Cupping therapy is one of the methods of complementary medicine (energy therapy) which is known to have its origin in China. Traditional medicine or complementary medicine is very popular today and many people are interested in this type of treatment and have concluded from traditional medicine methods.
Compared to massage therapy, cupping is more of a traditional method and there are advantages and disadvantages in the cupping treatment.
What is cupping therapy?
Cupping therapy or cupping massage is a method in which several cups or glasses, which can be glass or other materials such as bamboo or earthenware, are placed on the patient’s skin to create suction. This suction improves blood flow, and the Chinese believe that it also strengthens the flow of “chi” (chi, a Chinese word meaning the flow of life) in the body. This treatment collects muscle tension by collecting blood in the area where the cups are placed on the skin, improves blood flow throughout the body, and helps repair cells in the body. It also helps to form connective tissues and create new blood vessels.
What are the benefits of cupping?
Cupping is one of the methods of prevention and treatment of diseases caused by anemia. With this method, some types of diseases can be cured and eliminated by clearing and disposing of body wastes;
Cupping stimulates the body’s immune system and proliferates the body’s defense cells by creating a local inflammation:
- Cupping regulates the body’s coagulation and anticoagulant systems.
- Cupping has a direct effect on the thymus, which is one of the most important training centers for defense cells.
- Cupping controls lymphatic traffic by creating negative pressure and increases lymph in the system.
- Cupping reduces cell concentration in capillaries by reducing blood concentration, improves oxygen delivery, and modulates heart and lung load.
- Cupping removes waste, harmful and toxic substances from the blood by purifying them.
- Cupping activates inactive or slow glands of the body, on the other hand, reduces the activity of the body’s active glands; In other words, it modulates the activity of the body’s endocrine glands.
- Cupping stimulates the cells in the capillary wall to release the body’s defense factors from these cells.
- Cupping causes a relative improvement in allergies by acting on allergens such as histamine.
- Cupping increases the secretion of serotonin in the brain.
- Cupping plays a key role in the regeneration of acetylcholine.
What are the benefits of massage therapy?
Massage therapy is very effective in treating all kinds of diseases and can increase a person’s emotional and physical health.
Reducing pain:
Massage helps a lot to relieve back pain, neck pain, knee pain. Not only can massage therapy help reduce stress, but regular massage sessions over a long period can increase energy levels, reduce pain and boost mood.
Massage and cancer:
Numerous research studies and clinical studies have shown that, at least in the short term, massage therapy for cancer patients reduces pain, promotes relaxation and boosts mood.
Mental health:
A meta-analysis in 2010 showed that massage therapy helps reduce depression and premature ageing.
Repairing sports injuries:
A professional athlete needs a professional massage before, during (rest time) and after exercise to relieve muscle pain and increase morale.