for treatment come for cupping. When we apply cupping therapy in tumor treatment, it is often combined with its best partner “bloodletting therapy”, which is called “blood cupping”. If the best indications for cupping therapy are relatively simple diseases such as wind-cold, back muscle strain, trauma and bruising, then the combination of blood cupping therapy can treat many difficult clinical diseases, also in tumors. Tumor is a surgical disease, and Chinese medicine believes that the pathogenesis of surgical disease is the disharmony of qi and blood. Blood cupping can draw out evil qi, remove blood stasis, and regulate qi. The indications and main points of blood cupping in oncology 1, pain caused by tumor: Chinese medicine believes that if it does not pass, it hurts, and if it hurts, it does not pass, so through blood cupping moxibustion can make the blood flow smoothly, the evil heat comes out, the positive energy is helped, and the pain disappears. ① pain caused by tumor infiltration – main point: local pressure points on the body surface; ② bone metastasis pain – main point: local pressure points on the body surface; ③ local discomfort numbness pain after surgery; thoracic surgery, many patients will be left with numbness pain, will be aggravated when encountering change of day The patient can’t lie on the affected side, at present, Western medicine has no solution to this, Chinese medicine has a unique advantage in treating this kind of pathology, Chinese medicine believes that not pass is pain, pain because of poor blood circulation; weather changes are mostly cold and dampness aggravation, the same gas, so the operation mouth local dampness; local discomfort and numbness pain after surgery is dampness, blood stasis blockage, treatment should be based on blood circulation and dampness, the soup ten dates soup available; acupuncture in Local blood cupping often several times can be significantly reduced. 2, the lower limb movement is limited or weak: liver main tendon, blood glory tendon, by regulating the spleen meridian and other points can nourish blood and tendon, to promote functional recovery. For weakness in flexion and extension of lower limbs, main points: Yinlingquan, Yanglingquan, Sanyinjiao or additionally Huanjiao. 3. Swelling of upper limbs after breast cancer surgery: According to traditional medicine, “blood is not good for water”, blood cupping can make the swelling disappear. Main acupuncture point for upper limb swelling: Hand Taiyin Lung meridian acupuncture point is the main point, and other meridian points of the affected limb can be used. 4. Deafness after radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is a thermal evil, and deafness after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is caused by thermal evil damaging the nerves in the ear. Deafness and tinnitus after radiotherapy, main acupuncture points: Shimonoseki, Fengshi 5, malignant tumors: The essence of the pathological changes of the obstruction is stagnation of Qi and blood. Blood cupping can dredge the meridians and smooth the qi and blood, so that the pathological changes of qi stagnation and blood stasis can be reduced or disappeared, and the effect of activating blood and removing blood stasis to eliminate tumors can be achieved. Some patients with lung cancer have nodules around lung Yu and Ting gas points, so blood cupping moxibustion is meaningful for the disappearance of lung cancer tumors. Acupuncture points such as Zhonggui, Qihai and Guangyuan can be reapplied. In primary hepatocellular carcinoma with hypersplenism and splenomegaly, blood cupping can be performed on Diaphragm Yu, Liver Yu, Spleen Yu and Stomach Yu, and the spleen can be reduced after several times. For esophageal cancer mediastinal tumor post-radiotherapy esophagotracheal fistula, blood cupping and moxibustion at Lung Yu, Heart Yu, Liver Yu and other acupuncture points can have a better effect on symptom relief. Malignant tumors, the main points: localized lesions, the disease is evil heat, plus the vein behind the ear 6, incomplete intestinal obstruction, constipation: incomplete intestinal obstruction, constipation is due to spleen deficiency, qi blockage, blood cupping moxibustion can make the spleen can be tonic, qi can be smooth, compared with simple drugs, acupuncture effect is better. The main points for incomplete intestinal obstruction and constipation are: abdominal knot, dajang, foot three li, spleen yu, eight sockets, lumbar yu, etc. 7, gastroparesis, water vomiting: gastroparesis, water vomiting is not only a problem of spleen and stomach weakness, but also kidney deficiency, so the treatment should be to tonify the kidneys and strengthen the spleen. Gastroparesis, eating water vomiting: Spleen Yu, Stomach Yu, Kidney Yu, Liver Yu, Foot San Li, etc. The above treatment methods are summarized from our repeated clinical practice, for your reference only, and we hope that you will work together to make Chinese medicine cupping therapy really go to the world!