Can you cupping rheumatism? Does rheumatic cupping work?
Cupping is a traditional method of external treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, the most common is cupping, which is the phenomenon of congestion caused by physical stimulation and negative pressure, so as to achieve the therapeutic effect. Rheumatism patients can cupping, many rheumatic patients want to use cupping to treat their rheumatic conditions, so does cupping work for rheumatic patients? Can all rheumatologists be able to cup?
1. Relieve pain
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rheumatism is mainly caused by the loss of kidney qi, the blockage of tendons and veins, and the obstruction of meridians, when rheumatism patients are cold, tired, and incorrect posture, it is easy to cause rheumatism to recur or aggravate, and cupping can infiltrate the dampness and cold in the body through the skin tissue, thereby helping to eliminate evil qi and relieving rheumatic pain.
2. Reduce symptoms
Rheumatism is mostly articular lesions and symptoms, while rheumatoid arthritis is mainly caused by the stagnation of wind, cold, dampness and other heterozygous in the joints and muscles, hindering the operation of the qi and thus forming the disease. For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, cupping can make the wind, cold and dampness around the joints leak out from the body surface, which can play a role in improving local blood circulation and strengthening metabolism, thus reducing rheumatism symptoms.
3. Warm reminder
Cupping can play a role in adjusting the physical state of rheumatic patients, relieving pain, relieving fatigue, and enhancing physical fitness, and has a certain effect on the treatment of rheumatism, but not all rheumatic patients are suitable for cupping. Patients with rheumatic immune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, etc., their immune system itself overactivates the antibodies that attack their own tissues, and if they are cupped, it will aggravate the attack of antibodies on the body's tissues, which will aggravate the condition, so rheumatic immune patients are not suitable for cupping. Therefore, rheumatism patients should not rush to the doctor, but choose the treatment that suits them.