What is cupping? And how to treat cupping
What is cupping: Hijama is a type of ancient alternative medicine that dates back to the ancient Egyptian and Chinese civilizations.
Cupping therapy may be popular now, but it is not new. It dates back to the ancient Egyptian, Chinese and Middle Eastern cultures. One of the oldest medical books in the world, the Ebers Papyrus, describes how the ancient Egyptians used cupping therapy in 1550 BC.
What is cupping? How to treat it?
The therapist puts special cups on your skin in certain areas to treat it, and they are placed for a few minutes to make suction, which is the suction of the skin in that area.
People seek cupping therapy for many purposes, including pain relief, inflammation, relaxation, feeling energized and refreshed, and increasing blood flow to stimulate blood circulation as well, if cupping is considered a type of deep tissue massage
Cups can be made from:
glass
Bamboo
earthenware
Silicone
What is cupping? Types of cupping
There are different methods of cupping, including:
1- Wet cupping:
This method is represented by pricking the skin with needles and then placing cups on the acupuncture site, and this allows a small amount of blood to flow from the area, where internal toxins are eliminated as is believed.
The Chinese use this method to cool the infected areas
2- Dry cupping:
This is considered the classic method of cupping therapy. Where the principle of this type is based on placing the cups on the pain areas in two ways: the dry method, and the method of the cups that ignite inside them and leaving them for five to twenty minutes, depending on the person’s condition. It should be noted that with the advancement of science, the method of applying dry cupping has changed, as the removal of air from the cups and emptying them is done using a manual suction pump without the need for heat.
This method is more comfortable, as studies have shown. Note that dry cupping requires four to six sessions, each session separating from three to ten days.
3- Sliding cupping:
Here, massage oil is applied to the skin before placing the cups, in order to facilitate the cups’ sliding on the surface of the skin. This type of cupping is usually applied to the large muscles of the back to treat muscle pain and spasms
What is cupping? Scientific studies on cupping.
One report, published in 2015 in the Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, suggests that it can help treat acne, shingles and pain management.
This is similar to the findings of the 2012 report, published in PLoS One. Australian and Chinese researchers reviewed 135 studies on cupping. They concluded that cupping therapy may be effective when people also receive other treatments, such as acupuncture or medications, for various diseases and conditions, such as:
Herpes zoster.
acne.
Facial paralysis.
Cervical cancer.
The British Cupping Society says that cupping therapy is used to treat:
Blood disorders such as anemia and hemophilia.
Rheumatic diseases such as arthritis and fibromyalgia.
Fertility and gynecological diseases.
Skin problems such as eczema and acne.
high blood pressure.
Photo migraine.
Anxiety and depression.
Bronchial congestion caused by allergies and asthma.
varicose veins.
Side effects
Cupping is safe to some extent, as long as you go to a trained health professional, and of course this is what we believe in the Mawah Center for Hijama without a doubt.
But you could have these side effects in the area where the cups touch your skin:
Mild discomfort.
Burns.
Bruising
Skin infection.
If the cups and equipment become contaminated with blood and are not properly sterilized among patients, blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis B and C. can spread. Therefore, we assure you not to go to any center and be confident of the treatment center for cupping to ensure full hygiene and sterilization conditions.
What do you ask your doctor first
Talk to your doctor before starting cupping or any other type of complementary or alternative medicine. Talk at length with your cupping therapist as well before trying it. He asks:
What is cupping and the conditions for using cupping?
What is your training?
What is your experience in using it?
Do I really get the standard treatments for my condition?
Are there reasons that prevent me from cupping?
Of course, and with pride, we have a group of qualified doctors and trainees in our center
Cases that prevent the use of cupping
In general, cupping therapy is not recommended in the following cases:
Menstruating women and pregnant women.
Children, especially those under the age of four years, and older people are allowed to do cupping, but for a short period.
People who are obese or excessively thin.
People who have heat cramps.
People with muscle cramps and bone fractures.
People who suffer from cancer, especially when it is spreading to other parts of the body.
People who bleed easily or take blood-thinning medications.
Elderly; Where the skin becomes more fragile and does not benefit from cupping therapy.
People who have had sunburn.
People with a cut or sore on the skin in the area where cupping is to be performed.
This is how we got to know together what is cupping and its types
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