Cupping Therapy
Cupping Therapy
Do you suffer from
tension or body stagnation?
- Cupping Therapy is a form of alternative medicine which uses fire in the cup to create a vacuum on the acupuncture points on your skin. Most of the cupping areas are Back – Shu points (back points of internal organs).
- In Chinese medicine, the cupping helps to remove poisons from the body via the back points of internal organs. Physiologically, Cupping Therapy helps to increase blood circulation and creates deep stretching between the skin and muscles, So that afterwards you will feel relaxed and lighter in the body.
Benefits and Mechanism
1. Pain management by increasing systemic endogenous opioid and locally lowering inflammatory-related blood cells in affected area.
2. 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.
3. 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
- Cupping Marks
Suction pulls toxins, pathogenic, blood poison, cellular debris from deep within the tissues to the surface. Marks could last from 7 - 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.
