Cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapy dating back at least 2,000 years. Since 1950, cupping therapy has been applied as a formal modality in hospitals throughout China and elsewhere in the world to relieve pain and to treat various diseases.
Cupping is a technique that uses small cups as suction devices that are placed on the skin. The cups can be left in place for up to 20 minutes (“fixed” or “stationary” cupping) or gently moved across the skin (“gliding cupping” or “massage cupping”). The suction in the cups draws the skin and superficial muscle layer into the cup, loosening muscles, encouraging blood flow, and sedating the nervous system.
Cupping is thought to affect tissues up to four inches deep from the external skin, releasing toxins, clearing blockages, and opening circulation, improving lymph drainage. Cupping is used to relieve back and neck pains, stiff muscles, anxiety, fatigue, migraines, rheumatism, and fibromyalgia pain. Cupping can also be used to break up cellulite.
Cupping is one of the best deep-tissue therapies available with no harmful side effects. However, temporary skin discoloration may occur following the therapy.
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