Cupping is generally ineffective in treating shingles.
The main reason is that fire cupping will damage the lesions with herpes zoster, especially when the rash manifests itself as blood blisters, vesicles, at this time cupping is very easy to cause bacterial infection, resulting in aggravation of the condition, so cupping fire cupping for herpes zoster is ineffective.
Herpes zoster is a relatively common viral skin disease in clinical practice. It is important to follow the doctor’s instructions in time with antiviral drugs, do not go to use some prescription, must be scientific treatment. Commonly used antiviral drugs are acyclovir, vasiclovir and so on, so as to relieve the related symptoms.
If the patient suffers from shingles, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, to avoid the adverse consequences of self-treatment. The above medications should be used as prescribed by the doctor.