The cupping therapy is often incorporated in the traditional Chinese acupuncture and massage therapy practices. It has also been used in other parts of the world including Europe as traditional folk therapy.
During the cupping procedure, heat or mechanical vacuum devices are used to create a suction inside a glass or plastic cup. As the cup is then applied to the skin, the skin gets sucked up and rises inside the cup.
Variations of Cupping Methods:
Retained cupping
A common method of cupping in which the cup is kept at the same site for a certain period of time
Fire-insertion cupping method
A cupping procedure which involves inserting a piece of ignited alcohol-cotton into a cup and pressing the cup transversely onto the treated area of the lateral side of the body
Flash-fire cupping method
A cupping procedure which involves flashing the fire of a piece of ignited alcohol-cotton once around the cup’s interior and pressing the cup onto the treated area immediately after removing the ignited cotton
Cotton-burning cupping method
A cupping procedure performed by placing a thin layer of alcohol-cotton on the lower one third of the cup wall, and pressing the cup onto the treated area after igniting the cotton
Slide cupping
A cupping method in which the cup or jar is moved on the skin surface to extend the acting area
Medicated cupping
A form of cupping therapy in which the cup is put into boiling medicinal solution before use
Pricking-cupping bloodletting method
A combined method of pricking and cupping in which pricking with a three-edged acupuncture needle is followed by cupping to increase bloodletting
Fire Cupping Method
Vacuum Device Method
During the Cupping Procedure
Reference:
WHO International Standard Terminologies on Traditional Medicine in the Western Pacific Region. World Health Organization, 2007
Characteristics of Cupping Treatment
Relaxation *
Therapeutic ***
Intensity: Moderate to Very Strong
Lubrication: no
Undressing: Yes
Tip: Depends on facility
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