Can you scrape and cupping when you have a cold?

Cold can scrape Gua Sha cupping, scraping Gua Sha cupping can be used for the treatment of cold.
Cold is to nasal congestion, cough, headache, cold (fear of cold) fever, general malaise as the main symptom of the exogenous disease, its occurrence is often associated with the wind or the line of the epidemic evil, physical weakness and other factors, treatment to dispel the wind to solve the surface.
Gua Sha is the use of Gua Sha apparatus in a certain part of the body surface scraping, to dredge the meridians and collaterals, blood circulation, adjust the function of internal organs, can be used for the treatment of sleeplessness, menstrual cramps, sunstroke, colds, constipation, etc., so colds can be Gua Sha.
But note that there are serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver and kidney insufficiency, extreme weakness or emaciation, allergic purpura, leukemia and other bleeding tendency, should be disabled this method.
Cupping is to use the can as a tool, using heat, suction and other ways, causing negative pressure inside the can, so that the can is adsorbed in the stasis or a certain part of the body surface, so that the local skin congestion or even blood stasis, in order to achieve the opening of the coupling (pores), dispelling wind and dispersal of cold, through the meridians and activate the circulation, the role of qi activation and blood circulation, etc., which can be used for the treatment of colds and flu, dyspepsia and so on, so colds and flu can be cupped.
However, it should be noted that patients with pacemakers and other metal objects, prohibited electromagnetic cupping apparatus.
Cold scraping and cupping need to be operated by a professional physician, do not blindly operate on your own, as well as physical discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention.