How Cupping Therapy Works

Cupping therapy works by reducing the pain we feel in our bodies.  In alternative medicine, pain is believed to be caused by problems relating to your Qi flow.  This can be related to stress in the body, imbalances of hormones and fluids, lack of blood flow, and temperature in the muscles and joints.  When a suction cup is place on a problem area, the vacuum pull of the cup creates warmth and circulation in the area.  Very soon, you will feel that the pain is reduced.

In Chinese medicine, all the organs are connected together.  So if you have a problem with one organ, it can affect the health of other parts of your body.  The use of cupping therapy has many benefits and can be applied in many treatments.  Some of the conditions cupping therapy can be used in are:

  • Migraine and tension headaches
  • Muscle aches and stiffness
  • Mental disorders, anxiety and depression
  • Food allergies and asthma
  • Varicose veins and cellulite
  • IBS
  • Fatigue
  • Skin Problems
  • Period Cramps

In fact, the body is a comprehensive system that needs to be balanced in order to work properly. An imbalance to your system can make you sick. For example, if too much toxin made their way inside your system, it will create enormous disruptions in your body which could lead to sickness. In like manner, if cold air packets have penetrated your muscles nerves, it could cause common sickness and pains.

Cupping will use heat to suck out those toxins and accumulated stress and tensions. The suction created through cupping method will loosen impacted nerve endings thus restoring them to their original state.

If these happen, healing will occur. This is especially true if the therapist will use heat promoted cupping method. Heat has been used since ancient times for medical practices. Through the application of heat, the cold channels inside your body can be eliminated thus restoring balance of heat and cold.

The essential oils applied on the skin and the rubbing action associated with cupping also provides an effective healing solution. Normally, your back will receive liberal amounts of oils during cupping sessions. After establishing the cups on their appointed spots, I will run the cups along your muscles and nerve endings. The massaging action coupled with the suction technique can stimulate activity of health cells. This is made possible through the promotion of excellent blood circulation. With good circulation and healthy activity and growth of cells, your body immune system can effectively fight diseases. This then will lead to good health.

Cupping has been used in Traditional Medicine as a powerful and very effective method of fighting diseases and illnesses. Since ancient time to the present, voluminous records of anecdotal evidences and eyewitness testimonials have shown that indeed, cupping certainly heals.