Cupping for acne treatment

Some people with acne on their faces often feel inferior and want to solve this problem. Many people buy various acne products, adjust their diets, etc., but none of them can solve the problem. A face full of pimples not only affects your appearance, but also affects your communication with others. Now a new method is popular, such as using cupping to remove acne. Is this method effective in treating acne? Let me introduce the efficacy of cupping in removing acne.

Modern medicine believes that the onset of acne vulgaris is related to factors such as excessive secretion of androgen, hyperfunction of sebaceous glands, abnormal keratinization of the sebaceous gland ducts, and the action of microorganisms in the sebaceous glands. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that acne is mostly caused by heat accumulated in the spleen and stomach that rises to the lungs, causing heat in the lung meridian blood, and then exogenous pathogens accumulate in the skin pores. If you think too much and worry too much for a long time, it can often cause excessive heart fire and heart fire inflammation; or if you like to eat spicy, greasy food and drink alcohol for a long time, it will cause heat accumulation in the spleen and stomach. Over time, the accumulated heat will rise to the outside and cause acne on the body surface. The principles of treatment should be clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Acne is a chronic inflammatory skin disease of hair follicles and sebaceous glands associated with gonadal endocrine dysfunction. It is common in adolescents and is clinically characterized by facial acne, papules, pustules or nodules and cysts, and is prone to recurrence. The disease in women is characterized by being related to the menstrual cycle. The rash often increases and worsens before menstruation, alleviates after menstruation, or is accompanied by symptoms such as irregular menstruation. Nowadays, acne patients include not only teenagers but also those over 30 years old, especially women, whose number has increased significantly. The condition worsens due to intense study, high work pressure, lack of sleep, irregular lifestyle and unhealthy diet. Due to the widespread use of antibiotics, drug-resistant Bacillus vaccines continue to emerge, and the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating acne is seriously affected. Therefore, the treatment of acne is still a difficult problem in clinical practice. We use bloodletting, cupping and autohemotherapy combined with oral Chinese medicine to treat this disease.

Bloodletting and cupping is a comprehensive therapy that combines bloodletting and cupping. It is developed from bloodletting among the nine needles discussed in Lingshu Guanzhen. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine proposed the principles of bloodletting that "if the blood is too solid, it should be drained" and "if it is stagnant, it should be removed, which means removing blood vessels." This shows that bloodletting can expel blood stasis to eliminate toxins, dredge meridians, regulate the qi and blood of internal organs, and coordinate human functions. Combined with cupping, it can enhance the effect of nourishing blood, regulating blood, and activating blood circulation. Modern medical research shows that, during the treatment of bloodletting and cupping, the discharge of blood and the local warming effect can improve local blood circulation, promote human metabolism, regulate immune function, and regulate the neuroendocrine network. The negative pressure and mechanical stimulation generated by bloodletting are transmitted to the central nervous system through reflex pathways, exerting its regulatory effects on neurohumoral and mental activities, improving vascular function, changing blood composition, and promoting the discharge of harmful and toxic substances, thereby achieving the purpose of promoting metabolism and treating diseases. Blood-pricking and cupping therapy can relieve the fire in the heart and liver, clear the heat in the lungs and stomach, cool the blood and detoxify. It can relieve blood stasis and resolve stagnation, clear away heat and resolve phlegm, descend Qi and relieve stagnation, and dredge the meridians.

In terms of acupoint selection, Dazhui point is a Du meridian acupoint. "Du meridian is the sea of ​​yang meridians" and it governs the whole body's yang energy. During its circulation, it intersects with the three yang meridians of the hands and feet. Bloodletting and cupping at this point can relieve the heat and toxins of the yang meridians. At the same time, the Du meridian is related to the functional activities of the internal organs. Bloodletting and cupping at Dazhui can regulate the Du meridian to eliminate dampness and toxins, conduct heat downward, drain heat and cool blood, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. The lungs are connected to the skin and hair, and adding Feishu can enhance the effect of relieving lung heat. The Neijing says that "all pains, itches and sores belong to the heart", so the Heart Point is used to clear away heat and cool blood to relieve pain; the Liver Point is added to increase the effect of cooling blood; the Spleen Point strengthens the spleen and aids circulation, regulates the middle and eliminates dampness; the Lingtai Point clears away heat, detoxifies, and eliminates sores. The combined use of all the points has obvious results.

Cupping can only play an auxiliary role. It cannot play a fundamental therapeutic role. And cupping cannot be done every day. There should be at least one week between them. Otherwise, it will hurt the skin. The main acupoints are still on the upper back. Such as the lung point, Fengmen point, Dazhui point and other acupoints. In fact, whether taking medicine, cupping or acupuncture can only temporarily relieve symptoms. Wait until you don't need it. He will grow up slowly.

The above is about the effectiveness of cupping in removing acne. Anyone who reads carefully should have a deep understanding of the effectiveness of cupping in removing acne, so you can try this method, but you should also pay attention to self-conditioning. One night you must go to bed early. Generally it should not exceed 11 o'clock, preferably around 10 o'clock. Staying up late is the main cause of acne. Also, avoid fried and spicy foods. Drink more water. These can play a therapeutic role.