A Practical Guide To Cupping Therapy

This comprehensive guide to Chinese cupping therapy details this traditional and effective treatment with extensive clinical examples, commentary, and detailed diagrams. Cupping therapy delivers healing effects by improving blood circulation, promoting smoother flow of qi through meridian points and dispelling cold and dampness in the body. It involves local suction on the skin through vacuum created by heating and subsequent cooling of the air in the cup. Because of its easy application and immediate effects, cupping therapy has been practiced in China since time immemorial and remains to this day as a form of traditional medicine for treating illnesses and enhancing health. With solid grounding in both theory and clinical practice, the author introduces the fundamental principles of cupping therapy and areas that require special attention, which are followed by techniques of cupping for targeted ailments. The book covers nine areas: internal medicine, surgery, ENT and ophthalmology, dermatology, andrology, gynecology, and pediatrics (with 73 common illnesses), as well as sub-health condition and health and complexion enhancement, with cupping options for various target skin areas. A Comprehensive Guide to Cupping Therapy contains: A therapy for healing, enhancing health and improving quality of life through the natural way of traditional Chinese medicine Techniques of cupping that can be quickly mastered to help yourself heal, with easy to follow illustrations Tips from a medical professional on having a better diet and life style to prevent illness and gain a healthy complexion.

Are you interested in learning more about how to get started with cupping therapy? Would you like simple, step-by-step instructions that can help you get started safely with this unique healing practice? If so, then keep reading... Modern medicine has allowed for some amazing advances in medical treatments. It has helped save and extend countless lives and continues pushing human ability forward. It has also, however, placed a high interest in medications (perhaps due to financial interests). Unfortunately, doctors are prescribing pills for any and all injuries, illnesses, or ailments. These pills, in turn, have their own side effects, which require more pills... It becomes an endless cycle that provides only temporary comfort. More and more people are considering alternative, and natural methods to heal. One of the more successful treatments that continue to gain popularity is cupping therapy. It may have come to your attention after seeing some of your favorite athletes and celebrities with round hickey like marks on their body. They likely underwent the therapy for recovery, relaxation, or beauty. So what are the real benefits and how does it all work? This guide book can help answer all of your questions. You will effectively be "handheld" safely through the practice, and find great tips and techniques that allow you to potentially soothe various issues. Here's just a little of what you will discover inside... How cupping has been used for centuries, and how the practice evolved. The benefits of cupping and how it can help treat many of the ailments you may be facing. The science behind how the therapy heals, treats, and relaxes... Are you better off visiting a clinic or using an at-home kit? (This will surprise you) What all to consider before getting started with cupping. Animal horns as cups? Not anymore, but learn about all the different cups and tools used today. Weak flash cupping, or medium moving cupping? Understand all the techniques practitioners use, and how you can as well. Diagrams of over 40 different effective placements on the body to help treat everything from shoulder pain and feet issues to a variety of beauty treatments. What to consider after completing a session. (Don't eat the following meals...) How to effectively clear cupping marks faster. ... and much, much more. This book provides an unbiased view of cupping therapy. If you are new to the practice or even if you have plenty of experience, there is guaranteed to be something in here for you. Ready to find out more? Then let's get started by scrolling up and tapping "Buy Now".

"An important part of Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years, cupping has recently gained widespread acclaim for its many benefits. It may look like some kind of torture and temporarily leave strange circles on your skin, but it's so effective that everyone from professional athletes to famous celebrities is using it to improve their health and well-being. In this book, you will discover what cupping is, how it works, and which cupping techniques would be best for you. You will learn the science behind the suction and the many conditions and ailments it can alleviate."--Back cover.

Cupping therapy involves the application of cups to the skin, creating negative pressure through suction. This ancient therapeutic practice dates back to around 400 BC, as described by Herodotus, who noted its use in treating various ailments such as headaches, anorexia, and poor digestion. Cupping therapy is renowned for its effectiveness in eliminating toxins from the body's tissues and organs. Also known as horn therapy, vacuum cupping, and hijama cupping, this procedure entails the therapist using specialized cups on the skin to generate suction. This suction draws up the underlying tissue, increasing blood flow to the affected area and causing swelling. The enhanced blood flow beneath the cups helps to draw contaminants and toxins away from surrounding tissues and organs, bringing them to the surface for elimination.

This new edition explores and describes techniques of cupping in the context of TCM theory. It provides a clear and detailed set of practical guidelines to applying this technique for various common conditions, and looks closely at issues of safety, expectation and theoretical principles of action. This new edition includes new scientific research on cupping therapy and the effect on the immune system as well as new material on muscular pain, stress management and cupping therapy and sports medicine. A dedicated website complements the text with video clips showing the eleven methods of cupping therapy. DVD containing 12 video clips showing the use of cupping in practice. Unique scienfitic research on cupping therapy and the effect on the immune system. LI>16 page colour plate section containing 63 halftones. New page layout including new features. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout with more details allocated to individual treatment and methods. LI>New material on muscular pain, stress management and cupping therapy and sports medicine.

An ancient alternative technique that has found its right place in the modern world of healing. In recent years countless high profile athletes and celebrities have been sporting distinctive circular "cupping" welts on their bodies -- the back and shoulder area being most common. Dating back thousands of years, cupping is a form of alternative medicine. The cups create suction and help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, deep relaxation and can even provide relief for sciatica and sinus congestion. Massage Cupping body therapy is a modern and modified version of cupping therapy that creates suction and negative pressure through the use of both stationary and moving cups. These cups are available at pharmacies and do not use heat like old-fashioned glass cupping -- making them entirely safe and easy for home use. Shannon Gilmartin is a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist and certified vacutherapies educator who teaches this wonderfully diverse therapy and has witnessed the positive outcomes for patients. This book shares all her extraordinary professional and hands-on experience, so that everyone can experience the positive benefits of cupping. Nearly 200 step-by-step photos and full color pages make it easy to follow this expert instruction. The book includes: The history of cupping, the types of cups and the many therapeutic benefits of cupping from skeletal and muscular to the digestive and nervous systems What to expect after a cupping session including comprehensive safety and techniques information Applications for common conditions that range from stress and back tension to frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, TMJD (temporomandibular joint dysfunction) and even acid reflux A section for speciality applications like athletic performance, prenatal therapy and working with inflammation (acute vs. chronic). A comprehensive and easy-to-read cupping therapy book, with plenty of practical suggestions. This must be one of the best cupping therapy books I have seen recently published. -- Ilkay Zihni Chirali, Author of Traditional Chinese Medicine Cupping Therapy

Cupping therapy is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) technique that has been used for thousands of years as a highly effective treatment for a variety of conditions, including skin conditions and musculoskeletal complaints. Many bodyworkers are very interested in learning about how to use Cupping Therapy within their own specialties, and this book is for them. Drawing on 40 years of expertise, Ilkay Chirali provides a wealth of information on cupping for those without TCM knowledge, covering safety information, equipment and the different variations of cupping and their best uses. Beautifully illustrated with over 120 full-colour photos, it empowers physiotherapists, massage therapists, sports medicine professionals and beauty therapists to add cupping therapy to their toolbox of techniques.