Is cupping effective?

Uterine cold is a disease that plagues women with a high prevalence rate. Clinically, it can cause abdominal pain during menstruation, delayed menstruation, and blood clots in menstruation. Active treatment can improve this condition. Cupping can warm the uterus and can be done at home. It has the effect of preventing and treating a variety of diseases, and is particularly effective for fever, colds and rheumatism.

When cupping is used to treat uterine cold, acupoints such as Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Shenshu, Qihai and Mingmen can be used. You can also take the Chinese herbal medicine Nuangong Pills internally for treatment.

Cupping, one of the traditional treatment methods in Chinese medicine, belongs to the category of external treatment. It has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving itching, removing cold and dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis, dredge meridians and relieve pain, clearing away heat and removing fire. Uterine cold is a common gynecological disease and a frequently-occurring disease. It means that the uterus is severely cold. Using cupping to remove dampness and cold is also a common treatment method in clinical medicine. In addition, it can be combined with other Chinese medicine treatments such as acupuncture, moxibustion, massage, and hot compress of traditional Chinese medicine for better results. If the condition is serious, it can be treated both internally and externally, with Chinese herbal medicine taken orally, such as Wenjing Decoction, Yougui Pills, Jinkui Shenqi Pills, etc.

Cupping is effective when the moisture is too heavy, and the effect is very good. Too much moisture in the body is caused by being in a cool and humid or hot and humid environment for a long time, which allows moisture to enter the body; or eating fatty and greasy food, which causes internal dampness; or imbalance of lung, spleen and kidney functions, and poor triple energizer function, which causes obstruction of water metabolism and water accumulation. Cupping can, through the heat of flame and negative pressure suction, as well as the stimulation of meridian points, expand the kidneys, circulate blood and qi, unblock the meridians, and adjust the functions of the internal organs, thereby accelerating the metabolism of water and moisture and removing moisture that remains in the body.