Cupping

Cupping is a way to stimulate the skin with a vacuum and thus affect the internal functions.

There are different types of cupping, both in theory and practice. A form of cupping has long been a part of the Nordic folk medicine. Then "was" a vein, a cup horn was placed over the vein and blood was sucked out. No cup was used including of back pain and swollen legs; at heart disease were treated left ring finger and the pain in his right armpit cup were left thumb. Put the evil in the area of ​​the navel, cup was big toes.

Another form of cupping is used in traditional Chinese medicine to stimulate akupukturpunkter. Some foliole or cotton dipped in alcohol is burned for a while inside a cup of bamboo or glass. The cup is then quickly on the skin, usually on the back. By burning formed a vacuum in the cup, and the skin "sucked" up. For those who are receiving treatment feels like a colony of red ants made their homes in a concentrated space. There are different variations of vakupunktur, ie. vacuum treatment of acupuncture points. (See also Acupuncture and Vacuum Therapy.)