In the face of more and more beauty salons and health centers introducing cupping therapy to attract the public's attention, people's doubts come and go. Is cupping really effective for losing weight, or is it just a gimmick launched by merchants? The following is for everyone to answer.
Can cupping really lose weight?
Lin gave a positive answer to this statement. Cupping can lose weight. Acupoint selection needs to be selected according to the patient's physique. Generally, local acupoints (obese parts) and whole body regulating acupoints are selected, but other therapies such as acupuncture, catgut embedding and ear acupuncture are needed to achieve better results.
You can't relax the adjustment of diet and exercise just because you eat cupping or other Chinese medicine treatments to lose weight. Healthy lifestyle, such as exercise and reasonable diet, is also an important factor affecting the efficacy of weight loss.
Matters needing attention in cupping to lose weight
1, anemia, heart disease can't lose weight by cup.
2, skin allergies, warm rash, eczema can not lose weight in a cup (hair needs to be scraped off).
3, menstrual period can not lose weight by cup. I don't want to lose weight before menstruation, because water, salt and sodium are stored in my body. Only when menstruation is clean can you lose weight. Do not cupping to lose weight during menstruation.
4, constipation can not lose weight by cup (first conditioning and then losing weight).
5, colds, diarrhea can not lose weight in cups.
6, excessive fatigue, can not lose weight in a cup when getting angry.
Over 7.50 years old, with slow metabolism, can't lose weight by cupping.
8. Cupping time should not be too long, 15 minutes or less to avoid foaming.
The principle of cupping to lose weight:
By stimulating meridian points, regulating the functions of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal cortex and sympathetic-adrenal medulla, accelerating basal metabolic rate, thus promoting fat metabolism, increasing heat production and consuming accumulated fat; Then adjust, perfect and repair the balance of the human body itself.
Cupping to lose weight can help healthy qi by strengthening body resistance and eliminating evil spirits, stimulating acupoints, adjusting meridians, strengthening the function of spleen and stomach transport and transformation. In addition, it can dredge meridians and dispel stagnant pathogens in the body, which can not only achieve the overall weight loss effect, but also eliminate local fat and achieve the purpose of partial weight loss.
First, cupping can effectively regulate lipid metabolism. Lipid peroxide in obese patients is higher than normal level. Cupping can reduce the content of lipid peroxide in human body and accelerate the metabolism of fat, thus achieving the purpose of losing weight.
Second, it can correct the abnormal appetite of patients, and inhibit the excessive secretion of gastric acid through the regulation of the nervous system, so as to achieve the goal of not being tired or hungry. After cupping, the stomach empties slowly and the stomach is not empty. Naturally, I feel full and don't want to eat too much.
Third, it is to effectively regulate endocrine disorders. The incidence of endocrine disorders in obese patients is extremely high. Why do women get fat after giving birth, not only because of overnutrition, but also because they break her endocrine balance after giving birth and cause obesity. When women reach menopause, endocrine disorders can also lead to obesity. Cupping to lose weight can correct endocrine disorders and accelerate fat metabolism by regulating hypothalamus, pituitary gland, adrenal cortex and sympathetic adrenal cortex, so as to achieve the purpose of losing weight.