Does cupping for weight loss really affect fertility?

When we are exhausted from work or our shoulders and back ache from the air conditioning, we will think of cupping therapy. Cupping, as an ancient and long-standing Chinese medicine therapy, is still widely used in the prevention and health care of human diseases in modern times. However, some people have misunderstandings about the effects of cupping, thinking that it will damage the vital energy. Will it affect reproductive function? The editor below is here to clear up your doubts.

Cupping therapy for weight loss mainly adjusts the functions of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal cortex and sympathetic-adrenal medulla systems by stimulating meridian acupoints, accelerating the basal metabolic rate, thereby promoting fat metabolism, increasing heat production, and consuming accumulated fat; and then adjusting, improving, and repairing the body's own balance.

Cupping for weight loss works by strengthening the body's health and removing evil, stimulating acupoints, and adjusting the meridians, thereby strengthening the spleen and kidney functions, supporting the body's health, and removing evil qi stagnant in the body through the dredging of the meridians. It can not only achieve the effect of overall weight loss, but also eliminate local fat to achieve the purpose of local weight loss.

Glass jars are often used for cupping in hospitals, while plastic vacuum cups are mostly used at home. Their working principles are similar, which is to use fire burning or vacuuming to create negative pressure in the tank and suck it onto the body surface. Under the action of warmth or negative pressure, local capillaries dilate and blood circulation accelerates, producing the therapeutic effects of dispelling cold, unblocking meridians, promoting qi and activating blood circulation.

The back muscles are thick and smooth, and it is the most commonly used cupping site. Acupoints corresponding to the internal organs are distributed on the back. Therefore, cupping on the back can also adjust the functions of the internal organs without affecting fertility or damaging vitality. On the contrary, it can also achieve the effect of tonifying deficiency through the selection of acupoints or techniques.

Cupping does not have a big impact on our fertility, but it also has some disadvantages. It may damage our skin and even cause a stroke. It is easy to catch a cold after cupping. Cupping is not suitable for some people. Cupping therapy should be prohibited or used with caution for people with various fractures, extreme weakness, pregnant women, and women during menstruation. Cupping is not suitable for people who are too thin.