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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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