The color depth of the can seal mainly depends on the water in the body, the cupping time, the doctor's skill and other factors. Generally, the colors of can printing are purple-black, red, crimson and so on. Do these colors mean anything?
What does the color after cupping represent?
1, the altar print is purple and dark: generally speaking, it means insufficient blood supply, irregular menstruation and blood stasis, and this mark will also appear when a cold is severe.
2. The jar is purple, accompanied by plaques: generally, it is dominated by deficiency-cold syndrome, with cold coagulation and blood stasis, and the spots at acupoints clearly indicate visceral weakness. For example, it is presented at Shenshu point, indicating kidney deficiency.
3. Pot marks are scattered in purple spots with the same depth, indicating qi stagnation and blood stasis.
4. The jar seal is bright red: generally speaking, it means yin deficiency, deficiency of both qi and blood or fire flourishing due to yin deficiency.
5, the can is printed red and dark: it means that the blood fat is high and there is heat evil.
6. There is moisture on the inner wall of the tank: it means that there is moisture in this part.
7. Blisters appear on the cans, indicating that the body is wet. If there is blood in the blister, it is a reaction of damp-heat toxin.
There are no obvious cupping marks during cupping or the marks disappear quickly after cupping, indicating that the health is normal and the viscera are free from diseases.
Precautions for cupping
1. When cupping, the air in the selected place should be clean, and the room should be warm and sheltered from the wind to prevent patients from catching cold. Cover your clothes to keep warm after cupping.
2. Patients should choose a suitable posture, which is comfortable and convenient for cupping. During cupping, don't move at will to avoid cupping falling off.
3. Cupping should not be done in the same place before the ecchymosis in the previous cupping part has disappeared.
4. If blisters appear, small ones don't need treatment, but they should be prevented from being scratched to avoid infection; The big one can be punctured with a disinfectant needle to release the liquid in the blister, and coated with methyl violet liquid to cover the disinfectant dressing.
5. When applying the method of pricking collaterals and cupping, the amount of bleeding should be appropriate. The amount of bleeding per adult should not exceed 10 ml. Generally, acute diseases and strong physique can cause more bleeding. Patients with chronic diseases, the elderly, young children and the weak should bleed less. Hard treatment can puncture blood and cupping 2 ~ 3 places, and repeated treatment can puncture blood and cupping 2 ~ 5 places, generally not too much.
Experts believe that the darker the cupping color, the heavier the moisture, which is not comprehensive. Everyone's physique is different, and the traces of cupping are naturally different. Too much water in the human body can cause many symptoms, such as loss of appetite, greasy face, white and thick tongue coating, edema and so on. If it is determined to be heavy, it must be treated in time, so as not to let the dampness harm your health.
Chinese medicine recommends diet therapy to eliminate dampness, strengthen spleen and stomach. Common foods for invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness mainly include yam, coix seed, gordon euryales, red beans and so on. As for the efficacy, it is really serious. Coix lachryma-jobi seed, called "Coix lachryma-jobi seed" in Chinese medicine, is listed as the top grade in Shennong Herbal Classic. It can eliminate dampness and benefit the stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach, and can strengthen the body and replenish qi if taken for a long time. Because the digestive function of moisture decreases, it is most suitable for cooking porridge, so as not to increase the burden on the stomach.
Barley and red bean porridge
Materials: coix seed100g, red bean 50g, gordon euryales10g, and medlar 5g.
Exercise:
1, coix seed and red beans are washed and soaked for two hours.
2. Add appropriate amount of Coicis Semen and red beans to boil, then add Euryale ferox and Lycium barbarum and cook for 30 minutes.
However, there are good and bad coix seed. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the smaller the particles of coix seed, the higher its medicinal value, just like Qujing coix seed in Yunnan, Xingren coix seed in Guizhou and Jinsha coix seed in Fujian. You will find that Jinsha barley is the smallest, so it can be used as a tribute to the Ming court.
Moreover, the Compendium of Materia Medica records that barley in Jinsha is produced in Jinsha Village, Longhua Town, Xianyou County, Fujian Province. With a history of thousands of years, it is the only edible and medicinal barley confirmed in China at present. There is a folk song in Jinsha village that sings: "Coix seed is better than Ganoderma lucidum and has high medicinal and nutritional value. Eating regularly can prolong life and contribute to rejuvenation. "
Coix seed, Chinese yam and Euryale ferox porridge
Ingredients: yam, coix seed and Euryale seed.
Practice: Coix seed needs to be soaked for half an hour, and the three ingredients are put in at the same time. Add enough water and bring to a boil, and turn to low heat 1 hour. Keep stirring when cooking to prevent the bottom of the pot from burning and overflowing.