Cupping (Suction cup) for the Treatment of Psoriasis in TCM

In Chinese medicine this disease is called "Bai Pei (Psoriasis)" and "Song Pi Xian (Psoriasis)". It is mostly caused by blood heat, or constitutional blood heat plus invasion of pathogenic wind and heat, or heat produced by exogenous wind and cold, or heat transformed from long stagnation due to emotional injury and stagnation of qi, or heat produced from stagnation due to qi dysfunction and disharmony of the spleen and stomach due to excessive intake of irritating seafood,or excessive heat and wind due to accumulation of pathogenic heat in the Ying-Nutrient System and Xue-Blood System, or damage of yin and blood, leading to blood deficiency and wind dryness due to gradual subsidence of blood heat after a long duration, or obstruction of the meridians and collaterals, leading to qi stagnation and blood stasis.This disease can also be caused by malnutrition of the skin due to insufficiency of the liver and kidney, dysfunction of the thoroughfare vessel and conception vessel, and deficiency in the Ying-Nutrient System and Xue-Blood System in females.

Location cupped and methods:
Acupoints selected: 1. Dazhui, Fengmen (BL 12), Ganshu (BL 18), Geshu (BL17). 2. Feishu (BL 13), Pishu (BL20), Shenshu (BL23), Xuehai (SP 10)

Cupping method: you should use the cupping of venesection method. You should insert the acupoints with three-edged needles and then you should suck the above acupoints after flash of fire for 15-20 minutes. Caution that you should do that one time a day or two days and one group each time.