Massage Suction cupping is a modernized method of Cupping therapy. It uses a suction gun to create a negative air pressure vacuum in the cups placed on the skin. The suction is able to release rigid soft tissues and muscles and bring blood circulation closer to the surface. This can be seen when the skin turns red after the cup is left in place for a few minutes.
History of Cupping
Fire Cupping, Body Vacuuming or Cupping is a time-honored Chinese technique of healing. With the aim of restoring balance to the body's Chi, It has been a part of traditional chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years, as confirmed by ancient Chinese texts. Cupping therapy appears in other traditions as well. Increasingly it is finding recognition again in the modern world.
The traditional method is to create a partial vacuum inside a bamboo or glass cup by burning a combustible (such as alcohol) inside it, then rapidly applying the cup to the skin, where the force of the vacuum pulls up the underlying tissue. The body surface extends into the cup, and blood is usually drawn into the area under pressure.
Applied to significant acupuncture points, cupping is intended to stimulate the flow of Chi, as does massage, and acupressure.
Gwyneth Paltrow
at "The Anchorman"
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Gwyneth Paltrow used cupping therapy for detoxification, as could be seen by the circular bruises on her back, normal after cupping.
What Suction Cups Do The Suction Cups create the vacuum on the body's surface by manually withdrawing the air through the suction gun, instead of the use of fire.
If you think of massage as a positive pressure (pressing in on body tissues), then Massage Suction Cupping is a negative pressure, pulling body tissues out and away to stimulate them with a reverse massage. In addition the magnetic "needles" or points, when they are used, are pressed against the skin.
Treatment, Massage Too In total, the Massage Suction Cup Sets enable:
• Cupping Technique
• Magnetic Therapy (using the magnetic points or "needles")
• Acupressure (when using the points)
How Does That Help?
Cupping draws blood to the external capillaries of the body, encouraging the movement of Chi and blood in areas significant to acupuncture, to harmonize Chi, and help eliminate toxins.
The benefits of massage occur: stimulation of tissue, increased bloodflow to local areas, etc.
For those who wish to apply magnetic therapy, for pain relief for instance, the magnets may be applied at the same time as the cupping therapy is applied for pain-relieving and relaxing effects.
Health Effects
Of course the underlying goal of acupoint treatments is to restore balance to the Chi in the body. Cupping has received endorsements for more immediate relief of symptoms and gains in well-being. The actress Gwyneth Paltrow's endorsement of cupping is but one example. Patients and Practitioners in the East, and increasingly in the West, credit cupping with improved health and relief from symptoms of ailments, adding their voices to those of people who have felt benefits from this technique for thousands of years.
