Cupping Therapy for Various Childhood Illnesses: What You Should Know!

Cupping Therapy for Various Childhood Illnesses: What You Should Know!

Recently, our pediatric department has received numerous calls from parents whose children are suffering from colds, coughs, and fevers! It’s difficult to manage injections and medications while watching your little ones in discomfort. Are you also feeling overwhelmed and unsure of how to cope? Here’s a powerful tip—Cupping Therapy (吸痧走罐) to quickly relieve symptoms. Are … Read more

Traditional Chinese Medicine Techniques (23): Cupping Therapy for Cold Legs

Traditional Chinese Medicine Techniques (23): Cupping Therapy for Cold Legs

Cupping Therapy for Cold Legs Recently, it has been very hot, and passersby are dressed in summer clothes. However, this patient friend was wearing three pairs of pants and needed to sit on a cotton cushion, stating that she has experienced cold legs for decades, and it has only become more severe recently. Even in … Read more

Cupping Therapy Techniques for Cervicogenic Headache

Cupping Therapy Techniques for Cervicogenic Headache Hangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Bao Yehua Introduction This technique originates from the acupuncture rehabilitation department of Hangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, led by Director Bao Yehua. In 2020, he initiated a project under the Zhejiang Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Plan titled “Clinical Efficacy Observation of … Read more

What Diseases Can Cupping Therapy Treat? Common Misconceptions to Avoid

What Diseases Can Cupping Therapy Treat? Common Misconceptions to Avoid

Cupping therapy is a traditional technique in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that uses cups as tools to create a vacuum by burning air or suctioning out air, allowing the cups to adhere to acupuncture points (腧穴, zhuyue) or specific areas of the body. This causes local skin congestion and bruising to achieve the purpose of … Read more

Traditional Techniques for Eliminating Dampness and Detoxification

Traditional Techniques for Eliminating Dampness and Detoxification

Yóu Zǒu Guàn Do you often feel stiffness and discomfort in your neck and shoulders? Do you frequently experience tightness and soreness in your back muscles? Do you often feel that you are not absorbing food well, with poor gastrointestinal function? Do you often feel heavy and weak in your limbs when moving, and suspect … Read more

Can Children Undergo Cupping Therapy?

Can Children Undergo Cupping Therapy?

Click the blue text to follow us Can Children Undergo Cupping Therapy? The answer is certainly yes. Traditional cupping methods include glass cups, bamboo cups, and suction cups, and various techniques such as moving cupping, flash cupping, and needling cupping. However, due to children’s young age, poor cooperation, and delicate skin, traditional cupping methods often … Read more

Traditional Chinese Cupping Therapy

Traditional Chinese Cupping Therapy

—— Balance Cupping ——The cupping therapy, historically known as “Jiao Fa”, utilizes cups as tools to create negative pressure through methods such as fire and suction, allowing them to adhere to the body surface. This technique aims to promote meridian circulation, invigorate qi and blood, reduce swelling and pain, and dispel wind and cold. Balance … Read more

Why Does Cupping Always Hurt? Is It Due to Incorrect Technique?

Why Does Cupping Always Hurt? Is It Due to Incorrect Technique?

Interesting souls around the world are all paying attention to Quan Jing Tong Follow me for daily knowledge “Outsiders watch the excitement, while insiders see the subtleties.” Although cupping seems simple, there are many “details” involved. Recently, someone asked, “When I perform cupping on others, it always seems to hurt. Is my technique incorrect?” In … Read more

Understanding Cupping Therapy: Benefits and Mechanisms

Understanding Cupping Therapy: Benefits and Mechanisms

More and more people are experiencing the benefits of “moving cupping,” with even foreign athletes beginning to try this therapy for body maintenance. So, what exactly is moving cupping? What role does it play? [Definition of Moving Cupping] Moving cupping is somewhat similar to the ancient cupping therapy, sometimes referred to as “sliding cupping therapy.” … Read more

Effective Cupping Therapy for Dampness and Pain Relief

Effective Cupping Therapy for Dampness and Pain Relief

Dampness and exposure to cold can easily lead to symptoms such as colds, fevers, general fatigue, and lower back pain. Office workers, who spend long hours sitting in front of computers, are particularly prone to conditions like shoulder periarthritis. Traditional cupping therapy can alleviate these symptoms, but did you know that a more effective method … Read more