Cupping Therapy for Dampness: Recommended Acupuncture Points
1. Dazhui (Great Vertebra) Point
[Indications]
Fever, malaria, cough, wheezing, bone steaming heat, stiff neck, shoulder and back pain, lumbar stiffness, convulsions in children, epilepsy, fatigue from five types of labor, weakness from seven injuries, heat stroke, cholera, vomiting, jaundice, wind rash.
2. Fengmen (Wind Gate) Point
[Indications]
1. Common cold, cough, fever, headache;
2. Stiff neck, chest and back pain.
3. Gaohuangyu (Gao Huang Point)
[Indications]
1. Respiratory diseases: tuberculosis, bronchitis, asthma;
2. Others: chronic gastritis, gastric bleeding, neurasthenia, pleuritis, mastitis, anemia.
3. This point is commonly used for various chronic deficiency diseases.
4. Piyu (Spleen Shu) Point
[Indications]
Back pain and spleen-stomach disorders: abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysentery, vomiting, poor appetite, edema, etc.
5. Mingmen (Life Gate) Point
[Indications]
Deficiency-related low back pain, enuresis, diarrhea, nocturnal emissions, impotence, premature ejaculation, leukorrhea, irregular menstruation, recurrent miscarriage, inability to sweat, cold and heat malaria, childhood convulsions, gastric ptosis, prostatitis, renal insufficiency.
6. Chengshan (Support Mountain) Point
[Indications]
1. Calf cramps (gastrocnemius muscle spasm), foot fatigue, knee fatigue, low back pain, natural landmark point selection for low back and leg pain.
2. Constipation, prolapse of the rectum, hemorrhoids, etc. This point is one of the important points on the Bladder Meridian of the Foot Taiyang, commonly used for calf cramps and leg spasms. Point combination: with Dachangshu (Large Intestine Shu) point for treating hemorrhoids.
7. Weizhong (Middle of the Crook) Point
[Indications]
1. Low back pain, lower limb weakness and other lumbar and lower limb diseases.
2. Abdominal pain, acute vomiting and diarrhea.
3. Urinary difficulty, enuresis.
4. Erysipelas.
Cupping can effectively dispel dampness,
and can also simultaneously regulate the following diseases
1. Common Cold – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
2. Frequent Colds, Bronchitis – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
3. Pulmonary Emphysema, Asthma – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
4. Gastroenteritis – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
5. Gastric Diseases – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
6. Hiccups, Cholecystitis – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
7. Abdominal Pain, Colitis – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
8. Constipation – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
9. Esophagitis, Urinary Infection – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
10. Prostatitis, Prostate Hyperplasia – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
11. Varicose Veins – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
12. Facial Nerve Paralysis, Weakness – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
13. Headache, Neuritis – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
14. Migraine, Occipital Neuralgia – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
15. Low Fever, Weight Loss – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
16. Dryness, Stiff Neck – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
17. Shoulder Periarthritis, Cervical Spondylosis – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
18. Hand and Wrist Injuries, Lumbar Strain – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
19. Low Back Pain, Hyperplasia, Lumbar Disc Herniation – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
20. Low Back and Shoulder Pain, Sciatica – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
21. Heel Pain, Ankle Sprain – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
22. Cold Limbs – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
23. Arthritis, Joint Hyperplasia – Cupping Acupuncture Treatment Method
Body Reactions After Cupping
Purple-black — Insufficient blood supply, accumulation of cold
Purple with black spots — Poor circulation of Qi and blood
Purple spots with varying shades — Wind-dampness
Bright red and hot locally — Yang syndrome, heat syndrome, excess syndrome, intense heat toxin, yin deficiency constitution, excessive fire
Dark — High blood lipids, insufficient blood supply
Bruises or blood blisters that are gray-white, pale — Deficiency-cold, dampness evil
Skin slightly itchy — Wind evil, dampness syndrome
Blisters, edema, dampness — Cold syndrome, excessive dampness
Water droplets in the cup — Heavy cold and dampness
Purple-red, dark red — Yin syndrome, cold syndrome, blood stasis
Flushed, light red — Deficiency syndrome
Local area quickly returns to normal — Indicates quick recovery
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