What Are the Drawbacks of Cupping Therapy?

It is likely to damage the skin. Traditional cupping therapy involves the use of fire, and improper operation can easily burn the skin. Even if direct contact between the skin and open fire is avoided, it can still cause skin damage.After cupping, the skin pores dilate. If you fail to keep out wind and cold, wind and cold will invade the body, which may lead to colds and other illnesses.Improper operation or inadequate disinfection during cupping with bloodletting can easily cause skin breakage, allowing bacterial invasion and resulting in infection.Excessive bloodletting in cupping therapy can easily lead to deficiency of qi and blood and insufficiency of yang qi in the patient, which will impair blood supply to the heart and brain in the long run.You must properly grasp the duration and interval of cupping therapy. Some people undergo cupping too frequently simply because they enjoy the process, which ends up ruining their skin condition, causing infection and even severe bruising of the skin.