What are the people for whom cupping therapy is indicated?

  First, cupping is suitable for the population The scope of application of cupping therapy is very wide, where acupuncture, massage therapy suitable for the disease can be cupping treatment.  For example, many of the following diseases can be treated by cupping, and the results are fast and effective.  1, internal diseases: cold, cough, asthma, stomach pain, abdominal pain, dizziness, wind and temperature, summer humidity, etc.  2.Surgical diseases: red silk furuncle, dermatitis, head gangrene, boils, canker sores, etc.  3.Orthopedic diseases: fallen pillow, cervical spondylosis, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar muscle strain, acute lumbar sprain, shoulder periarthritis, neck and shoulder fibrositis, humeral epicondylitis, sciatica, lateral femoral cutaneous neuritis, costochondritis, intercostal neuralgia, rheumatoid osteoarthritis, etc.  4, gynecological diseases: premenstruation, late menstruation, irregular menstruation, excessive menstruation, scanty menstruation, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, etc.  In order to avoid unnecessary medical accidents or delays in the treatment of patients, cupping therapy should be prohibited or used with caution for the following conditions: (1) high fever, convulsions and spasms are not suitable for cupping.  (2) Patients with bleeding tendency should be cautiously used, and cupping should not be performed to avoid hemorrhage.  (3) For patients with severe emphysema, negative pressure suction cupping is not recommended for the back and chest. Heart failure or physical weakness, should not be treated with cupping.  (4) Patients with fractures should not cupping before complete healing, to avoid affecting the alignment and healing of the fracture. Acute joint sprains, such as ligament rupture, can not cupping.  (5) Skin ulcers, ruptures, cupping is not recommended. In the red, swollen, hot and painful period when the pus is not yet mature at the site of the sore, cupping is not suitable for the lesion. Facial boils are contraindicated for cupping to avoid serious consequences. Local lumps of unknown origin should not be casually cupped.  (6) Pregnant women’s lumbosacral and abdominal cupping is not recommended.  (7) Patients with malignant tumors should not be cupped.  (8) Cupping is not recommended for those who are too hungry, drunk, full, or overly tired.