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No Flu Season.

So recently, there has been lots of talk about ‘Flu Season’. People urging others to get the flu shot,
other people pleading with others not to. What is a holistic practitioner to do?

Typically flu ‘season’ is from October to May, with a peak in February.
Like ‘Fire Season’ there is really no set dates it all of the sudden starts and stops.
You can get the flu virus infection literally any time of the year.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season.htm

In fact, I got a doozy of the flu in August 2017! I had to close the office for almost a week to recover,
but that is another story I will tell you later.

Influenza is a virus. Antibiotics do not work on a virus.

Influenza symptoms: Fever, dry cough, sneezing, fatigue, congestion... so what is the problem?

You usually die of a secondary infection, not the flu...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-the-flu-actually-kill-people/

Why are we so scared of a little virus? Check out the flu pandemic (Pan means worldwide) of 1918.
(Site: http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic) The Spanish Flu was brought to the US by
soldiers returning from WWI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

Remember, in 1918 (100 years ago) there was NO antibiotics, no antivirals, none of the common
chemical and technological conveniences we now have. In fact, many people in the United States
had no indoor toilets, or electricity. (The light bulb was barely 40 years old). Some accounts state
up to 100 million people died of this flu outbreak.

Today, even though the effectiveness of the flu shot is as low as 10% and possibly as good as 60%
they (‘they’ as in pharmaceutical companies, and health organizations) still keep saying it is not too
late nor too risky to get the flu shot.

Let’s take a look at the numbers. Just the math… New strains of shots are developed twice a year,
and sometimes they miss the mark on which strain would be active. In 2016-17 the CDC stated that
the effectiveness was 42%. But what you didn’t know is that many people use natural or alternative
methods (complimentary methods like herbs, vitamins, and home remedies) as well as had the shot.
How many of them are accounted for? None. Therefore the total effectiveness of the flu shot cannot
possibly be as high as stated.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2017-2018.htm

The influenza virus is a living being.

Therefore it has the ‘will’ to survive and adapt, hide or get around regardless of our efforts.
you don’t believe that, just try and get rid of bed bugs, cockroaches, mice or even garden weeds.
You can see how difficult it is. The vaccination you get has either been deactivated or killed but there
is still something out there that is at work…

In 2016-17 the CDC reported that 34% of adults 18 years old to 64 years old got the flu shot
(some reports show 42 %+/-) so let’s see what that actually means.

There are 325,719,178 +/- people in the United States (last census, accounting for growth etc. to 2017)
28% under the age of 18, 15% over the age of 65… that leaves 57% between the ages of 18-65.
Accounting for about 186,659,951 people in that range… whew… (Almost done)… if 40%
(let’s be generous) got the shot. That is 74,400,000!

But wait… there’s more. About 83% of people in the age group (18-65) take supplements…
n the other hand… There are about 2% of those that got the shot that have a serious problem with it…
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (basically get paralyzed)
(Site for reference
: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793 ) that is about 7-14 MILLION people… WHAT???? Check the math… Don’t freak out yet. There are many ways you can get this condition, including just having the flu… (Can we not win?) Only about 3% will die from GBS… well, too many indeed. That is, IF it is diagnosed and reported as GBS and not some other disease.

Other bad reactions to the flu shot can be found ad-nauseum all over the web.
But let’s take a step back. How can you not get the flu? Number one, stay away
from other people and all the things they touch, wash, don’t breathe, live in a bubble etc.…
c’mon you see the trend? We are closing the door after the horse has escaped.

Building resistance. Remember that 83% that take vitamins and supplements?
Get on that band wagon. There are far more benefits of maintaining a healthy body
than hoping the jab will do. I do not encourage nor discourage people getting the flu shot.
I do not get it, never have. Yea, I have had the flu… but I was ok. This past year,
it turns out 7 of the 8 people that got the flu and DIED had received the injection…! YIKES…
(here is the site: https://healthfreedomidaho.org/7-of-the-8-individuals-who-died-of-flu-had-received-the-flu-shot) and https://www.healthnutnews.com/8-die-of-flu-in-2-weeks-in-santa-barbara-7-had-their-flu-shot/

OK, so what else? The CDC does not keep records on those that have died AND took the flu shot,
and most death certificates have no place nor ability to determine such cases. Largely they are
written in as complications of the flu. (Pneumonia).

But back to math… guhhhhh… Deaths from the flu last year were about 36,000…
Seeing that 40% got the flu shot, you are looking at about 12,600 that died even though they
got the shot. It is not a serious help. Commonly it is blamed on a different strain, co-morbidity etc.
However, we have to look logically and not so emotionally nor ‘scientifically dogmatic’
(I put the math in for those people.)

Taking all that into account, you will either get the flu or not, you will either die from it or not.
It is funny to me that when people get the flu and have had the shot it is always stated that
‘at least it wasn’t as bad as if you didn’t get the shot’ how the hell do you know?
Parallel universe travel!?

So, don’t get the flu! Anything you can do to help, helps your odds. So what can you do?

In Acupuncture and Oriental medicine there are plenty of ways to fight it. From exercises
(Qi Gong) to herbal stews, teas and patches to one of my favorites, CUPPING.

Cupping has been touted as ‘The Chinese Flu Shot’ but I hate using that term,
because it is not just China but all over the world that cupping is used. Cupping before or
during a flu season helps you fight it off naturally, and if you do get it, it does make you feel better.
No side effects!

Chiropractic for the flu? Well, no. Any chiropractic treatment for the flu itself is just a dumb idea.
Getting adjustments for general health is a great idea. It is a pretty well known among both
chiropractors and osteopaths that manipulations helped during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic.
Many cite really good results and even fewer deaths than allopaths. I don’t know how much of
it is myth and how much is truth. I cannot find any documentation, it has been mostly handed
down to osteopaths and chiropractors in story.

Getting adjustments does help the immune system as well as your own resilience to emotional,
mental, chemical and physical stress. Here is one example of how chiropractic manipulations
of the spine can affect immunity. https://www.danmurphydc.com/Rhodes_Flu.pdf

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/lymphatic-vessels-discovered-central-nervous-system

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4486990/.
By making sure that the muscles are loose and the joints around the spine are in good moving
order, the body becomes more at ease and therefore better prepared to fight infection all by itself,
just like it was designed.
http://icpa4kids.org/Chiropractic-Research/studies-on-effects-of-spinal-manipulation-on-the-immune-response.html

Go ahead and take your vitamins. I would suggest more Zinc (slows the reproduction of the virus)
(Site reference http://time.com/4779655/zinc-lozenges-cold/) If you look it up you will see that most
of the time Zinc is for colds. Three is really not much difference to you or me, so go for it.
(Site reference: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/coldflu.htm)

Wash your hands, cover your mouth, stay warm and dry, get good rest, eat good food, drink water.
Stay away from things that reduce your immune response; stress, cold, over work, alcohol, and other
vices. In other words, the best defense is a good offense. Stay well…

Also take plenty of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) and vitamin D3 (it helps with hormone, and immune
factors that your body builds and needs to fight infections)

But back to cupping… In my book Cupping Therapy for Detoxification and
Health: https://www.amazon.com/Cupping-Therapy-Detoxification-Health-Physiology-ebook/dp/B01N7AJM1P/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=cupping+for+detoxification+and+health&qid=1549731934&s=gateway&sr=8-7

Physiology and practice guidelines for pneumatic cupping. I do explain a bit about
how it works.

Here is a recap: The cup is placed on the back usually, with an active infection you put more on
the upper back near the lung fields. The suction pulls the skin up and causes a negative pressure
vacuum. This draws the skin up and fluids out of their places; veins, venuoles, arterioles,
capillaries, interstitial spaces, lymph spaces, and intercellular spaces.
This fluid being brought into the ‘wrong’ place makes the body react with a response
of inflammation regulation, swelling, and new fluid flow into the area.

The flu is a respiratory dis ease process. It affects the whole body but the lungs are
especially affected. In acupuncture theory we say it is an invasion of cold wind or air into
the usually hot interior of the body. When this happens.

Recently, there is new info on the measles outbreaks in both Western United States as well
as in the central Phillipines (Visaya). Everyone wants to blame a few people who have not
been vaccinated when that is really not a correct stance. Remember when I mentioned that a
virus is a living being with a ‘will’ to survive? Well it wants to continue on and will adapt where
and when it can. For example, in 1987 in Texas an outbreak of measles occurred in a vaccinated
community. Statistics showed 99 percent of that population was vaccinated for measles.
Yet, NOT every non vaccinated person got the measles, and as many as 12% of the
students that were vaccinated came down with the measles. Of course, there is a waning
effect on all vaccines, but that cannot be determined and is not the reason for that and other
outbreaks. There are many conditions to consider not only in a community of people but also
in individuals, the environment as well as the season. This year, 2019 there have been just over
80 cases of measles reported (remember the population of the United States is over 300 million)
With the current vaccination rates around only 70% of the population, that puts about 100 million
at risk, but only 80 or so cases have been reported. Why?

Well, one reason is the general vitality and health of the individuals, the cleanliness of communities
compared to ‘the past’ and other factors such as improving treatment (even though typical treatment
is to rest and wait it out…)

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000359.htm

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(98)02364-2/fulltext

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3821823\

This outbreak was both a battle cry for both pro vaccine people that simply wanted more vaccinations. (Often fueled by panic and well worded press releases from pharmaceutical bodies) as well as for the so called anti-vaxxers that claim all sorts of mishaps because of vaccinations.

We also have to look at the history of disease to determine the communal anxiety surrounding them.
The Flu was highlighted by the 1918 outbreak that did kill millions. Vaccines were not available then.
Diets were relatively terrible and sanitation was an issue for many in the United States. Remember,
most people were still rather rural and horses still outnumbered cars. Then there is measles, which
if you look back at the word ‘measles’ means pustule in old Dutch and eventually became
synonymous with Leprosy. Leprosy is a terribly disfiguring disease that caused many societies to
ban those infected to islands or areas away from the general public. We still have a hint of that panic
in us today. Leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/index.html is
from a slow growing bacterium, not a virus. It is highly contagious but much more treatable now.
Only about 60 cases were even reported in the United States in 2015. Again, it is largely due to better
hygiene, living conditions, diet and sanitation. There is and has been no vaccine for Leprosy.

There are many non-allopathic (that is the term for Western medicine doctors, allopath) treatments
for any ailment. Some are complete hooey, and some are well known and even studied. However,
one you can make money on is by far more studied and ‘verified’ than any ‘folk remedy’ or wives tale.

I would suggest using both. It is fine to use a screw driver to put in a screw but easier if you use an
electric one or a drill with a screw driver bit. Right? Use the best tool available, but don’t only rely
on that. There are far more risks in doing nothing than there are going to an allopath, getting a
medication and using the tried and true traditional remedies. It is the result you are after not the
process.

In the end, you are the one responsible for your own health. If there is an outbreak of something,
don’t go there. Stay healthy in the first place. Get the shots if you want, but don’t assume anyone
else should or has and don’t assume that it worked if they did. Having ‘blind faith’ is no more a cure
than doing nothing. Keep yourself healthy. That is the best start.

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Cupping Therapy don'ts

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Precautions and Contraindications of Cupping Therapy:
Cupping is a therapy that can have great benefit and is relatively safe to do. The following precautions should be followed to best avoid injury and undue pain. This list also has contraindications for patients on whom you should not do any cupping unless you really understand the pathology and physiology of the condition you are treating or trying to help.

Hemophiliacs and those with thrombocytopenia: These people may have bleeding that will not stop, or undue bruising. This can be more uncomfortable for them; it can possibly cause more problems, as well.

Anyone who is dehydrated. You will likely find poor results, which can be frustrating. Someone that is very dehydrated can have a good initial result. However, cupping can cause trouble with the kidneys and make them feel temporarily worse.

Skin allergies, Psoriasis, Vitiligo, eczema: You may make some of these conditions worse, at least in the short term. Best advice is to avoid any skin that you would not consider ‘normal’.

Any broken skin: Cuts, abrasions, holes, lacerations etc. These just hurt and we never want to hurt people. Infections or oozing areas are not a good idea either.

Other skin changes: Raised moles, warts, local tumors, scabbed areas. You can cause bleeding at these points. When in doubt, cup elsewhere.

Areas with large vessels, or lymph nodes: Arm pits (axillary), Cervical areas (the front of the neck), in the groin (inguinal), wrists, anterior of the forearm, back of the knee. These places are usually considered too ‘Yin’ for cupping. Some techniques can be used; we can discuss these later. Cupping in these areas can cause severe pain and may damage the vessels or nodes.

Deep vein thrombosis. Although there is little chance of causing more trouble, it is best to get a clearance from a primary provider before continuing.

Genitals, nipples, lips: anywhere there is a mucous membrane. Mucous membranes are those places that open to the outside that have moisture. Also the umbilicus (belly button).

On the face. Use special technique… and really small cups…

On or around the eye. This can cause exophthalmos, or an avulsion or prolapse of the tissues. Avoid the eye area. It would likely hurt a lot, too.

On the tongue or mouth. Although a part of a recent fad for young people, you can burst blood vessels as these are areas of very thin tissue.

During the menstrual period as this can cause a disruption in the energy flow and increase discomfort, especially if many cups are used, or cupping is done near the uterus or pelvic area. This is a traditional statement really, and I have not found any significant difference in a person’s feelings after cupping.

Women who are pregnant, ESPECIALLY no cupping on the pregnant belly. In fact there are areas on the ankle that are considered completely forbidden during pregnancy, as they can cause uterine contractions and therefore spontaneous abortion or delivery at the wrong time. This point is generally not easily cupped anyway; it is located on the inner ankle about three thumb widths up from the ankle bone. I know of no research or actual cases of this, but better to be safe than sorry. Cupping on the shoulder and back should be fine as long as it is light and done with care.

Any active disease process that weakens the person. Here, refer to comfort and get advice from an advanced provider who understands what cupping is and does. This would include: tuberculosis, anemia, respiratory conditions (COPD, Emphysema, Asthma), cardiovascular issues that are not under control, including hypertension and congestive heart failure. People who suffer from these ailments may not like or do as well with stronger cupping, so use flash or light cupping. Remember, healing is a timed process.

Anyone under the age of five, (traditionally it is three years old) I have found it impossible to get one so young to sit still long enough…

Bug bites, animal bites; even though you can remove the toxins or poisons, it’s best to let the body do its own work and not irritate it any more.

Anywhere there are sutures or stitches. Any place there has been recent surgery. Sometimes glue is used to close wounds. It’s best to wait until healing is complete; a good rule of thumb is six weeks or so after the sutures have been removed. A good idea is to check with the surgeon first.

Fresh scar tissue. There are some good techniques to get scar tissue to change, but that is a bit advanced. Using different sized cups is useful here. Along with herbs and other salves, it can show good results.

Any burn areas, new or old. A sunburn is a terrible place to have cupping. It will aggravate the issue and the patient can have massive problems with energy flow. This can cause fever and chills and make them susceptible to other problems. Wait until the skin has properly healed and no sloughing of skin is occurring. With sunburn, especially sunburn that covers a large area, avoid cupping it.

Other burns, if someone has scar tissue from a burn, it is best not to do cupping on those areas. The skin is no longer normal. There are significant challenges to the way cupping would have to be applied and how the scarred skin may react. Get an OK from the primary if possible.

Someone that does not want cupping. This would include someone that is not feeling up to it or is overly skeptical. They will tend to focus on the discomfort. As luck would have it, that is when injury is likely to occur. Best to wait or offer some other treatment.

Someone who has over eaten, is drunk, or drank a lot the night before. You can re-distribute the toxins and make them feel more ill. Their energy and fluids are needed to transport and help in the digestion or metabolism process.

Severe fatigue: This is an option really. Flash cupping can help them actually feel better. More ‘fresh’ or effervescent… This of course depends on the type of fatigue and how much time they have for recovery. As long as they have the proper follow up, there should not be a real problem.

The palms or soles of the feet. These areas have different skin and it can be overly irritating. It is also difficult to get the cups to stay.

After strenuous exercise. The release of that reserve energy can cause the patient to feel even more tired and fatigued.

Be cautious with people who are overly nervous or restless. Some people with severe emotional disturbance cannot tolerate the therapy and should wait until they are feeling more stable. Occasionally, people can experience sudden and sometimes disturbing emotional releases.

A chronic disease process you do not understand well, including complex disorders that you should first discuss with a practitioner who understands cupping, as well as the condition of the person receiving cupping.

Thin skin, very papery skin. This is common in the very old or frail and you should be cautious with this. Ok to do lighter technique but be gentle and take time. It may take many visits to see the desired results.

People on certain medications such as Warfarin, Coumadin, have taken a lot of Aspirin, or blood thinners. People that are taking large amounts of fish oils (omegas), DHEA, Vitamin E, or Gingko Biloba. They may have markings from cupping that will last a very long time.

People that are under treatment for cancer or diabetes. Make sure you get authorization from their primary care provider. Although there are no research articles or studies that show cupping doing any harm other than the skin discolorations in people with diabetes or cancer, most Western medical practitioners caution that somehow it can help spread the disease. There is no basis in fact with this as people have had all sorts of other treatments that were once forbidden for cancer patients, massage being one of them. Remember, cupping is moving fluids within the tissues. The body’s natural response is to clean and maintain homeostasis. The cupping treatment stimulates that to continue more vigorously, thereby removing toxins that would otherwise have a harder time being released and properly dealt with.

Other areas as diagramed below. Elbows, knees, ears, feet and hands are not a real contraindication, it is just too difficult to get any cups to stay and there is little benefit from using them there.

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What cupping therapy does

How cupping works:
An easy way to think of the big picture with cupping as a therapy is to think of it as a re-awakening of tissues. If you have kids, the following example may help. When you tell your kid to clean their room, they go upstairs for a while. You THINK they are doing exactly what you told them to do. Later, you ask them if they cleaned their room.. They say, ‘Of course I did, just like you said’… So you believe them and let it go. Sometime later you go up and see there is still a mess… So this is pretty much how the body works. The nervous system (brain), or ‘mom’ or ‘dad’ tells the kid (the distant tissues) to clean up. The brain has lots to do, just like mom and dad, and cannot constantly check everything, so it assumes all is well… Now, as cupping is concerned, let’s go back to mom, dad, and the kid for a moment. Say the light goes out in the room. Mom goes in to change the bulb and see the room is a mess, and tells the kid to get back in there and clean up. This is what the cup does on one level. It notifies the nervous system that attention is needed in the tissues. The nervous system responds with a cleanup action. This is how detoxification occurs. Things build up in tissues just like they do in a child’s room. If ignored, eventually dis-ease (lack of ease) occurs in the household (arguments, rolling of eyes, slamming of doors, etc.…) Cupping helps the tissues run at-ease as well as maintain homeostasis and balance in a ‘forgotten’ area.

Cupping changes the pH of tissues. The pH means the amount or ‘potential’ of Hydrogen ions in a given solution. Those with many Hydrogen ions bound to them are generally alkaline or ‘high’ pH. Those with few or are giving off Hydrogen ions are considered acidic or ‘low’ pH.
The pH scale is on a 0 to 14 scale, with 14 being very alkaline and 0 being very acidic. Distilled water is at 7 or neutral. That basically means it does not give Hydrogen ions (acid) or receive Hydrogen ions (basic).
Our bodies have a multitude of ways to maintain a proper pH. But, what is normal???

The ‘normal’ or most efficient pH of blood it 7.4. To understand this, too low of a pH in blood could be from poor oxygen exchange in the cases of hypo ventilation, asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, near drowning, loss of consciousness etc. This would require the use of oxygen and a bicarbonate to ‘buffer’ the acid.

On the other hand, hyperventilation or too much O2 can cause the blood to be more alkaline and will reduce the breathing. A pH of blood that is too high or too low would result in coma and eventual death.
The body is designed to deal with this in many ways. You can change the breathing pattern and change the pH easily, next is to urinate out acids and the excess Hydrogen ions, then we can sweat, defecate or even take some of the calcium from bone to buffer the acids in the plasma. Foods also make a significant difference in pH.

Urinary pH should be around 6.5 (slightly acid) to 8.0 (slightly alkaline) but then can become more alkaline in the evening as you have eaten and are releasing electrolytes (7.5 to 8.0). Too much acid in the body would make the pH of the urine drop below 6.5.

Salivary pH should be between about 6.5 and 7.5. So also, a rather narrow range. This can change with foods eaten, amount of hydration, stress, and other biome factors. (Biome is the natural bacteria and other critters living on and in us.)

Cupping: the real deal.

When the cup is placed on the skin, the practitioner will pump air from the bell shaped cup and cause a vacuum. This vacuum will, because of negative pressure in the cup, cause the skin to be pulled upward, making a bulge.

As the skin is pulled up, a deep suction is created in the underlying tissues, which moves fluid (interstitial fluid, intercellular fluid, Lymph, (blood) and plasma). The fluid will change its place, thereby causing a further void that will be filled with other fluids nearby. This new imbalance causes the vessels to open and bring more water and fluid into the area and help to wash out any toxins that were stuck due to poor circulation. Not to get too technical, but it is this action of hydrostatic pressure that moves the fluid. Then as the fluid has moved to a new area, changing the concentration of fluid proteins, electrolytes and other solutes, they are further moved with osmotic pressure of water, depending on where and how concentrated the ‘stuff’ is in the fluid.

Basically this is what is called Sterling’s Law of Capillaries. Hydrostatic pressure, also called fluid pressure, pushes more at the arteriole areas and pushes water out of the vessel into the interstitial space (space between cells, but outside the vascular system); then the water may travel into a cell (intercellular fluid) or eventually to the lymph capillary to be taken back up to the vascular system at the subclavian veins. Then osmotic pressure, because of plasma proteins ‘sucks’ the water at the venuoles side… (See the diagram)
Cupping causes a total, yet temporary, disruption of this process. Think of it as the opposite of massage pressure. Instead of pushing, you are pulling. This allows fluids to flow in directions they usually do not. The body’s natural response is to re-regulate the fluid composition and redistribute the fluids back to a more ‘normal’ area.

Stimulation of new blood, lymph, plasma, and intercellular fluid or interstitial fluid flow to areas where it has been removed by the vacuum or negative pressure.
Toxins are generally cellular debris, lactic acids from anaerobic burning of glucose, Carbonic acid from respiration, acidic ketone bodies, and sulfuric acids from other metabolic processes.

Once the fluids have been taken out of their regular environment, the histamines, heparins and other chemicals released by the stimulation of the cupping open the surrounding tissues and allows ‘flushing’ of the fluids back into lymph and blood capillaries. Also, because of the forced imbalance of the cells, spaces between the cells and fat cells, more actions are required by the cells, tissues and surrounding areas to regain their harmony (homeostasis) in the cupped area.

When the kidneys, liver and lungs cannot process these issues and become over worked, the body will naturally put the toxins ‘in storage’ so they can get to them later. This usually will be in the underlying fat of the skin. The cupping action is that of a vacuum. It pulls the tissue and therefore the fluids through the different compartments and, over time, will stimulate the body to clear it out.
Cupping is quicker than acupuncture, massage or even chiropractic at getting toxins to release and be processed.
Cupping can also help you determine the extent of an issue…
-Demonstrates the severity of the congestion (see below)
-Demonstrates the location of the most congestion and stagnation.
-Can stimulate the liver, kidney, lungs and skin to work more efficiently.
A body in motion moves fluids through pressure changes both from within and on the outside. The gentle bellows action of the normal breathing process, movement of muscles when walking or doing exercise help fluids change places. Other ways you can get this is with massage, stretching, and other normal activities. Many times people are rather sedentary; they work at jobs that require sitting, then go to a vehicle that offers the same. Since they are tired, they simply go home and sit on the couch, then go to bed. This is far too little movement of the body and will inevitably lead to stagnation and eventual breakdown.
Take the example of bed sores, called stasis ulcers. When people are bed ridden and cannot move, the fluids in the body begin to settle and ooze through their normal position toward the ground. The first signs are redness, then an oily sheen on that part of the skin as the plasma and lymph are oozing through. Soon the tissue will become irritated and not be able to transfer out carbon dioxide or get oxygen, thereby becoming acidic. It starts to break down. That leads to an ulcer (an open lesion of the skin). The ulcer is susceptible to dis-ease from bacteria, becomes active in the acidic environment and does not have good blood flow, which impedes the natural cleaning process by the blood (do you mean red?) and white blood cells. Once bacteria get going, they can be difficult to stop. Most people who are bed ridden do not have a great immune system to begin with. That can begin a cascade of trouble, leading to sepsis and eventual death.
Cupping is not the only answer, of course. It is one tool. The first and foremost way to ensure there is good flow is to move. Exercise, get massage, do some stretches! Let us imagine you have had a back injury. To help your body through this injury, your muscles tighten, the blood flow decreases and then your blood can become still and stagnant, making it difficult to clean out. I suggest only a few sessions to get things going, and you can get the whole process in motion and find quicker relief. (? Did not understand last sentence.)
An occasional ‘tune up’ is a good idea and I suggest once a month or so, with a follow up visit. ).The chart below will show you what to look for. As areas go from congested through to good healthy blood flow, you will find more relief. Someone with spots after cupping that are on the left side (healthy Blood Circulation) will have a pink-ness that will go away in a day or so. They only need maintenance, for example, once every few weeks depending on their activity levels