Is cupping good for children?

The reason why traditional Chinese medicine is highly respected by everyone is mainly because it is not only effective in treating diseases, but also has no side effects. Compared with Western medicine, Chinese medicine has more comprehensive therapeutic effects and treatment methods. So everyone is willing to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat and prevent diseases. For example, cupping, acupuncture, etc. So can children undergo cupping? Let us introduce it in detail below.

Children can have cupping treatment on their backs. It is best if they can tolerate more. Cup one row from top to bottom along the Du meridian, and then two rows on both sides of the Du meridian. If the fever is high, bloodletting and cupping can be done at the Dazhui point (pay attention to disinfection), and then use alcohol to physically cool down the palms, soles of the feet, heart pits, and back of the back.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cupping can open the pores, strengthen the body and eliminate evil. Diseases are caused by pathogenic factors that lead to the imbalance of yin and yang in the body, abnormal rise and fall of qi and blood in the human body, and disorder of qi and blood functions of internal organs. When the human body is attacked by wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, fire, poison, external trauma or internal emotional injury, it can lead to organ dysfunction and produce pathological products, such as blood stasis, qi stagnation, phlegm, food stagnation, turbid water, and evil fire. These pathological products are also pathogenic factors, which travel through the body through the meridians and acupoints, disrupt the qi, retain it in the internal organs, block the meridians, and ultimately lead to various diseases. The vacuum negative pressure generated by cupping has a strong suction force, which acts on the meridian acupoints, can open the pores and make the skin congested, so that the pathological products in the body are sucked out of the body through the skin pores, thereby unblocking the meridians and blood, adjusting the functions of the internal organs, and achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cupping can dredge meridians and regulate qi and blood. Meridians have the physiological function of "circulating Qi and blood, nurturing Yin and Yang, strengthening tendons and bones, and benefiting joints". If the meridians are blocked, Qi will not flow smoothly and blood will stagnate, which may cause the skin, flesh, tendons, veins and joints to lack nourishment and atrophy and become unhealthy, or the blood circulation may not be nourished and the six internal organs may not function properly. Through the suction and pulling effect of cupping on the skin, pores, meridians and acupoints, it can guide the distribution of the Qi of the Nutrient and the Defense, stimulate the Qi and blood in the meridians, nourish the internal organs and tissues, warm the skin and fur, and at the same time invigorate the functions of the weak internal organs, unclog the meridians, adjust the balance of Yin and Yang in the body, and adjust the Qi and blood, thereby achieving the purpose of fitness, disease prevention and treatment.

You must be careful when cupping. First of all, the technique must be strong. If the skills are not strong enough, burns and scalds may easily occur, or the treatment effect may be poor. In addition, when using cupping, the time of cupping should be determined according to the condition of the patient. The longest time should not exceed fifteen minutes. Otherwise, there will be other side effects on the body.