Cupping

Cupping increases blood flow to the area(s) being cupped and increased blood flow helps to promote overall health.

What is Traditional Cupping?

A therapeutic cupping treatment involves warming and placing cups, usually made of glass, on the skin or design suction cups. Traditional cupping by warming the air within the cup, a vacuum is created, and when it is applied to the skin, the tissue is drawn up into the cup. This increases the blood flow, loosens the connective tissue, and is thought to stimulate healing.. The cups are often placed on the back, neck, and shoulders or the site of pain. Cupping may cause temporary bruising and soreness, depending upon the degree of suction created by the vacuum and the level of internal stagnation. In Tradition Chinese Medicine this would be a positive outcome, suggesting the treatment has successfully removed toxins and stagnation. The cups are removed by lifting one edge, which allows air in and breaks the seal and vacuum.
There are two types of cupping methods, dry and wet. Dry cupping is noninvasive with no bloodletting. Wet cupping is invasive and includes bloodletting.

What are possible Benefits of Cupping

  • Herodotus listed cupping as a treatment for many ailments including maldigestion, lack of appetite, and headaches
  • Hippocrates advocated cupping for gynecological complaints, back, and extremity illnesses, pharyngitis, lung diseases, and ear ailments.
  • Celsus advised cupping therapy for extracting poison from bites and for abscesses.
  • Blood Stagnation and Lymph Stagnation

  • Chronic Back Pain, Musculoskeletal pain and migraine or tension headaches
  • Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

  • Detoxification

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