Cupping is one of the common methods used in traditional Chinese medicine for disease treatment and health care. With the importance of modern people's health, cupping has become one of the good health care methods for modern people, of course, after all, cupping is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine treatment and prevention of diseases, so pay attention to the precautions after cupping, so that cupping can achieve the best results. So let's take a look at the following cupping what are the precautions.

　　(1) the position must be appropriate, local flesh, such as wrinkles, flaccid, uneven scars and positional movement, the fire cans are easy to fall off.

　　(2) According to different parts, choose the right size of the can. When applying the fire-cupping method, the flame should be strong, and the action should be fast, so that the mouth of the can is tilted upwards to avoid the fire source falling down and burning the skin. When applying the flash fire method, the cotton swab dipped in alcohol should not be too much, in order to prevent the alcohol from dripping down to burn and injure the skin. When using the cotton method, to prevent burning cotton off. When using the rack fire method, the buckle cover should be accurate, do not knock over the burning fire rack. When using the boiling water pot, the hot water in the pot should be thrown away to avoid scalding the patient's skin.

　　(3) When applying the needle pot, it is necessary to prevent muscle contraction and bending of the needle, and to avoid crushing the needle into the depth in favour of injury. All acupuncture points on the chest and back should be used with caution.

　　(4) In the application of blood cupping, the area of the bleeding skin of the needle should be equal to or slightly larger than the calibre of the fire pot. The amount of bleeding shall be appropriate, and the total amount of each time shall be no more than 10ml for adults.

　　(5) When using multiple cans, the distance between the cans should not be too close, otherwise the skin will be pulled by the cans to produce pain, and at the same time, the cans are crowded each other, and should not be pulled firmly.

　　(6) In the application of walking cans, can not be in the bone protruding push and pull, so as not to damage the skin, or fire cans leakage off.

　　(7) When starting the can, the technique should be gentle, with one hand against the skin on the side of the can, press a little, so that the gas leakage, the can can be taken off, not hard pulling or spinning.

　　(8)If there is bleeding from the pinhole after cupping, use a dry cotton ball to wipe it away. General local redness or cyanosis (bruising), is a normal phenomenon, will subside on its own. If the local ecchymosis is serious, it is not suitable to pluck again in the original position. If you leave the can for too long, the skin will blister, small does not need to deal with, to prevent infection caused by abrasion; large can be pierced with a needle, out of the bubble liquid, coated with gentian violet solution, covered with antiseptic dressings, to prevent infection.

　　Cupping what precautions we have introduced you to the end, it is worth noting that although cupping is good for health, and can play a role in health care, but if it is a pregnant woman, pregnant women, young children, and so on, it is best not to carry out cupping, so as not to affect the health of the body.