At this time of year,
as spring returns and all things revive,
it is the perfect opportunity for us to adjust our body and mind,
pursuing a healthy balance.
In TCM theory, when the righteous qi (zheng qi) is present within, evil cannot invade, meaning that as long as we maintain internal yin-yang balance, external evils have no opportunity to take hold. However, in modern life, many people are in a sub-healthy state.
Are you suffering from shoulder, neck, and back pain that is hard to relieve?
Do you often experience insomnia, fatigue, or excessive dampness?
Are you gradually gaining weight and prone to colds?
Don’t worry, there is a solution!
The “Balance Cupping” at Chengcheng County Hospital is here to help you!
01What is Balance Cupping Therapy?
Balance cupping is a form of cupping therapy based on fundamental TCM theories (yin-yang, five elements, organ systems, meridian theory, etc.), utilizing modern medical neuro-conduction theories as a pathway, focusing on self-balance, and employing various cupping techniques (sliding cupping, kneading cupping, moving cupping, shaking cupping, and retained cupping) as a non-pharmaceutical natural balancing therapy for the human body.
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What are the Advantages of Balance Cupping?
Balance cupping employs various techniques, including sliding cupping, kneading cupping, moving cupping, shaking cupping, and retained cupping. Most often, the back is chosen as it contains the back shu points (背俞穴, bei yu xue) that treat internal organ diseases, from the lung shu (肺俞, fei yu) to the bladder shu (膀胱俞, pang guang yu), which can regulate the qi of the organs and transmit through the meridians to the brain, enhancing bodily functions.
Sliding Cupping: It has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold.
Kneading Cupping: It relaxes muscles and unblocks meridians, significantly alleviating symptoms of myofascial pain syndrome.
Moving Cupping: It enhances nerve and muscle excitability, accelerates blood circulation, and promotes metabolism, showing good efficacy in improving issues related to central nervous system and peripheral nerves after stroke.
Shaking Cupping: A typical draining method, often used for heat-type diseases, it has the effects of clearing heat, draining fire, invigorating blood, and resolving stasis.
Retained Cupping: It warms the meridians, disperses cold, and relieves dampness.
03Indications for Balance Cupping
1. Patients with colds
2. Patients with insomnia
3. Patients with obesity
4. Patients with shoulder periarthritis
5. Healthy individuals with damp-heat constitution
6. Patients with neck and back pain
7. Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
8. Patients with acute gastroenteritis and other digestive system diseases
04Precautions for Balance Cupping
1. Avoid being overly full or hungry, drinking alcohol, or overexertion before cupping.
2. Do not bathe within 4 hours after cupping, drink plenty of warm water, and avoid wind and cold.
3. Redness at the site of retained cupping is normal; avoid scratching to prevent rupture and infection.
4. Cupping is contraindicated for areas with redness, swelling, skin lesions, major blood vessels, high fever, convulsions, coagulation disorders, respiratory failure, severe heart disease, significant weight loss, during menstruation, and on the abdomen and lower back of pregnant women.
Health Address: East TCM Clinic, First Floor of Outpatient Department
East Area, Eighth Floor of Inpatient Department
Health Hotline: 13891454501
0913-6736033
0913-6736034
TCM Clinic Reimbursement Policy:
Diagnostic and treatment service fees for facial paralysis, stroke, low back pain (limited to qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome), cervical spondylosis, and shoulder periarthritis using appropriate TCM techniques will be included in the basic medical insurance fund payment scope, with no deductible, 60% reimbursement for residents, 70% for employees, and a single reimbursement not exceeding 50% of the limit.
Rehabilitation of one person brings happiness to the whole family!
Written by
Rehabilitation Ward
Edited by
Li Lele
Reviewed by
Lei Lei
Responsible Review
Peng Zhiyong
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