1 Cupping or bamboo pot Bamboo pot: use thin bamboo with a diameter of 3-5cm, cut into a bamboo tube with a length of about 6- 10cm, with a joint at one end as the bottom and the other end as the spout. After various manufacturing processes, the tube wall thickness is about 2-3cm, and the middle is a waist-drum-shaped bamboo pot. The advantage is that it is not easy to break down, and the disadvantage is that it is easy to dry and crack, leak air and have low absorption. After cupping, you can't see the congestion and bleeding of the skin in the can, and it is not easy to clean and dry after washing. Now the hospital uses less.

Glass jar: made of heat-resistant and hard transparent glass, shaped like a basket, with a lower abdomen and a slightly thicker mouth turned outwards. According to the size of cupping, it is divided into four models. The advantages are that the texture is transparent, the blood stasis and bleeding of the skin in the jar can be seen, the degree of cupping treatment can be easily mastered, and it is easy to clean and dry with a clean cloth after cleaning. The disadvantage is that it is easily broken.

What is the principle of bamboo pot? 1. The water vapor in the bamboo pot is treated by pricking blood therapy in the bamboo pot. After the temperature is lowered, it will condense into water, which will produce a strong negative pressure and a stronger suction. At the same time, the traditional Chinese medicine used to boil bamboo pots has the function of expelling wind and promoting blood circulation, which can delay the coagulation speed of blood stasis during cupping and make the blood stasis excreted smoothly.

The bamboo pot cooked by Chinese medicine is hot, which can effectively prevent blood coagulation. At the same time, the suction of the bamboo pot gradually increases with the cooling, so as to prevent the capillaries from being congested too quickly and affect blood stasis.

Can low back pain be cupped? Yes, cupping has a good effect on treating low back pain, especially old traumatic low back pain. Cupping can make the treatment site congested, thus producing therapeutic effect. Cupping combined with acupuncture can improve the therapeutic effect. Mainly used for rheumatalgia, lumbar muscle strain, headache, abdominal pain and asthma. But I want to remind you that cupping is not allowed at the beginning of any low back pain. You must first know what causes low back pain, so that it is convenient to "prescribe the right medicine" and let cupping play its greatest role.