Traditional Chinese Medicine Cupping Therapy

Book 3rd edition 2015.

Traditional chinese medicine cupping therapy.

In my experience i have seen good responses to cupping from patients with the following lifestyles or symptoms tension from stress and anxiety sitting too long over training. Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin with the application of heated cups. Chapter 3 2 cupping in thailand s traditional lanna medicine kei ngu. Its practice mainly occurs in asia but also in eastern europe the middle east and latin america.

Chapter 6 complementary and alternative medicine cam therapies. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. To date he has given over 60 public lectures and a bbc world service radio talk on the subject of traditional chinese medicine and cupping therapy. It involves creating suction on the skin using a glass ceramic bamboo or plastic cup.

Negative pressure is created in the cup either by applying a flame to the cup to remove oxygen before placing it. Cupping has been characterized as a pseudoscience and its practice as quackery. He has been organizing regular cupping workshops both in the uk and overseas since 1988 and a bbc tv programme where he appeared as an expert. 55 tui na is a tcm method of attempting to stimulate the flow of qi by various bare handed techniques that do not involve needles.

Chapter 2 cupping s folk heritage bruce bentley. Cupping is a therapy used in traditional chinese medicine tcm to remove stagnation and stimulate the flow of qi chi. Traditional chinese medicine cupping therapy. Extensively updated throughout and with a new website containing videos and a downloadable image bank.

Cupping is a practice used in traditional medicine in several parts of the world including china and the middle east. Cupping therapy is an ancient chinese form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin. Chapter 4 benefits of cupping therapy. Chapter 1 traditional chinese medicine cupping therapy.

People get it for many purposes including to. Practitioners believe this mobilizes blood flow in order to promote healing. Chapter 5 preparing the patient for cupping treatment. Traditional chinese medicine tcm cupping therapy relives pain and relaxes tension in the body by increasing blood flow to the tendons and muscles around the cupped area.

Continues to offer readers a comprehensive exploration and description of techniques of cupping in the context of traditional chinese medicine theory.