What are the misconceptions about fire cupping? What are the side effects of fire cupping? According to Chinese medicine, dampness in the body is a common problem among modern people. The same “heavy dampness” is divided into two categories: external dampness and internal dampness, depending on the location and symptoms of the disease. External dampness is caused by the summer humidity, or home humidity, wading in the rain, wearing wet clothes, after bathing that is blowing air conditioning, etc., external evil invasion of the body, so that the body can not evaporate water, water dampness stagnation and become a disease. It often manifests as rheumatic joint pain, back pain, etc. Cupping is not suitable for everyone small contraindications must know 1, skin allergies, skin damage, cupping may aggravate allergy symptoms. And skin ulcers can not cupping, easy to cause infection, blisters, aggravate the ulcer. If there are ulcers on the skin, you should never cupping treatment in the broken area, and you should not rush to take a bath after cupping to avoid skin breakage and inflammation, the average person cupping once a week is a more suitable frequency, cupping process, but also pay attention to the “fire”, not too long. Once the blisters, burns and other unexpected situations, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner. 2, pregnant women, women’s menstrual period, especially pregnant women’s abdomen, lumbosacral area, cupping is not suitable. Pregnant women who have inappropriate cupping can cause pre-eclampsia and other abortions. The same is true for menstruation. If you cupping the abdomen or lumbosacral area during menstruation, it can cause excessive menstruation. 3, the body of weak people cupping, Gua Sha heat although fast, no side effects, but some people should not receive such treatment. It is best to use this method with caution when you have heart disease, blood disease, skin disease, skin damage, tuberculosis, osteoporosis, advanced cancer and various infectious diseases, weakness, and the elderly. The most important thing is that the cupping and scraping must not be against the air conditioner or fan wind, to prevent the wind evil invasion. 4, after a full meal, blood flow to the liver for metabolic work, at this time cupping, qi and blood is forced to guide the cupping site, resulting in the heart had to jump a few more times to accelerate blood supply, prone to vertigo, nausea and other discomfort. 5, the same location repeatedly cupping Many patients are sick, often in the same location repeatedly cupping, this will cause damage to the skin, such as redness, swelling, and breakage. When cupping, cupping can be done in multiple locations to increase the therapeutic effect. In addition, do not cupping in the same place before the bruise from the previous cupping site disappears. 6, after cupping on the bath Many people like to take a bath after cupping, think this is very comfortable, in fact, this is very incorrect. Because this bath is easy to cause skin breakdown, inflammation. Especially if you take a cold shower, it is easy to catch a cold because the pores of the skin are in an open state. The correct time to take a bath is 1 hour to 2 hours after cupping. Pay attention to keeping warm after cupping, and the temperature of the bath water should be slightly higher.