In winter and spring, many people are tormented by back and leg pain and stiff neck, and cupping therapy is a good treatment for such conditions. I’m transferring my own article here to give you an overview of your body’s ailments as reflected by the cupping marks. Cupping therapy can remove cold and dampness, remove stagnation, dredge the meridians, move Qi and blood, relieve swelling and pain, remove toxins and heat, adjust the balance of the body’s yin and yang, relieve fatigue, support the righteousness and eliminate evil, cure diseases and enhance physical fitness. Because cupping therapy is easy to operate, easy to learn and understand, a wide range of indications, good therapeutic effect, obvious health effects, no side effects, simple jars and other characteristics and become one of the important methods of family therapy. However, cupping often results in a variety of different reactions such as local flushing, purplish red, purple and black, blisters, bleeding spots, blood bubbles, etc., which cause fear in the patient, and some people doubt and reject the efficacy of cupping because they do not know the disease corresponding to these different reactions. In fact, these changes in color and shape are normal therapeutic reflections of cupping, and will gradually disappear during repeated cupping treatment, so there is no need to worry about them. Some of the common pigment reactions to the jar marks are summarized below for the cupper to identify the condition of reference: 1, the jar marks purple and black and dark – indicates insufficient blood supply, poor menstrual flow, mostly the image of blood stagnation. 2, the jar issued purple and accompanied by plaque – indicates cold clotting blood stasis, the jar mouth part is purple-black – mostly fire poison, such as purple with plaque – mostly cold clotting blood stasis evidence, the degree of purple Different, indicating that the degree of disease is also different. 3, the jar mark is scattered purple dots, and varying depths – indicating stagnation of Qi and blood stasis. 4, the jar mark is bright red and bright – indicates yin deficiency, qi and blood deficiency or yin Sheng fire. 5, red and dark jar marks – mostly indicates high blood lipids, high blood viscosity, and heat evil. 6, the skin at the mouth of the jar is white, not warm to the touch, cold, cold, white water butcher – more for the heavy rheumatism some. If the skin at the mouth of the jar is white, there is no other phenomena – indicating that more anemia, cold, damp evil; If the skin at the mouth of the jar is white, cold, no white water butcher – more wind and cold is heavier. If there is white froth in the white herb, and the process of staying in the jar feels itchy – mostly to drain wind-cold and drain wind-damp. Can mark gray and white, not warm to the touch – more for the deficiency of cold and warm evil. 7, the surface of the jar seal with skin lines and slightly itchy – indicates wind and dampness. 8, there is watery inside the tank – indicates that the area has dampness. 9, the jar seal blisters – indicates that the body is heavy dampness, if there is blood inside the bubble – is the reaction of hot dampness and toxicity, yellow blisters or yellow-green bubbles and pus and mucus, jelly-like material – Mostly inflammation and heavy. 10, feeling pain at the cupping site – indicates that there is fire toxicity in the body, feeling pain at the canning site first and then itchy – indicates that the fire toxicity is discharged first, followed by wind, cold and dampness. 11, no obvious can spot reaction after cupping, no local skin bruising phenomenon, or although there is a mild flushing, but soon disappeared after cupping, restore the original color of the skin – generally indicates no disease or mild condition. 12, in the process of continuous cupping, the can spot color gradually lightened or reduced – indicating that the disease is gradually reduced or close to healing. 13, stabbing cupping suck out the liquid, can show different conditions. It is generally believed that: (1) fresh blood indicates a mild condition; (2) black or bruised lumps indicate heavy blockage; (3) yellow water indicates damp-heat evidence; (4) clear water indicates cold-damp evidence. In general, according to the above diagnostic changes in the pigmentation of the jar marks, combined with the symptoms reflected clinically, targeted cupping treatment can receive good results. Analysis: Diagnosis of canning spots in different areas of the body Different canning spots appear in different areas of the body, which also represent different clinical significance. So, what are the danger signs of different areas of the body brought to us by canning spots? The following specific for everyone to introduce: the diagnosis of jar spots Note: Diagnosis of normal color: pink liver and gallbladder: slightly green lungs and intestines: slightly white bladder and kidneys: slightly black are normal heart: slightly red spleen and stomach: slightly yellow lung area jar spots: 1, the appearance of purple spots on both sides of the jar is bronchitis. 2, flushed patches appear when starting the jar is lung heat, with symptoms such as thirst, chest pain, etc. 3, when a small rash appears at the start of the jar, it is inflammation of the respiratory tract, such as pharyngitis, rhinitis, etc. 4, the appearance of lavender or red for the flat strip gland inflammation. 5, the appearance of lavender or red for lymphatic swelling. 6.The appearance of white is lung deficiency. 7.The appearance of enlarged pores is wind offense and wind-cold. Neck stiffness, scapular pain or accompanied by frozen shoulder, etc. Heart area can spot: 1, when the can appears to have up and down connected with the purple is the heart meridian does not work, can appear chest tightness, shortness of breath and other symptoms. 2, there are small patches when the jar starts, indicating that there is insufficient blood supply to the brain in the head, such as dizziness, head numbness and swelling. 3, the start of the jar appears purplish red spots indicate that the patient is cervical spine disease 4, the start of the jar appears white, is a myocardial ischemia. 5, when starting the jar, such as the appearance of pores open very large, and accompanied by fog, for rheumatic heart disease. 6, the appearance of white is a deficiency of Qi and blood, 7, the appearance of sunken shape for the heart and blood deficiency, weak pulse, shortage of Qi. 8, appearing red for the heart fire large gallbladder area can spot: 1, when the jar appears to have a concave pit is gallstones. 2, the appearance of purplish spots around the jar indicates that the excretory function of the bile is dysfunctional, which can lead to bitterness in the mouth, swelling and pain in both ribs, jaundice and other diseases 3, the appearance of white, low bile function. 4, the appearance of lavender circles, frightened and timid. 5. Appearing flaky red rash for cholecystitis. Can spots in the liver area: 1. A flushed red rash when starting the can is a real fire in the liver meridian, which can lead to headache, irritability, red face, yellow urine and dry stool. 2, when the central jar spot greenish, indicating that the patient has hepatitis. 3, when the jar is started, such as around the lavender circle, the circle is white, for qi stagnation that is caused by anger. 4, purple circles around the fatty liver, 5, large areas appear flushed red, and accompanied by swelling hard for alcoholic liver. 6.The appearance of purple or purplish red in the whole liver area is due to high blood viscosity. 7.The appearance of purple-blue color and stiffness is cirrhosis of the liver. 8, there are purple and blue spots appear, spots with white interspersed, may be partially accompanied by liver ascites. Can spots in the spleen area: 1. When a flushed rash appears at the start of the can, it indicates loss of appetite or fullness in the ribs after eating, thin stools and may be accompanied by dizziness, lethargy, etc. 2. If there is a purple-red and elevated phenomenon at the start of the can, it indicates signs of splenomegaly. This is accompanied by irritability and unstable temperament. 3.The appearance of red or flushed red with enlarged pores indicates dampness and heat in the spleen, malignant cold, and false sweating. 4.The appearance of sunkenness indicates poor spleen function, weakness, slow movement, slow temperament, and dislike of speech. 5.The appearance of lavender or purple circles indicates qi stagnation, bad temper, and frequent temper tantrums. 6.The appearance of purple or purplish red throughout indicates high blood lipids, high blood viscosity, and may be accompanied by high blood pressure.