Experience of Aunt Liu
Recently, a patient with peripheral facial nerve paralysis, Aunt Liu, visited the neurology department. Five days ago, Aunt Liu experienced right-sided drooping of the mouth corner without any obvious cause, drooling from the right side while rinsing her mouth, a shallow right nasolabial fold, air leakage from the right side when puffing her cheeks, weakness in closing the right eyelid, and tearing from the right eye. Aunt Liu was in great distress. After hospitalization, Director Liang Liping of the neurology department formulated a comprehensive treatment plan combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine based on Aunt Liu’s condition. In addition to conventional treatment, she received the TCM suitable technique of flash cupping therapy and auricular acupuncture. After a few days of treatment, Aunt Liu’s symptoms of mouth corner deviation, right eye tearing, and weakness in closing the right eyelid significantly improved.
Before discharge, Aunt Liu excitedly held Director Liang Liping’s hand and said, “I didn’t expect our hospital to have so many treatment methods, and the results are really good.“
Health Education in Traditional Chinese Medicine
The flash cupping therapy is a type of cupping therapy that uses the flash fire method to create suction on the affected area, then immediately removes it, repeating the process until the skin becomes red or the bottom of the cup feels warm. The flash cupping therapy stimulates the nerves and blood vessels through repeated suction, which can increase cell permeability, improve local blood circulation, and enhance nutrient supply. It is commonly used to treat muscle atrophy, local skin numbness and pain, or weakness and functional decline. When treating facial paralysis, flash cupping can unblock the skin’s qi and blood, dispel wind and cold to relax the muscles and activate the meridians, thereby improving the circulation of qi and blood in the face and promoting the recovery of facial muscle function.Effects of Flash Cupping:(1) Suction effect: Like ordinary cupping, flash cupping therapy also utilizes the principle of negative pressure to draw the flesh into the cup, which can expel pathogenic factors from the body surface, achieving a dispelling effect.(2) Warming effect: During flash cupping, a larger flame is used, which repeatedly passes over the skin surface, providing a roasting effect on the local tissues. Meanwhile, the hot air inside the cup also warms the local tissues, providing therapeutic effects; when the bottom of the cup is heated, it can be rolled over the local tissues to disperse cold and dampness.(3) Massage effect: When the cup is heated and rolled, techniques from Tui Na (Chinese therapeutic massage) such as rolling, pushing, rubbing, kneading, and tapping are employed, causing passive movement of the local tissues and improving local blood circulation.Applications of Flash Cupping TherapyFlash cupping therapy is applicable to almost all diseases except for conditions of excess heat and deficiency heat. It has a wide range of applicability. Flash cupping therapy does not leave cup marks, and the speed of treatment is quick, as the cup is removed before the second suction is performed. Therefore, in terms of indications and treatment areas, flash cupping therapy is more versatile.
Editor: An Limin
Reviewer: Mu Xin
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