expert: it’s not good. Removing dampness mainly depends on internal treatment
“the darker the color of the pulled out and scraped out Sha, the heavier the moisture in the body!”
dispel dampness, which is the cognition of the main functions of cupping and scraping. Unexpectedly, this is a huge misunderstanding! The main function of these two traditional Chinese medicine therapies is not to dispel dampness, and the effect of dispelling dampness is not obvious!
traditional Chinese medicine experts remind that people in Lingnan not only misunderstand cupping and scraping, but also like to hang “heavy moisture” in their mouth. Sleepiness, laziness, getting angry and eczema will be classified as heavy moisture, which may not be the case.
the purpose of cupping is not to dispel dampness
“cupping can dispel dampness and detoxify, which is the biggest misunderstanding of this therapy.” Zhuang Lixing, director of acupuncture and moxibustion Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese medicine, told the new express that in TCM syndrome differentiation, the principle of cupping lies in: through the squeezing effect of physical negative pressure, it causes blood vessel rupture and bleeding, blood penetrates into local tissues, dredges blood stasis and achieves the effect of regulating body balance. Its main function is not to dispel dampness, but to dredge meridians and activate collaterals, promote qi and blood circulation, reduce swelling and pain, dispel wind and disperse cold, detoxify and so on. Therefore, cupping is often used to treat diseases related to meridian obstruction, such as irregular menstruation, neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain, etc. At the same time, cupping also has the function of “purging fire”, which is often used to treat various real diseases, including fever and cold. The purpose of
scraping is not to dispel dampness.
scraping is similar to cupping, and “scraping out” is the same. Through treatment on meridians and acupoints, it has good curative effect on fever, heatstroke, cold and other real diseases, and can also well alleviate fever such as getting angry. In contrast, the effect of scraping is shallow, while the effect of cupping is deeper; And scraping can only be used on people with real diseases and fever. Scraping is not recommended for the elderly, children and the weak. It is forbidden for pregnant women.
removing dampness mainly depends on internal treatment. First diuresis and then regulating the spleen and stomach
many people think cupping can quickly dehumidify, but in fact it can not achieve the expected effect.
“the essence of ‘dampness’ in traditional Chinese medicine is water.” Zhuang Lixing said that moisture is mainly discharged through defecation and sweat. Although the main purpose of cupping and scraping is not to dispel dampness, it also “pulls out” part of the tissue fluid, which has a certain effect of dispelling dampness. However, due to the small amount of water, the dampness removing effect is actually very limited. Cupping is relatively better, and scraping has little effect on removing dampness.
“removing dampness mainly depends on internal treatment, not external treatment.” Zhuang Lixing said that patients with severe dampness should first differentiate the type of dampness and can use dampness promoting drugs to alleviate surface symptoms. Because the root cause of heavy moisture is the insufficient accumulation function of the spleen and stomach, after removing dampness, we have to regulate the spleen and stomach to fundamentally improve our physique.
typical symptoms of heavy moisture
thick white tongue coating, thick yellow tongue coating, greasy mouth, loss of appetite, dyspepsia, fatigue, muscle soreness, stool viscosity, etc.
the darker the color of the cupping, the darker the moisture?
are legends! Color is related to blood and cupping strength
if the main function of cupping and scraping is not to dispel dampness, the color of “scraping” is deep, light, red and purple. What’s the reason? Zhuang Lixing said that it is actually very simple to explain this.
first of all, different people have different blood colors and skin colors, so the color of “Sha” will naturally be different. Secondly, the color of Sha is not deep, which is also related to the negative pressure of cupping. For example, in addition to cupping in traditional Chinese medicine, there are also bamboo cans, air extraction cans, etc. Among them, bamboo cans are deoxygenated in water, and the temperature of the cupping tank and the pressure of the exhaust are relatively small. Not only is it not convenient to operate, but also it is not enough to give awesome power, and the color of the eruption is easy to be shallow.