Fire cupping can be used for lumbar pain. Lumbar pain can be categorized into cold-damp type lumbar pain, blood stasis type lumbar pain, Qi stagnation type lumbar pain, kidney qi insufficiency type lumbar pain, and kidney dryness and yin deficiency type lumbar pain.
Fire cupping has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold, activating blood circulation and dispelling wind and dampness, which can remove wind, cold and dampness in the body, and it is more effective in treating lumbar pain. In addition to treating lumbar pain in the location of the pain, fire cupping can dredge the meridians and achieve the effect of the pain, and it can be used at some acupoints.
For cold and damp type back pain, you can choose kidney Yu, lumbar Yangguan, Zhi room, Qihai, Fengchi, foot Sanli, Yongquan and other points; for blood stasis type back pain, you can choose the sea of blood, diaphragm Yu, the large intestine Yu, jumping ring, Hegu, the door and other acupuncture points; for the stagnation of the type of back pain, you can choose the kidney Yu, lumbar Yangguan, lumbar eye, the commission of the center and so on to cupping fire cupping.
For kidney qi insufficiency type back pain, you can choose large intestine yu, ring jump, commission center, kidney yu, foot Sanli, Kunlun for fire cupping; for kidney dryness and yin deficiency type back pain, you can choose large intestine yu, ring jump, commission center, chibian, Sanyinjiao, Taixi, vital gate, Qihai, Guanyuan for fire cupping.
If fire cupping is needed to treat low back pain, please do it under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.