Can I use cupping while breastfeeding?

In fact, cupping can indeed have a good therapeutic effect on the human body, especially in relieving muscle pain or colds. However, there are certain things to pay attention to when cupping. For example, women cannot cupping during menstruation, otherwise it will cause serious harm to their bodies. During breastfeeding, the mother's body will also have various problems. So can cupping be done during breastfeeding?

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cupping can dispel wind and cold, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain, and it has certain effects on discomforts such as cold, local numbness, etc. When women are breastfeeding, cupping treatment can relieve body pain without affecting the quality of milk. Cupping can promote blood circulation, increase the permeability of blood vessels, and improve local blood circulation. When breastfeeding women have a cold, they can ask professionals to help with cupping.

Breastfeeding women can do cupping, but they also need to pay attention to related work, such as keeping warm. After cupping, the body is relatively weak and the pores all over the body are in an open state. Keeping warm can reduce the evil wind from entering the body and promote body recovery. Some people may bleed after cupping. Don't be nervous. Just use a clean dry cotton ball to absorb the blood and it will be fine. It is normal to have redness or bruising, which will disappear after a few hours.

For ordinary people, there are many aspects that need to be paid attention to when cupping. For example, pregnant women should pay attention to the location of cupping and avoid cupping in the abdomen or lumbar sacral area to be careful of threatened abortion. The same is true during menstruation. If cupping is performed on the abdomen, it can easily cause excessive menstrual flow. In addition, it is not recommended for people with bleeding tendency or those with severe emphysema to have the procedure done on the back and chest. It is also best not to do this for people with heart failure and weak constitution.

Breastfeeding is a special stage in life. In order for the baby to eat more healthily and for their own health, it is very necessary for mothers to be careful. Cupping can be performed, but the relevant precautions must be taken, and it needs to be completed under the operation of professionals.