Cupping Therapy

• Cupping is a type of alternative medicine that originated in China.
• This involves placing cups on the skin for suction. ( Learn about vaginal massage therapy )
• Facilitation can be facilitated by treating the blood flow with suction.
• Those giving this treatment claim that the suction helps to facilitate the flow of "Qi" in the body.
• Let us tell you that Qi is a Chinese word which means life force. 
• The earliest practice of cupping was reportedly from 281 to 341 A.D. It was done by a herbalist named Ge Hog, who lived till then.
• Many experts believe that cupping helps in balancing the positive and negative in our body. 
• Restoring the balance between these two extremities is known to help with the body's resistance to pathogens as well as its ability to increase blood flow and reduce pain.
• During cupping therapy, blood circulation is promoted in the area where the cup is placed.
• It can relieve muscle tension, which can improve overall blood flow. 
• In addition to creating new connective tissue by repairing cell damage, it can also help in making new blood vessels in the tissue. ( Learn about stem cell therapy )
• People use cupping to supplement their care for a host of issues and conditions.

What Does Cupping Do

During a cupping treatment, a cup is placed on the skin and then heat or suction is applied to the skin. 

The cup is often heated by fire using alcohol, herbs or paper that is placed directly in the cup. 

The fire source is removed and the hot cup is placed with the open side directly on your skin. 

Some modern cupping practitioners have shifted to using rubber pumps to create suction versus more traditional heat methods. 

When the hot cup is placed on your skin, the air inside the cup cools down and creates a vacuum that pulls the skin and muscles up into the cup. ( Learn about sex therapy )

Your skin may turn red as the blood vessels respond to changes in pressure.

With dry cupping, the cup is set for a set amount of time, usually between 5 and 10 minutes. 

With wet cupping, the cups are usually in place for only a few minutes before the doctor removes the cup and makes a small incision to draw the blood. 

After the cups are removed, the doctor may cover the already affected areas with ointment and bandages. 

It helps prevent infection. Any mild bruising or other scars usually go away within 10 days of the session.

Cupping is sometimes done in conjunction with acupuncture treatments. 

For best results, you may want to fast or eat only two to three hours before your cupping session.

Benefits of cupping

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•Beneficial for anti-aging, blood circulation, pain relief and many other treatments

•Take fire cupping and dry cupping therapy to de-stress the body.

•Cupping therapy is an effective way to relax the body. 

•This is a Chinese therapy in which a vacuum can be created in a cup and applied on the body for some time. 

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Types of cupping

Cupping is done in many ways 

Fire Cupping:

 This type of therapy involves putting alcohol in a cotton ball and setting it on fire. After this, the smoke of this fire is put inside the cup and the cup is applied in the back and shoulder. Due to the pressure of the smoke inside the cup, the skin of the body gets pulled inside the cup. This therapy is mostly taken to solve the problems related to the skin.

Dry Cupping: 

 In this cupping, the empty cup is placed on the skin with such a technique that vacuum is created inside the cup. Through this process, the dirty blood of the body gets collected at the place of the cup, which is removed by making an incision. This removes the impure blood of the body.

Wet cupping: 

 The cup is dipped in certain oils and placed on certain acupressure points of the skin. Due to the stretching of the skin, the pain of the muscles also gradually subsides. Apart from this, this therapy also gives relaxation to the body.