"Fire Cupping" is a unique method of curing diseases that has been passed down for a long time in China's folklore, commonly known as "Cupping Cans" and "Sucking Tubes", and is called "Fire Cupping Gas" in "Gleanings from the Materia Medica", and "Cupping Tubes" in "The Surgical Authors". In "Gleanings from the Compendium of Materia Medica", it is called "fire pot gas", and in "Surgery", it is also called "pulling tube method". In ancient times, it was mostly used for surgical carbuncle, at first it was not to make cans, but to use the ox horn tube with small holes, covered in the affected part of the drainage of pus and blood, so some ancient books also named "horn method". This is a kind of therapy that uses cups and cans as tools, and uses heat to remove the air in them to generate negative pressure, so as to suction on the skin, resulting in the phenomenon of blood depletion. Fire cupping through physical stimulation and negative pressure artificially caused by capillary rupture blood, mobilise human stem cell repair function, and necrotic blood cell absorption function, can promote blood circulation, stimulate the essence of qi, regulating qi and blood, to improve and regulate the human body immunity effect.

　　The significance of the marks and colours left behind by fire cupping

　　1, can marks purple and black and dark: generally indicates insufficient blood supply, poor menstruation with blood stagnation phenomenon.

　　2, the can issued purple and accompanied by plaque: generally indicates that the cold condensation blood stagnation.

　　3, the can mark was scattered purple spots, and the depth of the same, said that the stagnation of blood stagnation syndrome.

　　4, can mark bright red and colourful: generally indicates a deficiency of yin, qi and blood deficiency or yin deficiency fire.

　　5, can mark red and dark: indicates high blood fat, and heat evil.

　　6, can mark grey, touch and not warm, mostly cold or damp evil.

　　7、The surface of the jar mark has skin lines or slight itching: it indicates wind or dampness.

　　8、Water vapor on the inner wall of the canister: indicates that there is dampness in the area.

　　9, the appearance of blisters in the jar seal, indicating heavy moisture in the body, if there is blood and water inside the blisters, it is the reaction of damp-heat toxicity.

　　Expert tips, cupping fire cupping after the appearance of purplish-red marks is normal, in general, these can marks will be dissipated in 7 days or so, if you want to dissipate quickly, you can do the can 24 hours later, with a hot compress or moxibustion to help dissipate. If you want to dissipate them quickly, you can use hot compresses or moxibustion 24 hours after you have done the canning to help dissipate them.

　　The colour of the cupping represents what has been introduced to you, I hope our introduction can help you, and finally wish you good health in this winter, all the best.