(1) Preparation of materials: two glass fire cans (spare one), according to the parts, choose the number of models, a pair of tweezers, a vial of 95% alcohol (large mouth), a bottle of cotton balls, matches a combination of a new towel, a piece of soap, a basin.
(2) Pre-operative examination: check the condition, clear diagnosis, whether the indications. Check the cupping site and the patient's position, whether it is appropriate. Check whether the mouth of the can is smooth and there is no residual angle broken.
(3) operation method: first with a clean towel, dipped in hot water will be cupping parts of scrubbing, and then tweezers tweezers tight cotton ball slightly dipped in alcohol, match burning, with the door of fire method, to the glass fire canisters, a flash, and quickly fasten the canisters on the skin.
(4) stay cans time: in the past stay cans time is longer, there are from 10 minutes to stay more than 30 minutes, this long time to stay cans, easy to make the local black and purple, depression of blood serious, increase the absorption of the difficulties, therefore, now stay cans time is generally shorter than before, according to the physical strength of the shallow capillaries seeping out of the blood, you can consider changing from 3 minutes to 6 minutes is more appropriate.
Practice has proven that there are more benefits to leaving a jar for a short time than for a long time. Severe depression blood reduced to a slight oozing blood or congestion, easy to absorb, enhance resistance to disease; does not leave a spot mark; to prevent suction excessive, resulting in blister injuries caused by infection; although the time is short, the therapeutic effect is higher.
(5) start cans: the left hand gently press the cans, tilted to the left, the right hand index, middle two fingers to press the muscles of the other side of the cans tilted mouth, gently press, so that the mouth of the cans leaked out of the gap, through the air, suction disappeared, the cans naturally fall off.
(6) the size of the fire: the size of the fire, but also to master. Alcohol more, fire is big suction force; alcohol less, fire is small suction force is small. There are cans knocking fast suction; knocking slow suction is small. These can be temporarily mastered.
(7) interval; according to the condition to decide. Generally speaking, chronic diseases or moderate condition, can be every other day. The disease can be acute once a day, for example, high fever, acute rheumatoid, or acute gastroenteritis and other diseases, every lying once, twice, or even three times, are not too much, but the time to stay in the can is not too long.
(8) Course of treatment. Generally 12 times for a course of treatment, if the condition requires, you can continue a few courses.
(9) parts: shoulder, chest, back, waist, buttocks, ribcage, and cervical spine, ankle, gastrocnemius muscle and other parts of the muscle thick, less vascular, can be dialing cupping. In addition, according to the condition, the scope of pain, you can pull l ~ 2 fire cans, or 4 ~ 6 or even 10 glass fire cans.