Medical treatment by banks: instructions for use, benefits and harm

Treatment with medical banks still causes discussions among specialists of official and unofficial medicine. The method is considered contradictory, mysterious. At the same time, it has proven extremely effective for a long time, remaining simple and accessible in application.

A bit of history

Vacuum for treatment was used in ancient times. This knowledge, passed down from generation to generation, formed the methods that have come down to our days. The first evidence of their use is recorded in ancient Egypt. In one of the temples, which were built more than two thousand years ago, images of medical cans were found. Ancient used as a material not glass, but copper, bronze and even animal horns.

In China, they also knew and applied vacuum massage. Official medicine came to use the method through this country. Chinese banks made of bamboo and ceramics. They knew exactly from what diseases and how to impose them.

In Europe, barbers also had pots in their arsenal. However, the application was different than in the East. They were simply substituted, so that the blood would flow better from the cut skin. It was believed that bloodletting was able to "pull" the disease.

Over time, treatment with banks became more literate, and in the middle of the 19th century it was scientifically proved by the Russian surgeon NI Pirogov, calling his method an external vacuum aspiration.

Operating principle

Banks today are glass (with a can and without it), plastic and silicone. The most effective are those that are made of glass. Vacuum in them is created when the air is burned. The action of a can with a balloon and without it is practically the same. By sucking to the skin, the patient is stimulated by blood circulation and lymph flow. And this happens both in the skin and in deep tissues. Beneficial effect even reaches the internal organs. Due to this, the tissues receive the nutrition necessary for them, and the inflammation quickly disappears.

Traditional massage is considered to promote muscular activity and elasticity of the skin.

Indications

Although there are currently no clear criteria for the application of cans, experienced doctors have long and successfully treated with cans, especially with inflammation in the thorax, for example, in bronchitis or pneumonia. They are also used in radiculitis, intercostal neuralgia and myositis.

Contraindications

Like any method, it has contraindications for use. Often banks put their loved ones without prescribing a doctor. If a person knows how to do this and in which cases, it is good. However, you need to take into account some restrictions, and sometimes a direct ban. So, treatment by banks is contraindicated in the following diseases: pulmonary tuberculosis; Cancer; Bleeding from the lungs; Fever; Exhaustion; High temperature. For some patients, it is best not to use them with sensitive skin.

Action cans

Doctors often compare banks with mustard plasters and offer one of these species to choose a patient. In the bank put on the skin a vacuum is formed. He sucks the skin, tears the capillaries, thus provoking hemorrhages. But this process only helps to stimulate blood circulation and movement of lymph. Then the tissues are better saturated with blood, and the inflammation passes.

How to put banks

It is important to learn how to apply the method correctly. For the procedure, you need to prepare Vaseline, cotton wool with a towel, alcohol and tweezers. Traditionally, the patient is placed on his stomach, he grabs his pillow with his hands. The back is slightly lubricated with petroleum jelly first. If it is not, you can use a fat cream. The cotton wool is wound on the tweezers. The resulting wick is wetted in alcohol and ignited. Literally for a second it is put under the jar, holding it with a hole down, then immediately put to the body. The skin is retracted and becomes crimson. During burning, never touch the edges of the jar, as the glass heats up and there is a risk of burns.

After the required number of cans has been delivered, the patient is covered with a blanket and left for a quarter of an hour. During the entire session, you should monitor the condition of a person and observe that strong hematomas do not form. Remove the jars under a slight slope by lightly pressing on the skin at their edge. After the procedure, the skin is wiped, and then wraps the patient well and placed in a warm bed for half an hour.

How to put vacuum cans from silicone? This is made even easier. They do not need to set on fire or do other manipulations. It is enough to lubricate the patient's back with oil, squeeze the jar and put it in the right place. Removal is also by easy pressing.

Where to put

With diseases of the respiratory system, the cans are placed on the back. This is a traditional method. Those who have skin covered with hair are shaved first. Banks are also placed on the chest.

With bronchitis and pneumonia, medical glass jars are placed opposite each other on both sides of the spine at a distance of 2-3 centimeters. Another pair is installed under the shoulder blades. With myositis and muscle stretches, they are placed directly on the problem zone. When stating, pay attention to the skin. It is better to avoid those places where there are birthmarks, warts and papillomas.
There is on the body of the zone where this method is not used. This is the area of the mammary glands in women, as well as the spine, kidneys, heart.

How often to put

Before proceeding to the procedure and directly with her, you need to monitor the patient. The temperature should not be above 37 degrees and not increase within a day. If there are no contraindications, the course lasts for up to a week. Treatment with banks is carried out every other day. Better each time put in different places so as not to affect the hematomas, if any.

Bruises will not be held before half a month later. Therefore, if you plan a trip to the sea or the appearance at an evening in an open dress, it is better to take other methods of treatment, for example, use mustard plasters.

Massage

In addition to placing on certain places, a very common method is massage with banks. For its implementation, only one bank is needed. It is very important that the patient takes a comfortable position and relaxes.

As with the installation, the treatment with vacuum banks by massage is performed on the lubricated skin. To do this, use Vaseline or a special cream for massage.
Compared with the above, this procedure is very painful. Therefore, it is best to use cans with a balloon where the suction force can be easily adjusted and vary depending on the sites on which the massage is done. After the procedure, it is not at all necessary to keep a reclining position. However, half an hour is required for a rest in the heat.

This method gives excellent results in the treatment of cellulite. The impact is based, in particular, on the inflow of blood to problem areas. There, metabolic processes in tissues improve, immunity rises and, as a result, the normal structure of the skin begins to recover. The action of medical cans on the skin is as follows:

• Due to the improvement of the lymphatic drainage process, fat cells in the cellulite tubercles dissolve;
• Blood flow and circulation along the vessels is intensified and accelerated, this also occurs in fat cells, due to this they are better cleaved;
• The skin is smoothed and becomes more elastic.

Technique of execution

We will study the basic rules of how to do massage using Chinese banks. Before the procedure take a shower and apply anti-cellulite cosmetics.

So, to start taking a comfortable position. It should be such that the whole zone can be easily affected. At the same time, the muscles relax.
The skin is smeared with anti-cellulite cream, lotion or a special composition of essential oils. Applying the remedy and making a light massage with your hands, give a few minutes for it to be absorbed, and then proceed to the procedure.

Using a silicone jar, it is squeezed and leaned against the skin, releasing. First, the degree of suction is minimal. If the surface of the thigh is being treated, then move from the bottom up, and then wavy and zigzag movements.

Gradually, suction is made stronger, but excessive pain should not be, otherwise the skin will remain bruised. For each zone massage should be about ten minutes.

Benefits and harms of medical cans are revealed as follows: after the procedure, bruises can remain, but cellulite will gradually decrease.
Strong bruises can be avoided if you do not make stops during the session.

The course usually lasts a month or a half, depending on the sensitivity of the skin. Doing this every day, you do not need to massage. It is best to repeat the procedure every other day, a maximum of two. After it, it is good to apply anti-cellulite cream to the skin and make a wrap with food film. Then the effect of the procedure will increase significantly. Many women who have tried this method say that the skin after the procedures becomes much more elastic, and cellulite disappears. Cosmetologists are advised to fix the effect, repeat the course after a month of interruption.

To achieve the desired in the fight against cellulite, you need to show persistence and patience. One or two procedures will lead to nothing. But if you spend a whole course, not being lazy and forgetting, then a positive result will not take long.
It turns out that the benefit and harm of medical cans entirely depends on how to use them. When massage is the same contraindications as when staged. But, in addition to this, varicose is added to them. Then the vacuum massage on the legs will have to be abandoned.