cupping therapy chinese

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Cupping therapy

Lecturer: Qu Hongyan


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Whats cupping?

Cupping is a therapy in which a jar is attached to the

skin surface using negative pressure created by

introducing a flame into the cup or some other means of

suction so as to form a localized congestion or blood

stagnation to prevent or treat diseases.

All cupping done during ancient times is flame-inducedsuction, hence the name !lame cupping".


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Bamboo cup


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Glass cup


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Pottery jar


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Piston air-sucking cup


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Advantage #isadvantage

$amboo cup %ight, economical,easily-made, durable

Cracks easily

&ottery jar &roduce a strongsuction

'eavy, can be easilybroken

(lass cup )ransparent can be easily broken

&iston air-suckingcup

Convenient, provide,strong suction,difficult to break

Can not provide warmeffect

Differences among jars


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Cup-sucking methods

Flame cupping isused to remove air in the

jar created by a flameand attach the cup

against the skin.


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!lash-flame cupping

*gnite a + alcohol-soaked cotton ball held

with tweezers, put the

flame into the cup andcircle the flame inside it to

to / times. 0emove the

flame and place the cup

onto the skin very 1uickly.

)his is a safe and

commonly used method.


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!lame-casting cupping

&ut an ignite +alcohol-soaked cotton

ball into the cup, and then

place the cup on to theskin.

)his method is

suitable for transverse

cupping.


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&iston air-sucking cupping

refers toplace the cup tightlyagainst the skin, and draw outthe air by pulling the piston to

attach the cup onto the skin.

Cup-sucking method


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Cupping methods

0etaining cupping

!lashing cupping

2liding cupping 3eedling-retainingcupping

$lood-letting and

cupping


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0etaining cupping

Attach the cup to the skin and retain itfor 45 to 4 minutes, and remove it.)his is used for many disorders. *n

clinical practice, a single-cup or multi-cup retaining can be used.


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Flashing cupping

Attach and remove the cup

1uickly and repeatedly until the

treated area becomes reddish,

congested or e6travasated.

)his is used on patients who

cannot accept retaining cupping

such as infants, young women, orfor treatments done on the face.


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2liding cupping

2pread some vaseline or paraffin oil to the treated

area, attach the cup to the skin, move it up and down or

left and right on the selected area, and finally remove the

cup when the skin becomes reddish, congested or even

e6travasated. )his method is suitable for places with thick

muscles in large areas, such as waist, back and thighs.


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Blood-letting and cupping

Carefully disinfect the area to be treated.&rick the points with a three-edged needle to

induce bleeding, and then attach the cup to the

appropriate points. 0etain the cup on the area for45 to 4 minutes. )his is a way to strengthen the

effect of the blood-letting. *t is indicated for

erysipelas, sprains and acute mastitis.


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eedle-retaining cupping

)his method is a combination of acupunctureand cupping. Attach a cup to the area around

one or more of the retained needles and keepthe needles inside the cup. 0emove the cup and

needles after to 45 minutes, or when the

localized skin becomes reddish, congested or

e6travasated.


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7ffects of cupping

Free meridians and dredge collaterals

Promote !i and acti"ate blood

#elie"e s$elling and pain

Dispel $ind and scatter cold


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*ndications for cupping Cupping has numerous applications such as used

to treat arthritis due to wind-cold-dampness, acute

sprains, common cold, cough, asthma, indigestion,

stomachache etc. *n addition, this therapy can treatsome surgical diseases such as erysipelas and

snake bite.


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#emo"al of cup

)he attached cup

should be removed by

holding it with the left

hand and pressing the

skin around the cup with

the thumb or inde6 finger

of the right hand to let air

in. #on8t remove the cupby force.


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&recautions

Cupping should be applied to areas with thick muscles

rather than the bony and hairy areas.

2elect the proper sized cups depending on the areas to

be treated.

)he cupping procedure should be done with great carein order to avoid burning the skin.

*t is ill-advised to apply cupping to areas containing an

allergic reaction, ulcers and edema 9 to places where

large vessels are distributed, to the abdomen, waist andsacrum of pregnant women, and to patients with spasms

and a higher fever.


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