Does Not Producing Sha After Cupping Indicate Ineffectiveness? Key Insights on Cupping Therapy

Does Not Producing Sha After Cupping Indicate Ineffectiveness? Key Insights on Cupping Therapy

This Can Be Confusing The sliding cupping method refers to the technique where the cup is applied to the skin and moved by hand, extending the suction of cupping into a dynamic “sliding friction force”. Currently, cupping is one of the commonly used external treatment methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and sliding cupping is … Read more

Traditional Chinese Medicine Unique Treatments: Cupping Therapy

Traditional Chinese Medicine Unique Treatments: Cupping Therapy

Click the blue text above to follow us Set as a star ★ so you won’t miss our latest updates~ Sliding Cupping Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Unique Treatments Do you often feel stiffness and discomfort in your neck and shoulders, with tight and aching muscles throughout your back? Do you often feel heavy and weak … Read more

Cupping Therapy for the Back: Methods of Retention, Flash, and Sliding Cupping

Cupping Therapy for the Back: Methods of Retention, Flash, and Sliding Cupping

Cupping therapy can unblock the body’s jingluo (meridians), balance qi and xue (blood), regulate the endocrine system, and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, thereby improving digestive function and accelerating metabolism. It can reduce both superficial and deep internal fat, providing a green weight loss solution while also promoting health. Below, we will introduce several methods of cupping. … Read more

The Marvelous Eastern Secret Technique

The Marvelous Eastern Secret Technique

Zou Guan Therapy is one of the external treatment methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), integrating the effects of warm moxibustion, cupping, gua sha, and herbal therapy. It has the functions of strengthening the body’s resistance, expelling pathogenic factors, promoting circulation, and dispelling wind and cold. Zou Guan, also known as pushing cupping, involves first … Read more

Traditional Chinese Medicine Bamboo Cupping: Have You Tried It?

Traditional Chinese Medicine Bamboo Cupping: Have You Tried It?

拔罐疗法 (Cupping Therapy) is a traditional external treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with effects that are similar to internal treatments. Cupping therapy has a long history and comes in various forms, categorized by the type of cups used, such as air cups, glass cups, and 竹罐 (bamboo cups); and by the technique, including moving … Read more

Acupuncture at the Four Penetrating Points Combined with Flash Cupping for Treating 200 Cases of Shoulder Periarthritis

Acupuncture at the Four Penetrating Points Combined with Flash Cupping for Treating 200 Cases of Shoulder Periarthritis

Abstract:Professor Li Tingfang utilized acupuncture at the Four Penetrating Points (Jianyu (Shoulder Bone) to Ermen (Elbow), Jianzheng (Shoulder Correct) to Jiquan (Great Spring), Jianliao (Shoulder Joint) to Erhuai (Elbow Meeting), and Quchi (Pool at the Bend) to Shaohai (Little Sea)) combined with flash cupping to treat shoulder periarthritis, achieving satisfactory results that are worth our … Read more

Acupuncture at the Four Penetrating Points Combined with Flash Cupping for Treating 200 Cases of Shoulder Periarthritis

Acupuncture at the Four Penetrating Points Combined with Flash Cupping for Treating 200 Cases of Shoulder Periarthritis

This article is excerpted from “Li Tingfang’s 50 Years of Clinical Acupuncture Experience”丨Authors: Li Tingfang, Zhu WeiIntroduction:Professor Li Tingfang utilized acupuncture at the Four Penetrating Points (Jianyu (Shoulder Yang), Jianzheng (Shoulder True), Jianliao (Shoulder Meeting), Quchi (Pool at the Crook)) combined with flash cupping to treat shoulder periarthritis, achieving excellent results that are worth our … Read more

Special Techniques in TCM Nursing: Balancing Cupping Therapy

Special Techniques in TCM Nursing: Balancing Cupping Therapy

Balancing Cupping Therapy Balancing cupping therapy is a form of cupping therapy and an important component of balancing acupuncture. It is based on the theory of Yin and Yang, utilizing the principles of neuro-conduction, and focuses on self-balance. This non-pharmacological treatment employs various cupping techniques to affect the human body. Balancing cupping therapy primarily utilizes … Read more

Cupping Therapy: A Refreshing Summer Experience

Cupping Therapy: A Refreshing Summer Experience

Cupping therapy, commonly known as “fire cupping,” is a well-known treatment method. It typically uses glass cups as tools, employing methods such as burning and suction to remove air from the cups, creating negative pressure that allows the cups to adhere to specific areas of the body (affected areas, acupuncture points), stimulating local blood flow … Read more