Cupping (suction cup) can be helpful for quitting smoking

After treatment for quitting smoking, sufferer are less interested in smoking, change their taste for cigarette, feel the taste of cigarette become bitter and lighter with grass taste and tasteless or think that the smell of cigarette is too strong and unbearable, etc. Some sufferers feel more phlegm or dry and uncomfortable in the thread after the treatment. While it is proven by clinical research that the more obvious of this symptom the better effect of the treatment.

There is no record about quitting smoking in ancient books in China. But smoke is a toxic substance and prolonged inhalation of it would cause a series of pathological changes, imbalance of yin and yang, disturbance in ascending and descending and inversion and disorder of qi and blood.

Cupping manipulation
(1) Symptoms for sufferers of vital energy deficiency of heart and spleen: cough, short breath, low and weak cough, gasping for breath, chest suppression or chest pain, sore throat, palpitation, short breath, light red of tongue, weak pulse, etc.

Principle for treatment: regular and nourish heart and spleen.
Acupoint selected: select meridians of Hang-Taiyin,Hand-Shaoyin and Foot-Taiyang primarily, select acupoints such as Zhongfu (LU1), Juguan, Neiguan (PC6), Feishu (BL 13), Xinshu (BL15), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Chize (LU5), etc.

Method: Usually use glass cups or bamboo cups and Pottery cup to cup the acupoints mentioned above. Retain the cups for 10-20 munities. For serious sufferers, quick cupping can be used to cup the Feishu and Xinshu for 8-10 times in order to strengthen the function and activity of heart and spleen.

(2) Symptoms for sufferers of deficiency of liver-yin and kidney-yin: diziness, tinnitus, debility of lumber and waist or impotence, spermatorrhea, poor sleep and dreaminess, forgetfulness, red tongue with little coating, weaf treatment: regular and nourish the liver and the kidney, cultivate yin and store yang.

Acupoint selected: select Foot-Shaoyin meridian and Foot-Jueyin meridian for main acupoints, such as Zhangmen, Xingjian, Taixi, Shenshu, Shuiquan, Ganshu.
Method: Cup the acupoints mentioned above with glass cups, bamboo cups or Pottery cup. If it is manipulated with medicine, it is better to use the prescription of cultivate yin and store yang. Also prescription of Longdanxiegan soup and Liuweidihuangwan can be used according to symptoms and signs.