Can cupping be done during menstruation?

In general, women who are menstruating can be cupped if there are no contraindications to cupping. Cupping therapy, also known as fire cupping therapy or suction tube therapy, is to can as a tool, the use of combustion, suction, steam and other methods to cause negative pressure inside the can, so that the can adsorption in the acupoints or a certain part of the body surface, in order to produce benign stimulation to adjust the function of the body, prevention and treatment of disease purposes of external treatment methods. Cupping therapy is suitable for shoulder and back pain, lumbar and leg pain, stomach pain, cough, carbuncle (a kind of poisonous sores, acute suppurative diseases occurring on the body surface, limbs and internal organs) and other diseases at the beginning of the disease. Single cans are applied to parts of the body such as acupuncture points or pressure points where the scope of lesions is small, and multiple cans are applied to parts of the body where the scope of lesions is extensive, using several or more than ten cans for treatment at the same time. Cupping is not recommended for patients with acute serious diseases, contact infectious diseases, serious heart diseases, heart failure, skin allergies, infectious skin diseases, as well as skin tumors (lumps), skin ulcers, thrombocytopenic purpura, leukemia and hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. Many contraindications of cupping did not mention menstruating women, so in general, menstruating women without contraindications to cupping, cupping. In order to ensure their own safety, if you need to carry out cupping, you should go to the hospital to receive regular treatment, do not operate without authorization.