Cupping

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine using special cups on the skin to create suction. Cupping helps with pain, inflammation, blood flow, and to promote relaxation and well-being.

Cupping Benefits and Mechanisms

 Pain management by increasing systemic endogenous opioid and locally lowering inflammatory-related blood cells in affected area.

Muscle relaxation and speeding up healing effects by improving microcirculation, promoting capillary endothelial cell repair and in-situ blood vessels growth, increasing red blood cells.

 Detoxification and anti-inflammation: by promoting secretion of Nitric Oxide (NO) from endothelial cells leading to vasodilatation,decrease in vascular resistance, inhibit platelet adhesion, and inhibit of white blood cell migration. 

What To Expect After Cupping Therapy

 Cupping Marks: suction pulls toxins, pathogenic factors, blood poison, cellular debris from deep within the tissues to the surface. These debilitating agents are then more easily expelled from the body. The marks could range from a light pink to a dark purple. Often tiny raised bumps will show up. Sometimes a clear fluid will be drawn to the surface. These are as a result of disease and toxins being removed from deep within the tissues. The marks could last from 7 to 10 days depending on the nature and activity of the patient.

Itchy Sensation: due to the changes of local microcirculation and vasodilators, an itchy sensation could last a few hours after cupping a session. To alleviate that feeling,moisturizers or lotion could be used.

Types of Cupping

Dry Cupping: is a suction-only method. Traditional fire-cupping is used to create suction between the cups and skin to achieve therapeutic effects. Modern plastic cups could be used too.

Wet cupping: may involve cupping and medicinal controlled bleeding. All cups and lancet are disposable.