Benefits of Cupping Therapy.

How Cupping can be beneficial for our body and health and how does it works? 

Cupping Therapy can be used in three main aspects of our health: 

1️⃣ As treatment for injuries,

2️⃣ As treatment for illness and diseases,

3️⃣ In cosmetic field.

Cupping has interesting way of bringing blood to damaged tissues and cells, it works always the same way giving effects in many fields of our health. 

1️⃣CUPPING AND OVERCOMING INJURIES

It is a treatment for old and new injuries, which can be external or internal. The healing process is don't to increasing the blood flow to affected area, and this process restore functionality of damaged tissues. Cupping also realises accumulated fluids in damaged area. Those fluids are usually made of toxins and plethora of other non beneficial elements including lactic acid. By Cupping we can drain the fluids from the bloodstream the same improving blood circulation.  

Swelling (which is the fluid build-up in damaged area) makes the healing proces longer, because the blood flow to damaged area of the body is restricted. 

Cupping can shift the fluids to different (healthy) areas, where those can be naturally cleaned from our body. 

BRINGS BLOOD TO INJURIES

During cupping capillaries in the body becoming broken due to the suction (negative pressure) of soft tissue. When it's happened, the broken small vessels bruising on the skin.The body's way to deal with broken capillaries is to flood the area with oxygen and fresh blood in response. This process speeds up the healing of injuries.

RELAXES MUSCLES 

One way to help relax muscles tension with an injury is through a massage. Cupping massage therapy can ease the tension and pain in the muscles. Cupping is very popular way of massage for professional athletes as well as everyone who is in need of deep relax. Using long or circular motion during the massage, the negative pressure pulling the muscles upwards the skin surface bringing it out to natural position. Cupping assist with blood flow and this benefits extent subsequently to affecting all the vital organs in the body. 

2️⃣CUPPING AND COMMON AILMENTS

The benefits of cupping are extensive, and it can be used to cure or treat various ailments and illnesses as well as injuries. This healing process is mainly due to the release of toxins from the bloodstream. The ailments which cupping therapy has been known to help treat include but are not limited to:

ASTHMA

The increased blood flow from cupping sends red blood cells to the lungs. These cells deliver oxygen to the surrounding cells, allowing the lungs to expand more and the airways to open. This can help reduce asthma attacks.

INDIGESTION

Blood circulation to the digestive tract is increased which helps with the secretion of digestive enzymes. It enhances the circulation of bile and improves the

appetite and metabolism, regulates bowel movements and helps prevent constipation and diarrhoea.

CONGESTION IN THE LUNGS

Congestion is mainly due to a build-up of phlegm and fluids in your lungs. The suction created by cupping induces increased blood flow to the area, sparking an immune response. This response loosens any congestion, fluids, and mucus in the lungs.

MIGRAINES/HEADACHES

When you have a headache, the blood vessels in your cranial area are constricted. This means that blood cannot circulate in a fashion that allows oxygen to be sent to the brain. The lack of oxygen to the brain causes migraines and headaches. While cups cannot be used on the head, certain areas of the body correspond with the head and the cups are applied in these areas instead. Increasing blood flow to the cranial area can stop headaches and migraines temporarily, and in the long term.

COMMON COLDS AND FLU

Cupping aids in the thinning and dislodging of mucus and phlegm. It also boosts autoimmune response time, encouraging a faster healing time. Studies have shown that cupping affects

tissues and organs as deep as four inches into the body from the surface of the skin. It surprises many to know that cupping is often used to improve fertility in women, Cupping induces ovulation, balances the hormones in the body and prevents ovarian cysts. Furthermore, it removes blockages and inflammation in the fallopian tubes.

MUSCLE TIGHTNESS

Relief from muscle stiffness is a very effective benefit of cupping therapy. The influx of blood to the affected area results in the softening of tissue and an increase in flexibility and easing of mobility. There is an old Chinese medical saying: "Where there's stagnation, there will be pain. Remove the stagnation, and you remove the pain." This blockage of Qİ, or vital energy, is alleviated following cupping therapy as it encourages blood flow and can sedate the nervous system.

Other Diseases and Ailments

• Gastrointestinal disorders

• Insomnia

• Nerve pain

• Diabetes

• Heartburn

• Varicose veins

• Boosting the immune system

• Toothaches

• Weight loss

• Treating cancer

• Back and body pains

• Acute conjunctivitis

• Herpes

• Hypertension

• Inflammation

3️⃣CUPPING THERAPY IN COSMETOLOGY

Cupping therapy in the cosmetic field is a relatively new concept but the application of cupping and the benefits gained from undergoing this therapy are gaining acceptance in the industry. In the last few years several versions of electrical as well as manual cupping systems have been introduced to the cosmetic sector, offering what really important, NATURAL facelift or overall body toning.

We know that cupping stimulates the sensory nerves of the skin and has a positive, dulling effect on pain. We also know it is effective for many of the ailments listed above, so it is safe to say that cupping therapy has some degree of effectiveness on the nervous system.

Since cupping relies heavily on the removal of toxins from our blood and skin, it also carries many cosmetic benefits. 

Here are some cosmetic benefits associated with cupping.

FACE REJUVENATION

Cupping helps with smoother, clearer skin due to the removal of stale, stagnant blood. This can make the patient look younger and more rejuvenated. Anti-ageing cupping treatments are popular and carried out with small cups.

Practising therapists describe how the suctioned cup pulls blood to the skin's surface, improving natural skin hydration. The key to facial cupping is to move the cups from the base of the neck up, to ensure the lymphatic fluid can easily drain out, then working up to the forehead. During the process, the cups should be moved from the centre of the face to the side, following the drainage path down the neck. The key is to slide the cups following specific patterns and directions to promote specific patterns and directions to promote lymph flow, bringing everything out to the side of the face and down the sternocleidomastoid muscle - the large muscle in the neck that turns the head from side to side - as that is where the major lymph drainage portal is situated.

This movement can help with allergies and reduce puffiness, leaving tighter, lifted skin and a brighter complexion. Some therapists liken the treatment to a work out for the face but, as with all workouts, the effects are not permanent. For continued benefits, the treatment should be carried out regularly.

BLOOD CAPILLARIES

Broken capillaries will often become visible on the face between the ages of 30 to 50 and sometimes much earlier. The tiny vessels just under the surface of the skin are delicate and can bruise or be damaged easily. Once broken the veins remain visible as they cannot self-repair. The main causes of broken capillaries Include excess alcohol consumption, extremes of temperature, excessive harsh scrubbing of the skin and medications. 

Cupping therapy on the face can help with broken capillaries; the negative pressure from the cups allows fresh blood and oxygen to be brought to the damaged capillaries, immediately improving the redness. You will notice the colour change and the vein diminish in appearance, almost as an optical illusion. Regular treatment will keep the appearance of broken capillaries at bay.

DETOXING THE BODY 

Detoxing the body not only cleanses the internal organs and tissues but can also reflect on the external surface of the skin generally. Following cupping therapy, you will begin to notice toxins leaving your body and your skin will start to look brighter and clearer. Skin conditions such as eczema and acne can also be treated at this subcutaneous level. 

ELIMINATING CELLULITE

The removal of fluids build up and dead skin can give the skin smoother and firmer appearance with some studies showing that lymphatic stimulation uning cupping therapy is useful and effective in the treatment of cellulite. With treatment of cellulite oil is usually applied on skin first. 

*One 2015 study of woman in India focused on the use of dry cupping applied 10 times over five weeks on each leg of the participants. In all participants in this trial, the women's grade of cellulite on their tights decreased significantly fallowing treatment.  

TREATING FACIAL PARALYSIS 

Any form of paralysis is due to nerve damage.Vupping helps treat facial paralysis by revealing pain and muscle compression in the face.  

Massage cupping is the most suitable for treating facial paralysis due to its much gentler nature. 

*Cupping for the treatment of facial paralysis is widely used in China and a study of 1500 participants in 2010 was carried out in attempt to determinate it's efficacy.

The results of the study, which involved a combination of cupping and acupuncture, wet cupping and fire cupping showed that combination of fire cupping and acupuncture was significantly better, than acupuncture alone. There was no serious adverse effects reported fallowing the trial. 

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