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Traditional cupping involves using a flame to remove oxygen from the cup before it’s applied to the skin to create suction, Heffron said. Suction-only cupping is referred to as dry cupping.
Fire cupping involves soaking a cotton ball in almost pure alcohol. The cotton is clamped by a pair of forceps and lit via match or lighter, and, in one motion, placed into the cup and quickly removed, while the cup is placed on the skin. The fire heats the air in the cup which, after cooling reduces in volume creating a negative pressure ...
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Fire cupping is often combined with blood play, and is then usually termed blood- or wet-cupping. (This variant also comes from traditional medicine). The skin is pierced (commonly with needles or scalpels) before the cups are applied; the suction then draws blood out of the wound.
As a branch of traditional Chinese medicine, it is often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, Chinese herbalism, tai chi or other Chinese internal martial arts, and qigong. [3]
That’s why when we saw that facial cupping was a thing, we immediately said, “No way.” Even with the potential anti-aging benefits, we didn’t want to have marks all over our face! After our
Fire cupping uses suction which causes bruising in patients. Scraping ( gua sha ) uses a small hand device with a rounded edge to gently scrape the scalp or the skin. Another ancient device that creates mild bruising is a strigil , used by Greeks and Romans in the bath.
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