Vacuum cupping is a form of pseudoscience in which a local suction is created on the skin with the application of heated cups. As alternative medicine it is practiced primarily in Asia but also in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Cupping has been characterized as a pseudoscience and its practice as quackery.
Benefits of Vacuum Cupping
Vacuum Cupping increases circulation
The suction from the cups increases circulation to the area where the cups are placed. The additional blood flow to that area can help relieve muscle tension and promote cell repair. Increasing circulation with vacuum cupping also helps to reduce the appearance of cellulite.
Vacuum cupping encourages tissues to release toxins
Yes, you do have organs that remove toxins from your blood. But the modern lifestyle overloads your body with toxins. Vacuum cupping gives your body a boost in releasing those toxins. Focused blood flow helps your body by flushing built-up toxins through the lymphatic system. (Your lymphatic system is responsible for eliminating your body's toxins and waste.)
Vacuum cupping reduces anxiety
When your therapist glides the cups across your skin, your parasympathetic nervous system engages. This promotes deep relaxation to move through your entire body. (Your parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for slowing your heart rate, assisting in digestion, and increasing intestinal and gland activity.)
Vacuum cupping can reduce stretch marks and scars
Increased blood flow enables your body to dispose of toxins, restores lymphatic circulation, and helps remove edema (excess fluid), which helps reduce the appearance of scarring. Studies have shown the positive effects of vacuum cupping on stretch marks and scars even in areas that are far from the area where the cups are applied.
Vacuum cupping can improve varicose veins and spider veins
Varicose veins look like bulging, bluish veins just under your skin, usually on legs and feet. They happen when the valves inside the vein aren't working properly—the valves don't effectively push the blood from the muscle back to the heart, so the blood congests and the veins twist and bulge. Vacuum cupping helps by bringing fresh blood flow and oxygen back to the problem areas. You'll notice your varicose veins appear lighter after your first session, though it will take a series of vacuum cupping sessions for lasting results.
Vacuum cupping can clear congestion and help treat asthma
Congestion (the buildup of fluid or phlegm in your lungs) caused by a cold, bronchitis, or even asthma can be treated with vacuum cupping. The suction from cups breaks up and expels congestion. It brings oxygen rich blood and lymph toward your lungs and your other respiratory muscles. Cups are usually placed on your back, but may be placed on your chest as well. Your therapist may leave the cups in place, or may gently glide them in an upward motion to facilitate the movement of the lymph fluid. Facial vacuum cupping can also be used to help unblock your sinuses.
Vacuum cupping can clear colon blockages and aid digestion
Vacuum cupping helps to engage the parasympathetic nervous system, which increases blood flow to the digestive tract. Gentle vacuum cupping over the abdomen also stimulates the insides of your digestive organs. It aids in peristalsis (contractions that push food through your digestive tract), helps clear colon blockages, encourages blood and body-fluid to move through your organs, and helps relieve indigestion.
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You can't bathe or shower after vacuum cupping because your skin will be sensitive. The pores underneath the cups will be open, a result of the negative pressure created by the cups themselves, making your skin in those areas especially vulnerable to changes in temperature and/or infection. Most vacuum cupping therapists recommend waiting at least three hours before taking a bath or shower after vacuum cupping.
Following a vacuum cupping session, you should make sure to drink a lot of water for the next 48 hours. Proper hydration enables the body to continue flushing toxins and other stagnations (cellular waste products) out of the body, further enhancing the benefits of the vacuum cupping session. You should also rest, since sleep is a vital part of the body's natural regenerative processes, enabling all bodily systems to repair and replace damaged cells and tissues. You should wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothes, as well, particularly ones made from a natural fiber (like cotton). Cotton won't irritate the skin and allows air to flow freely, speeding up healing.
Different styles of vacuum cupping therapy
Hot vacuum cupping therapy
Hot cupping therapy is what people think of with traditional chinese medicine or have seen in chinese martial art movies such as the karate kid. This style of vacuum cupping uses a heat source, typically a cotton ball or match, which is momentarily lit on fire, then placed within a glass cup. The heat source is taken away, which in-turn creates a negative air pressure within the cup. Once applied, the skin is pulled upward into the cup.
This style of vacuum cupping may add an additional benefit of warming the skin; however, the variability of how much skin is drawn upward into the cup can greatly vary. Variable factors include: The size of the cup, type of heat source, amount of time cup is heated, amount of time in-between heating the cup and placing the cup on the body, and practitioner’s awareness of desired effect.
Wet cupping therapy
Wet cupping therapy is the most aggressive form of vacuum cupping. This entails a practitioner using tiny blades or needles to create micro abrasions of the skin (i.E. Cut marks). Once the person starts to bleed, cups are applied on top of the area to draw out the blood easier.
The objective of wet vacuum cupping is to increase blood flow and circulation and while decreasing stagnation or pooling of “bad” blood. Because of potential legalities, and proper clean up procedures required by law associated with wet vacuum cupping (i.E. Handling blood) our doctors do not use any forms of wet vacuum cupping therapy.
Dry cupping therapy
Dry cupping usually involves an allowable, pre-programmed amount of air decompression within a given cup. This pre-programmed amount cannot be increased over a certain threshold. Because of this standardization, a practitioner can control the outcome of suction easier and more safely.
Dry cupping therapy is achieved via a vacuum suction effect. A machine or hand pump is used to pull the air out of the top of the cup.
● Hydrate. Water is essential for your health, especially for your lymphatic system. Vacuum cupping supports your lymphatic system. Your lymphatic system clears away cellular waste from your body and it needs plenty of water to do this effectively.
● Eat an hour or so before your appointment.
● Don't shave the area within four hours of your appointment.
● Recover from sunburn. When you receive vacuum cupping, it will feel like that area is warmer than normal. Neither the cup nor the extra heat will feel good on sunburned skin. Apply some soothing aloe and wait until your skin has recovered before your next vacuum cupping appointment.
● Don't exfoliate aggressively. Exfoliating removes a layer of dead skin, which makes your skin extra sensitive. Wait a couple days after aggressive exfoliation treatment before receiving vacuum cupping.
Vacuum Cupping Aftercare
Vacuum cupping is a traditional treatment that is safe, comfortable, and effective for many health disorders. The gentle suction that vacuum cupping creates loosens and lifts connective tissues, which increases blood and lymph flow to your skin and muscles. To get the maximum benefits from vacuum cupping, it's important that you follow a few guidelines.
What to do after vacuum cupping:
● Drink a lot of water.
● Water helps flush your lymphatic system of the cellular waste that vacuum cupping helps release from your tissues. Stay warm.
● Try to cover the area(s) where you received vacuum cupping.
● Rest. You may feel more tired than normal or experience flu-like symptoms after vacuum cupping (headache or general body aches). This is a temporary reaction by your immune system to the cellular waste that vacuum cupping helps release.
What to avoid after vacuum cupping:
For 4-6 hours post vacuum cupping, avoid exposure to:
● Caffeine, alcohol, sugary foods and drinks, dairy, and processed meats. These foods slow down your body’s ability to process the treatment.
● Hot showers, saunas, hot tubs and strong air conditioning. After vacuum cupping, your skin will be more sensitive to temperature in the areas where the cups were placed. Give your skin time to recover.
● Intense exercise.
● Cold and windy conditions.
Vacuum cupping and massageIt's important to know that whilst a vacuum cupping mark looks like a bruise; it is different. They are normal, and they are painless.
The blood is brought to the surface like a bruise, but a vacuum cupping mark doesn't hurt at all. So, if you have one of those annoying family members or housemates who like to poke bruises to see if they hurt, they won't.
Vacuum cupping marks typically disappear between 4 and 10 days. But on the odd occasion, they can last for two weeks.
The colour of the marks will often determine how long the mark will last. The darker the vacuum cupping mark, the longer it will take to go away.
Vacuum cupping is a process; The more you have vacuum cupping, the lighter your vacuum cupping marks will be and the quicker they will fade. But if you do decide to have vacuum cupping, your therapist will provide a recommended treatment plan for you.
Understanding The Mechanisms Of Vacuum Cupping Therapy
How vacuum cupping therapy works is that it operates by creating suction on the skin's surface like a suction cup therapy, causing the underlying tissues to be drawn into the cups. This suction cup therapy is achieved through various methods, including heating the cups or using mechanical suction devices. The resulting vacuum stimulates blood circulation, alleviates muscle tension, and promotes the flow of vital energy, commonly referred to as Qi in traditional Chinese medicine.
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