Commonly used cupping methods: fixed retaining cupping [1]

Posted by : admin on Sep 03, 2008 - 03:50 AM

We apply cupping on specific fixed points or places, then we leave cup on the skin surface of patients with 10 to 15 minutes, patients can feel suction on the skin and shallow part of muscle. After we withdraw cup, there are red color on the skin for mild stimulation and purplish dark color for heavy stimulation. Retaining time can not be long if cup is big, or skin is quite thin or patient is child. This method is commonly used for internal diseases and injury on deep tissues such as digestive diseases, cardiac vascular diseases, gynecological diseases, diseases on the joints of neck, shoulder, lumbar vertebrae and legs.