Cupping (Suction cup) treatment is effective for Painful period

This disease pertains to abdominal pain during menstruation in TCM, usually caused by stagnation of liver qi, inhibition of blood flow or attack by cold during menstruation and unsmooth circulation of qi and blood; or by malnutrition of the uterine meridian due to asthenia of qi and blood as well as liver and kidney.

Location cupped and methods:
Acupoints selected: Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu (BL20), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Shenshu (BL23), mingmen, guanyuanshu, Ciliao (BL32), yaoshu, qihai, guanyuan, guilai, zhigong zhongji, zusanli, diji, sanyinjiao.

1. Cupping: you should use cupping after flash of fire and make cups attached on the acupoints of shenshu, sanjiaoshu, qihai, guanyuan, zhongji, guilai, zusanli, sanyinjiao.

2. Needling acupuncture: you should use acupuncture needles to stab acupoints of ganshu, pishu, shenshu, guanyuan, guilai, zusanli, sanyinjiao, diji, after disinfection of these needles and then adopt cupping after flash of fire with the needles sustaining.

3. Moving cupping: you should move the cup back and forth from the Urinary Bladder Channel of Foot-Taiyang of shenshu to ciliao until red blood stasis appear on the skin.