[PDF] Preparation before Cupping

It has vital importance for preparation before cupping, which is directly related to the effect of cupping, and it will prone to cause accidents if we neglecte.
1. Select the appropriate posture
   Cupping treatment is about 10 to 30 minutes, despite it has a short time, patients should be required to maintain a certain position, and can not move at will, otherwise airs prone to leak out from cup and the cup will drop down. So patients should choose a comfortable position for cupping treatment so that can reduce discomfort of patients.

2. Clean-up the suction site
   If the suction site has less subcutaneous fat and dry skin, doctors should use a clean temperature and humidity towel to wipe it before cupping to reduce air leakage and burn; if the suction parts are rugosity or multichannel carbuncle or ulcers and so on, you should adopt the pad. If the pars affecta are dry and hard because of pyocutaneous disease hard and dry, you should use the disinfection hot and humid towels macerate the suction part, which can reduce pain, and the cup will be sucked more deeply and thoroughly. If the cupping treatment needs to be treated at bushy hair or near the hair part, you should shave the hair in advance, and daub some Vaseline or face-mats at suction parts; if patients do not want to or can not shave hair, you could use hot soapy water clean-up hair, skin, and then daub appropriate amount of Vaseline or stick a sheer of wet cloth (or wet paper), so as not to damage the skin.

3. The selection and preparation of cupping apparatus
According to the size of cupping, we should select the appropriate models of a cup. The common usage: that is we should choose big cup on the part of wide, soft tissue in rich, such as the back, chest, waist, hips, thighs, and middle cup on the neck, shoulders, upper arm, forearm and leg, and choose small cup on the part of soft tissue weakness, bone uplift and uneven parts, such as joints, surface of the head, distal forearm, hands back.

In the cold season, in order to avoid patients feel cold, you should bake the cupping apparatus on fire in advance (only bake at the bottom of the cup), when the temperature of the cupping apparatus are close to the temperature of the skin you could operate cupping treatment. Furthermore, you should prepare the drugs and equipment for skin damage and accidents in time, in case patients feel dizzy when to be treated by cupping.