Traditional Chinese Medicine Learning Diary 4: Common Cupping Tools and Methods

Traditional Chinese Medicine Learning Diary 4: Common Cupping Tools and Methods

Common cupping methods include: conventional cupping, flash cupping, retention cupping, sliding cupping, rotating cupping, and popping cupping. This article details the operational steps and methods of cupping with illustrations. 1. Conventional cupping can be divided into two types: single cup method and multiple cup method.Tools needed: fire cupping, hemostatic forceps, cotton balls, hot towels, lighter, … Read more