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Sliding Cupping
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Unique Treatments
Do you often feel stiffness and discomfort in your neck and shoulders,
with tight and aching muscles throughout your back?
Do you often feel heavy and weak in your body,
and suspect that you have excessive dampness?
If you have the above discomfort symptoms,
it is recommended that you try a traditional treatment method—Sliding Cupping
What is Sliding Cupping?
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Sliding cupping therapy, also known as gliding cupping, uses cups as tools. A suitable amount of lubricant is applied to the rim of the cup and the affected area. By using heat to expel air from the cup, a negative pressure is created, allowing the cup to adhere to the skin. The cup is then moved back and forth over the affected area, causing the skin to become reddened or congested.
Effects and Functions
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Relax muscles and open meridians
Activate blood circulation and resolve stasis
Release the exterior and expel pathogens
Warm the meridians and disperse cold
Applicable Diseases
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Headaches
Low back pain
Neck and shoulder pain
Insomnia
Sub-health conditions
Cough caused by wind-cold type colds and other symptoms
Unsuitable Populations
Traditional Chinese Medicine
1
Those with high fever, convulsions, spasms, acute soft tissue injuries, and trauma should avoid this treatment.
2
Those with bleeding tendencies, such as late-stage diabetes, severe anemia, leukemia, aplastic anemia, and thrombocytopenia should avoid this treatment.
3
Those with skin lesions, skin diseases, and those with high and unstable blood pressure should avoid this treatment.
4
Those who are overly fatigued, hungry, extremely thirsty, or intoxicated should not undergo sliding cupping immediately; they should rest and recover before proceeding.
5
Women during menstruation, pregnant women, those with coagulation disorders, edema, and those with large blood vessels should avoid this treatment.
Post-Treatment Precautions:
Traditional Chinese Medicine
After treatment, drink plenty of warm water, and do not bathe for 4-6 hours. Keep warm to prevent getting cold.
Avoid consuming cold and raw foods after treatment, and limit intake of fruits and seafood.
If blisters appear after treatment, small blisters generally do not require treatment; keep the area dry and they can be absorbed in 2-3 days. Large blisters need to be treated under a doctor’s guidance to avoid infection.
Source: Outpatient TCM Treatment Area
Editor: Nursing Science Popularization Team
Images sourced from the internet
