anybody familiar with the vacuum cupping therapy?
Posted in technique on 12/21/2008 09:33 am by HealinPower
This is the cupping therapy method:
Cupping therapy began with burning one of the following in the cup: alcohol, alcohol-soaked cotton wool, herbs, paper or a taper. Either prior to, or after the burning had been completed, cupping therapy practitioners applied the cup reverse-side down to smooth body surfaces where the cup is left in place from five to ten minutes.
by this website: http://www.holisticjunction.com/categories/HPD/cupping-therapy.html
My family, we’re asian, and most asians use this technique to heal their sicknesses sometimes. As a child, I never understood how it works, they just said “it just does”. Now that I’ve looked it up, it says that it is used to release toxins and promote energy flow to heal the body.
but how?? it’s hard for me to understand how that works.. does it really suck the bad air out of the body and work with vessels? if somebody can help me out with this, i’d be very appreciative! thanks!
James