Complications and contraindications for wet cupping

Wet cupping is contraindicated in :

# Tuberculosis of the lung.

# Neoplasms.

# Hypotonia.

# Hemophilia.

# Anemic conditions.

# Menstruation.

# Deficiency of fluids, for example, in severe diarrhea.

# Children, adolescents, the elderly, very sensitive person with tendency to fainting.

# Arrhythmia.

# Coronary insufficiency with anginal complaints.

# Great care is necessary in patients with a tendency to stronger bleeding than normal. It is even better in such cases to refrain from wet cupping.

Due to the performed scarification of the skin, mild pain is possible and scars can form.we should not forget that the formation of scars, even if they are only small, is basically not a harmless side - effect for the organism. According to the principles of Huneke therapy, scars can have such a strong effect of permanent stimulation on the neuro vegetative system that it is disturbed.

Before reaching for the scarification, the therapist should consider these points and educate the patient accordingly.