Cupping

Cupping is a traditional Chinese treatment, similar in purpose to acupuncture, as an effort to encourage the body's meridians, enhance the flow of Qi, and restore the balance of the body:

Cupping uses suction to take the blood to a certain point in the body, so that the circulation of blood to heal some of the organs and body parts associated with the "meridian lines" running in the neck, legs, hands, and back. This three-thousand years therapy has been called many things and each has slightly different technique.

In ancient China, was first called "treatment horns" because of Healers hollow animal horn used in the body to remove pus. Bamboo cups are also popular and cheap to make but since the use of cupping glass cap to start, there is no other that has rivaled the transparent nature of glass that make it easy for engineers to see the skin trapped inside of the rim. Involve less traditional use of alcohol in the cup before each lighted a fire (the alternative name of "fire-cupping") in order to warm but not burn the skin. Conventional "air" cupping of strays far from the fire are now open and focus on the safety of patients using the pump mechanism to secure the vacuum is not burning the oxygen out of the glass.

With warmth and pressure of the device to create vacuum, cupping promote the flow of blood and "qi"-also known as chi, Chinese for "energy from the natural Universe"-to help reduce swelling, get rid of fever, pain in the comfort of the lower back and legs, stomachaches, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma, and lung disease, among others. Other less known species called a "wet" cupping which pierced the skin before the cup is placed on the area that allows a small amount of blood to collect thoughts and to alleviate certain conditions. This is also known as blood-letting with the normal process of cupping in the definition of alternative medicine.

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