The cupping method to get rid of dampness generally adopts the flash fire method.
Chinese medicine believes that cupping has the effect of dispersing cold and removing dampness, dredging the meridians and channels, activating blood circulation and relieving pain, etc. It is often used in clinical practice for treating heavy dampness in the body, various kinds of joint pains, and externally sensed epiphenomena (which mainly manifests itself as respiratory symptoms after feeling the evils from the outside world) and other illnesses.
Water metabolism in the body depends on the lungs, spleen, kidneys and the physiological function of the triple jiao, the lungs are the main water channel, the spleen is the main transport (the spleen has the function of digesting food, absorbing the food essence and water and transferring it to the whole body), the kidneys are the main water, the triple jiao is the channel of water metabolism, the dysfunction of the above internal organs can affect the body’s water transport, which will lead to the emergence of dampness.
To get rid of dampness, we mainly choose cupping therapy on the back and the points related to the above organs, such as Lung Yu, Spleen Yu, Kidney Yu and Sanjiao Yu, as well as points on the relevant meridians. The specific points for dispelling dampness should be selected according to the patient’s specific symptoms.
In addition, dampness can be dispelled through diet, exercise, drugs and other methods of regulation.
Dampness heavy patients are recommended to timely hospital consultation, under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the evidence of treatment, not blindly deal with their own, so as not to delay the condition.