Cupping Therapy Is A Versatile Modality That’s Used for A Range of Techniques
The effects that occur in cupping therapy are designed to cleanse the body of waste materials and toxins and to eliminate disease from the body. The bruises appearing on the skin are not really bruises like injured skin tissue, but are of dead blood coming to the skin surface. The more therapy is applied on a certain area, the healthier and lighter it becomes. The redness in the treatment area increased blood circulation in the area promoting healing. The techniques of cupping are varied. Patients have discovered that the process releases the tissue so much faster than using the hands. If there is a body part that is tough, I practitioners will administer pump release technique to speed it along. Cupping is basically the best way to stimulate circulation aside from loosening fascia and moving lymph for a faster recovery.
Cupping Therapy is an amazing ancient procedure that has found its rightful place in the modern world of healing. It is founded on the traditional way of performing Chinese cupping therapy, and the amazing outcomes that this facile and easy-to-perform treatment brings in have truly impressed patients who have felt its subtle power.
By generating negative pressure and suction, cupping therapy can be used to drain toxins and excess fluids by opening lymphatic pathways, soften tight muscles, tone attachments, increase blood flow and hydration to body tissues, lift connective tissue, and loosen adhesions. This modality has many applications and can be easily modified to accomplish a variety of techniques, from deep tissue release to lymphatic drainage. Cupping therapy can be used as an adjunct to several health modalities ranging from medical massage to spa treatments and physical therapy.
It makes the body feel invigorated and wakes it up whilst generating a deep sense of healing via the sedation of the nervous system.
Cupping therapy activates skin function by improving circulation while draining lymph and layers of fused tissue layers to produce a healthy skin glow and promote a smooth appearance.
It is designed to loosen adhesions and strengthen the muscles making it operate more independently and activate healthy excretion of built up debris in the systems, organs, and tissues.
History of Cupping
Over time, cupping therapy evolved from the initial use of hollowed out animal horns to remove toxins out of skin lesions and snakebites. The horns were eventually replaced with bamboo cups that were then replaced with glass. Healing applications progressed with the upgrade of the cup itself, and with the societies that used cupping as a health care procedure method. The real origins of cupping therapy remain a mystery.
The Chinese augmented its applications to include surgical use to deflect circulation from the site of surgery. Eventually, the process developed into a distinct therapy, with practitioners able to heal a gamut of conditions. Ancient documents dating back 28 A.D. states that with cupping and acupuncture in Cleveland, “more than 50 percent of illnesses can be cured”. Chinese medicine practitioners state that cupping clears chi and blood stagnation, and addresses external pathogenic elements that infiltrate a weak constitution. A deficient constitution is usually caused by an exhausted original essence or “Jing Chi”. This usually leads to a weakened defense (immune function) or“Wei Chi”.
The Egyptians gathered a number of documents on ancient medicine that talked about the use of cupping for conditions such as a weakened appetite, menstrual imbalances vertigo, pain, fever. The ancient Egyptians introduced cupping to ancient Greece, where it was eventually disseminated to ancient societies in many European countries and even in the States. Recently, American and European doctors use cupping in practice. Medical papers that were written in the 19th century and a combined effort between the former Soviet Union and communist China proved the clinical results of cupping therapy. In all Chinese hospitals, the technique became an official healing practice. For lactation problems and inflamed breasts, breast cupping became a treatment of choice for many people. The well-known breast pump was invented from this. As machines and technology came into use in the 20th century, it led to a decline in interest in the use of this technique. Cupping sets were carried by medical supply companies well into the 1940?s and pumps were introduced that could create a vacuum.