Philippines fish "endorsements" cupping, modern medicine

August 15, 2016 08:42

Source: journal of science and technology

The original title: fish "endorsements" cupping, modern medicine

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In Rio DE janeiro Olympic Games recently, the media will focus to focus on the athletes "red seal" - cans print. It is not difficult to find that the foreign athletes at the Olympic Games have been the iconic image of the cupping therapy of traditional Chinese medicine, and Phelps is said to be a fan of cupping therapy.

And keen, not "fish" is the only one, it is reported that the American swimming team popular cupping, gymnast Alexander doll was willing to show the public the cupping.

Cupping therapy for repair and relieve the injury really so magical?

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Cupping therapy use for a long time

But not all medical staff

"For many years in the national team's medical staff use is given priority to with Chinese medicine conservative treatment to deal with more sports injuries." State general administration of sports sports science institute sports health and recovery research center researcher zhao peng told the journal of science and technology, using such as acupuncture and moxibustion and cupping therapy of traditional Chinese medicine to treat injuries for athletes, eliminate fatigue has a long history, almost every national team athletes received such rehabilitation treatment, what is not rare.

Zhao peng said athletes daily cupping mainly by negative pressure make the local tissue expansion of capillary hyperemia, is advantageous to the functions of cold, excrete metabolic waste, relieve muscle fatigue, to open at the end of the circulation of the blood, local pain or acid bilges eased or disappeared. In the process of cupping, pores increases, it can accelerate metabolism, especially lactic acid metabolism, beneficial to the fatigue recovery of athletes. In addition, when athletes body parts have injury, through the cupping therapy can achieve the purpose of for activating blood circulation and "sometimes we will also be cupping therapy and acupuncture combined with application of this treatment effect will be better." Zhao peng said.

"Cupping is particularly common in swimmers body, mainly because of a swimmer to soak in cold water for a long time, carry momentum is big, a lot of people there are raw symptoms." Competitive sports science institute of the state sport general administration center is responsible for the national swimming team sports training Cheng Yan told science and technology journal, cupping, swimmers are night rest after launching the next day. About the use of cupping, swimming team's medical staff tips, general athletes only 1 to 2 Zhou Ba once cans, time control in about 10 minutes, cupping, because the pores after inhalation moisture easily, so do after the best don't go and take a shower, moreover strain and damage of cupping carefully and fracture is not applicable to cupping, muscle damage will be professional doctor evaluation.

Foreign athletes are using cupping, does that mean foreign also began to believe that the traditional Chinese medicine? Zhao peng said: "the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine meridian and the overall, and western medicine is take the anatomy and function. The western medicine has a scientific theory of abroad makes clear, cupping or walking tank and trigger points related to myofascial injury injury treatment has a positive role, is the international popular myofascial chain good physical therapy technology."

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Improve local circulation "negative effect"

Western medicine has a similar technique

The performance expert said in an interview with the media, cupping therapy is an effective alternative treatment. For this statement, Beijing Chinese medicine hospital affiliated to the capital university of medical sciences, acupuncture doctor dodson TB explains, cupping in modern medicine belongs to the category of "alternative". The so-called replacement therapy, is based on historical and cultural traditions, rather than whose effectiveness is verified through the scientific method of treatment. Replacement therapy in today actually pay more attention to its cultural connotation, aromatherapy, meditation therapy, hypnosis, massage therapy, acupuncture and other alternative therapies are extremely popular in the countries all over the world.

"Cupping tell from the theoretical mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine, is take the meridians and collaterals to cold, but at present western medicine on experimental medicine do cupping or rarely simple." Dodson TB, said he did retrieve the relatively well-known university in recent years, domestic research articles related to cupping, within the system of TCM academic, most did not simply the cupping itself, academic research is primarily a clinical application class more.

Dodson TB said, some people think that, the scientific principle of cupping therapy may be based on the following reasons: mechanical stimulation. Cupping of the negative pressure ACTS on the skin, pull the skin nerve, muscle, blood vessels and subcutaneous glandular, may cause a series of neuroendocrine responses, rise to adjust vasomotor function and the role of the vascular permeability, which can improve local blood circulation.

Zhihu medical service team netizen jing-yu li also said the doctor, the principle of cupping is negative pressure, make the skin and muscles (superficial fascia) gap grows, "if you use the vacuum negative pressure force is bigger, can make the gap between muscle and increase, avoiding the inflammatory exudation cause muscle adhesion," he says, it could be a cupping therapy to treat muscle pain effectively one of the reasons.

So, if there is a Chinese traditional medicine in other treatments can also achieve the same effect? Jing-yu li said, take, knead in the technique of traditional Chinese medicine also has, the most obvious is the Du Ziming &experience act of eight of the reinforcement method, such as diamond back clamped patients muscle, upward lift, slightly namely quick release, such as drew his arrows. The west was done not have?

"Is not! The Trigger point (Trigger) technique in a way, call clamp type touch." Jing-yu li said that he know several foreign clinical doctor, all under the condition of the clamp type touch, mild tyra has also applied to deep tissue massage therapy.

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Modern medicine has not been able to explain

Action to be clinical data to support

Cupping therapy is really has a therapeutic effect, however, it is the lack of rigorous clinical evidence to support. American cancer society believes that there is no evidence that cupping therapy is good for your health. Cupping "*" are basic case record, rather than strict clinical research.

Clove doctor liu said that if the cupping can through the physical stimulation to improve local blood circulation, the way of massage and hot compress physical therapy effect should be more clear, red blood cells burst release free hemoglobin substance inside the cell, such as do induced local phagocytes to remove them, but this kind of stimulus is benign stimulation, is unknown; As for warm effect, the heat released during the process of cupping don't last, few and physiological effect is very limited.

Liu said, with counterparts in 2014 made a according to a meta-analysis of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of low back pain, the conclusion is: (Asia) for treatment of acute and chronic low back pain, only weak evidence of cupping therapy is effective. Researchers believe that because of the influence of traditional concepts is deep, even if has a therapeutic effect, also is mostly derived from the "placebo effect".

But he says there are also other views of the study show that, cupping therapy with other methods are effective treatment, but the lack of evidence. Researchers from Australia and China, reviewed the published between 1992 and 2010, 135 study of cupping therapy. Conclusion: in combination with other methods, such as acupuncture or drug treatment, cupping might treatment of some diseases. But they also admitted that the evidence is not much, more research is needed to a clear conclusion.

Therefore, liu says cupping therapy that have not yet received the recognition of modern medicine, "get rid of toxins," "dredge meridian" "promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis" effect also not confirmed. At present mainly as an added in the treatment of certain diseases and physical rehabilitation, cupping therapy as a way to relax and health care.

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How often is the cupping time? See individual physique and needs

Dongguan, deputy director of traditional Chinese acupuncture Chen Jie said in an interview with the media, the frequency of cupping and cupping time every time, should according to the needs of individual constitution and disease symptoms, not as long as possible, as often as possible. In general, the number of cupping shoulds not be too frequently, pull out of the original mark is not fade, then easy to cause local damage, is usually the next day a pull, twice a week or so, can alleviate the symptoms. Time for each of the cupping, generally in 5 to 10 minutes.

Can print the deeper, the better? Is not the

For cupping, common theory is that the deeper the cupping marks or pull out blisters, shows that the better the results. Chen Jie thinks, cupping therapy after skin color depth is related to personal physical fitness, has something to do with cupping therapy time, cannot simple and effect, the deeper the cupping therapy is the color of the left, that blood in the body are heavier, cupping, long time stamp will be more deep. However, cupping her cheek after partial light, lack of qi and blood, should first fill vitality, consider cupping.