Is cupping good for children?

Most of the time, cupping is performed on adults or the elderly. However, many parents are concerned about their children's health, so they also hope to help their children improve their physical fitness through cupping. So, is cupping good for children? In fact, generally speaking, children can have cupping. However, there are many issues that need to be paid attention to when cupping. After all, children's bodies are very different from adults'.

Can children use cupping?

Children can do cupping.

However, because children's skin is delicate, the cupping time should not be too long.

reason:

Cupping is also beneficial for children, especially for those with poor physical constitution. Cupping on the back can improve immunity.

Notice:

1. When cupping children, you should control the time and cup until the skin turns red.

2. However, cupping is not suitable for people with blood diseases, skin swelling, ulcers or other skin injuries.

3. Cupping is also prohibited for children suffering from thrombocytopenic purpura.

4. If blisters occur due to long-term extraction, puncture the blisters with a sterilized needle, disinfect with iodine, and bandage with gauze to avoid infection.

Two cupping methods suitable for children:

Children with diarrhea: Pull up and down along the navel, or go down along the spine from the top to the buttocks.

Children who have caught a cold: You can apply the massage from the back, two finger widths away from both sides of the spine, moving from top to bottom.

Cupping is one of the traditional diagnostic and treatment methods in Chinese medicine.

Children's internal organs are delicate, their body functions are fragile, and their disease resistance is low. If they are not properly cared for, they are prone to respiratory diseases such as colds, coughs, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, etc.

Children's stomachs are fragile, and their spleen and stomach functions are not yet fully developed. They are easily harmed by diet, which can cause spleen and stomach dysfunction, resulting in digestive system diseases such as indigestion, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, stagnation, malnutrition, constipation, and diarrhea.

These common and frequently occurring diseases in children can be prevented and treated through cupping therapy.

Can children use cupping?

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The role of cupping

Since cupping can promote qi and blood circulation, dispel wind and cold, reduce swelling and relieve pain, it has a certain therapeutic effect on back muscle strain and lumbar disc herniation.

Specific role:

1. Balance Yin and Yang

When Yang is excessive, it is hot; when Yin is excessive, it is cold. Fever is a manifestation of excessive Yang Qi, while chills and aversion to cold are symptoms of excessive Yin Qi. Cupping at Dazhui can treat fever diseases, while cupping at Guanyuan can treat cold diseases.

2. Harmonize the internal organs

Cupping therapy creates negative pressure on the meridians and acupoints to cause congestion, blood stasis and other changes in the acupoints on the surface of the body. The acupoints are connected to the internal organs through the meridians, thereby treating various internal organ diseases.

3. Unblock the meridians

Cupping therapy stimulates the acupuncture points and the skin of the meridians through its warm mechanical stimulation and negative pressure suction effect. The acupuncture points and the skin of the meridians are closely connected with the meridians. Therefore, cupping can dredge the meridians, harmonize the Ying and Wei, remove various pathogenic evil spirits in the meridians, promote the smooth flow of Qi and blood, nourish and open the tendons, veins and joints, and thus treat various diseases.

4. Assist in diagnosis

By observing all the changes on the body surface after cupping, we can infer the nature and location of the disease and its relationship with the internal organs.

5. Eliminate pathogenic factors

Cupping therapy uses negative pressure to suck the acupuncture points on the body surface, which can not only open the pores and dispel wind and cold, but also adjust the functions of the internal organs and meridians, invigorate the body's positive energy, and help expel evil spirits from the body.

6. Two-way adjustment

When the clinical acupoint selection and cupping methods remain unchanged, cupping therapy has a bidirectional benign regulatory effect.