Can I use cupping during my period?

Cupping is a traditional Chinese medical treatment method. Many people use this method in their daily lives. Especially modern people often use cupping when they are doing health preservation and wellness. It plays a vital role in our lives and health. There are also many women who use cupping in their daily lives. So, can cupping be done during menstruation? Let us understand this problem through the following introduction.

Try not to cupping during your period, as it can prolong your period and increase blood volume. Cupping therapy is one of the traditional medical methods in my country and has a history of thousands of years.

Cupping is a method of treating diseases based on the principle of thermal expansion and contraction. It uses an instantaneous flame to form a vacuum negative pressure in the cup, which is sucked into the human body, causing the body's meridians to be benignly stimulated, thereby unblocking qi and blood, causing blood vessels to dilate, accelerating blood flow, enhancing metabolism, and rapidly improving the body's nutritional tissues, thereby reflexively enhancing the phagocytic ability of white blood cells, improving the body's immune function, and achieving the purpose of curing diseases and strengthening the body.

Cupping therapy is also known as "cupping therapy" and "suction cup therapy", and was called "horn method" in ancient times. It is recorded in the silk book "Fifty-two Prescriptions for Diseases" unearthed from the Han Tomb of Mawangdui. The horn method is also mentioned in Ge Hong's "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow" in the Jin Dynasty and Wang Tao's "Secrets of the Imperial Pharmacy" in the Tang Dynasty. There are many discussions about it in ancient Chinese medical literature. It is often used to absorb blood and drain pus in the treatment of sores and abscesses. Later, it was used in internal medicine diseases such as tuberculosis and rheumatism. Zhao Xuemin of the Qing Dynasty mentioned "fire cupping energy" in "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" and said: "The fire energy of the cup is combined inside, which makes it impossible to remove... dizziness will appear on the flesh, water will come out of the cup, and all the wind and cold will be expelled." In recent years, with the continuous development of medical practice, not only the materials and methods of cupping have been improved and developed, but the scope of treatment has also been further expanded. It is often used in combination with acupuncture, becoming an important therapy in acupuncture.

Through the above introduction, we know that cupping cannot be performed during menstruation, but it can be performed after the menstruation is over. Generally, cupping also has contraindications. Generally, pregnant women, women during menstruation, people who are too thin, or the elderly under 6 years old and over 70 years old are not allowed to cupping. In addition, patients with poor health or diseases are also not allowed to cupping.