Skin color after cupping is a barometer of health

Cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment method with a long history. Some marks will appear on the skin after cupping, which is a normal phenomenon, so many people ignore it. In fact, the color of your skin after cupping just indicates your physical condition, and different colors represent different diseases.

Skin color identification after cupping:

1. The cupping mark is tight, black and dark: It generally indicates blood stasis in the body, such as dysmenorrhea or insufficient blood supply to the heart. This mark will also appear if the affected area is severely cold. If the marks do not disappear after several days, it usually means that the disease has been going on for a long time and it will take a long time to cure. If large areas of black and purple marks appear when cupping, it indicates that a large area has been affected by the wind and cold and the treatment should be mainly symptomatic and cold-dispelling.

2. Purple marks from the cupping are accompanied by plaques, which generally indicates local cold and blood stasis.

3. The cupping marks appear as scattered purple dots of varying depths, generally indicating qi stagnation and blood stasis.

4. Pale purple patches with plaques generally indicate deficiency syndrome with blood stasis. If the spots are obvious at the acupoints, it indicates weakness of the related internal organs. For example, if they appear at the Shenshu acupoints, it indicates kidney deficiency.

5. The cupping mark is bright red, which generally indicates Yin deficiency or Qi and Yin deficiency. Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire may also occur.

6. The cupping marks are bright red and scattered, usually appearing after cupping over a large area. They do not protrude above the skin. If they are concentrated on a certain acupoint or its vicinity, it indicates that the internal organs related to this acupoint are abnormal or there is a disease.

7. After cupping or suction cupping, there is no cupping mark (or it is not obvious), or if there is, it disappears immediately after the cupping is opened and returns to normal color, indicating that the body is basically normal or the condition is still mild.

8. If blisters are easily formed during cupping or sitting cupping, it indicates that there is a lot of moisture. If many small blisters appear on the affected area, it indicates that it is caused by moisture. To achieve an ideal therapeutic effect, multiple consecutive cupping treatments are needed.

9. If wheals appear during cupping (such as acute urticaria), it indicates that it is caused by wind coconut or an allergic constitution.

10. As the condition improves, the cupping marks will also be reduced and less visible. To prevent them, you can scrape your back more often in your spare time to dredge the meridians.