Can I use cupping when I have my period?

Many people know that cupping has many benefits for the body. It can promote blood circulation, relax muscles and tendons, and promote blood circulation. Most importantly, it can detoxify. So many people want to do cupping, but if it happens to be during menstruation, they are quite confused about whether they can do it. In fact, it is best not to do it during menstruation, as it can easily cause endocrine disorders and delay the menstrual cycle. In severe cases, it can lead to uterine diseases.

Can I use cupping during my period?

1. Cupping is not allowed during menstruation. Cupping has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. If cupping is performed during menstruation, it can easily lead to endocrine disorders, because menstruation is caused by bleeding along the shedding of the mucous membrane in the uterus, and cupping may cause abnormal shedding of the endometrium, leading to symptoms such as prolonged menstruation, dysmenorrhea, congestion and blood clots during menstruation, and in severe cases, it may cause uterine diseases.

Can I do cupping before my period?

2 Cupping is okay before your period. Cupping can provide benign stimulation to the body's meridians, thereby unblocking qi and blood, causing blood vessels to dilate, and removing cold from the body, but it has no effect on the onset of menstruation.

How long after menstruation can I use cupping

3 Cupping is mainly used to remove dampness and cold. Generally, the interval between cupping is 3 to 5 days, which mainly depends on the individual's physical condition. Women should not use cupping during menstruation. It is best to wait three days after the menstrual period is over before doing so. Also, pay attention to keeping warm and taking good care of yourself at all times.

The principle of cupping therapy

4 Mechanical stimulation Cupping therapy creates negative pressure inside the cup by exhausting air, allowing the edge of the cup to adhere tightly to the skin surface, pulling the nerves, muscles, blood vessels and subcutaneous glands, which can cause a series of neuroendocrine reactions, regulate vasodilation and contraction function and vascular permeability, thereby improving local blood circulation.

Negative pressure effect

The negative pressure of cupping causes local congestion and blood stasis quickly. The release of hemoglobin from red blood cells can bidirectionally regulate the functions of tissues and organs through the nervous system, while promoting the phagocytosis of white blood cells, increasing the skin's sensitivity and tolerance to external changes, and thus enhancing the body's immunity. Secondly, the strong suction of negative pressure can fully open the sweat pores, stimulate and strengthen the functions of sweat glands and sebaceous glands, and cause aging cells on the surface of the skin to fall off, thereby accelerating the excretion of toxins and waste in the body.

Warming effect

During cupping, the local warming effect not only dilates blood vessels and increases blood flow, but also enhances the permeability of blood vessel walls and the phagocytic ability of cells; the changes in vascular tension and mucosal permeability at the cupping site accelerate lymphatic circulation and enhance phagocytosis, thus forming a good environment for infectious lesions to resist biological causes.