Natural Living: What is cupping?

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Natural Living: What is cupping?


























The history of Chinese cupping is a long history of healing and innovation. It’s one of the oldest methods of traditional Chinese medicine, dating back to the early 4th Century. Later in the Tang and Qing dynasties, books were written about specific ailments for which cupping was prescribed. Cupping involves the application of glass, plastic or bamboo cups, which adhere to the body through the use of a pump or by heat, thereby causing a vacuum effect, which suctions the localized skin up into the cup. The cups are used over certain acupuncture points and/or over areas of pain. This  …
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