8 kinds of people can not cupping

Cupping is a commonly used TCM treatment, but cupping has clear contraindications and is not limited to 8 types of people. Cupping is the use of negative pressure principle to achieve the purpose of dispelling dampness and cold, moving Qi and blood, reducing swelling and pain, patients should fully cooperate with the attending physician to improve the diagnosis before cupping treatment, patients with the following conditions should try to avoid cupping: 1, patients with local or systemic skin disease: cupping may aggravate skin disease, redness, papules, blisters and other symptoms. In addition, skin lesions and their surroundings, cupping should not be performed to avoid aggravating the injury; 2, patients with subcutaneous edema: cupping may lead to localized lesions, so patients with subcutaneous edema should not cupping; 3, patients with bleeding tendencies: the negative pressure generated by cupping will mostly aggravate the patient’s epidermal or internal bleeding tendencies, so patients with coagulation disorders, hemophilia, purpura, etc. should not cupping; 4, those who do not cooperate. The presence of mental illness, unconsciousness, and pediatric patients who do not cooperate with treatment are not suitable for cupping; 5, patients with severe wasting: cupping can lead to a lack of yang in the body, severe wasting, malnutrition, advanced tumors and other patients with physical weakness should not be cupped; 6, pregnant women: cupping has the effect of moving qi and blood, pregnant patients are contraindicated to cupping treatment; 7, patients with fractures: cupping will affect the fracture site Stability of the fracture site is not conducive to healing, so patients should avoid cupping near the fracture site; 8, patients with severe heart disease: cupping will accelerate systemic blood flow, which may aggravate heart disease, so cupping is not recommended for patients with severe heart disease; 9, acute illness: such as high fever, convulsions, spasms, or epileptic seizures and other patients, cupping is not recommended; 10, other. Heart failure, severe diabetes, severe emphysema, cirrhosis of the liver, as well as AIDS, viral hepatitis, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases are contraindicated for cupping treatment. In addition, cupping is not recommended for patients who are in a state of intoxication, or who are overly tired, overly hungry, or overfed, to avoid aggravating the discomfort. It should be noted that cupping is not recommended for normal patients in special areas such as the distribution of large blood vessels, the five senses, the second yin, and the bony prominence.