Pregnant women should not have cupping on their lumbosacral and abdominal areas, anterior and posterior pubic area, and breast area. Cupping is not recommended for women with high fever, convulsions and spasms, acute severe diseases, chronic systemic debilitating diseases and contact infectious diseases, and patients with bleeding tendency, such as leukemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, hemophilia and so on.
The contraindications of cupping for women are mainly as follows.
1. High fever, convulsions and spasms.
2. Acute severe diseases, chronic generalized debilitating diseases and contact infectious diseases.
3. Patients with bleeding tendency such as leukemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, hemophilia and so on.
4. Patients with severe emphysema should not have negative-pressure suction on the back and chest; patients with heart failure; apical region, large arterial pulsations on the surface of the body, varicose veins.
5. Fracture patients before complete healing; acute joints, ligaments, tendons, serious injuries.
6. Eye, ear, mouth, nose and other organs; skin ulcers and ruptures; localized lumps of unknown cause.
7. Pregnant women should not have cupping on their lumbosacral and abdominal areas, anterior and posterior nether regions, and breasts.
8. Patients with tuberculosis, malignant tumor, scrofula (mainly refers to cervical lymph node tuberculosis), hernia.
9. Cupping is not recommended for those who are over-starved, drunk, over-fed or over-fatigued. Cupping is not recommended for those who are not able to cooperate with mental disorder, psychiatric attack, mania, tetanus, rabies, and so on.
If you want to do fire cupping, it is recommended to go to a professional hospital and do it under the guidance of a professional physician, so as not to cause adverse consequences.