Balancing Cupping Therapy
Balancing cupping therapy is a form of cupping therapy and an important component of balancing acupuncture. It is based on the theory of Yin and Yang, utilizing the principles of neuro-conduction, and focuses on self-balance. This non-pharmacological treatment employs various cupping techniques to affect the human body.
Balancing cupping therapy primarily utilizes techniques such as flash cupping, kneading cupping, moving cupping, shaking cupping, and retaining cupping. Specific points corresponding to the condition are selected to achieve a balancing effect through gentle stimulation, using the warming effect of the cupping to continuously feedback information to the central nervous system, restoring the body to a balanced state. This method aims to unblock meridians, regulate internal organs, balance Yin and Yang, and treat chronic diseases.
Differences Between Balancing Cupping and Traditional Cupping
Balancing cupping is more systematic in treating diseases, primarily focusing on the lumbar and back areas, particularly along the Bladder Meridian (足太阳膀胱经) and the Governing Vessel (督脉). The stimulation techniques are more intense, gradually penetrating deeper into the painful areas. Different treatment methods are chosen based on the disease, incorporating various techniques such as flash cupping, kneading cupping, moving cupping, shaking cupping, and retaining cupping, all without side effects, effectively treating and preventing diseases. By applying the purging method of cupping, specific warming techniques are utilized to maximize the therapeutic effects.
Techniques and Effects
Flash Cupping: Warms the meridians, dispels cold, and invigorates the skin.
Kneading Cupping: Relaxes muscles and unblocks meridians, significantly alleviating symptoms of myofascial pain syndrome.
Moving Cupping: Enhances nerve and muscle excitability, accelerates blood circulation, and promotes metabolism, effectively addressing issues related to central and peripheral nervous systems post-stroke.
Shaking Cupping: A typical purging method, often used for damp-heat conditions, with effects of clearing heat, purging fire, invigorating blood, and resolving stasis.
Retaining Cupping: Warms the meridians, dispels cold, and relieves dampness.
Skin Color Diagnosis in Retaining Cupping
① Black-purple: Cold dampness
② Dark red with red spots: Heat, excessive internal heat
③ Patchy purple spots: Trauma
④ Gray-white: Qi and blood deficiency
⑤ White spots: Stasis
⑥ Short-term blisters: Heavy dampness
⑦ Colorless: Severe cold
Indications for Balancing Cupping
Indicated for patients with colds, insomnia, obesity, shoulder periarthritis, individuals with damp-heat constitution, neck and back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, and acute gastroenteritis among other digestive system diseases.
The acupuncture and massage department is a key specialty construction unit in rural grassroots medical institutions, combining traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture meridian theory, and modern photophysical therapy techniques. Currently, it has 30 beds and a medical staff of 14, including 8 physicians and 6 nursing staff. This department has a profound foundation in traditional Chinese medicine and is well-equipped to handle the treatment tasks of inpatients and outpatients with acupuncture, massage, and physiotherapy.
After decades of development, the department has fully utilized traditional acupuncture, cupping, plum blossom needle therapy, bloodletting therapy, ear acupuncture, small needle knife therapy, and massage spinal manipulation based on traditional meridian differentiation. The department is also equipped with an ozone therapy machine, a cervical and lumbar traction bed, and two spinal treatment beds, providing a wide range of treatments with confirmed efficacy.
Main indications include various pains (arthritis, rheumatic pain, headaches, migraines, trigeminal neuralgia, cervical spondylosis, shoulder periarthritis, tennis elbow, wrist pain, intercostal neuralgia, lumbar muscle strain, herniated discs, degenerative knee disease, Achilles tendinopathy, foot pain, various sprains and strains, and stubborn pain) as well as facial nerve paralysis.
Special diagnostic and treatment projects include:
1. Acupuncture and scalp acupuncture combined with bloodletting therapy for various pain conditions, and acupuncture treatment for postherpetic neuralgia.
2. Ozone treatment for herniated discs under CT guidance, with significant efficacy.
3. Traction combined with massage spinal manipulation for various vertebral functional disorders.
4. Small needle knife therapy for adhesion in the locomotor system, with remarkable efficacy.
If you or someone around you has any of the above conditions, we welcome you to visit our department. Our enthusiastic service, solid technical foundation, and green treatment methods will provide you with satisfactory results.
Reviewed by: Feng Shigui
Proofread by: Zhu Shanshan
Edited by: Zhang Xinjing
