Silicone Vacuum Cups – 4 Pieces

Description

Cupping is one of the oldest methods of traditional Asian medicine. The earliest recorded use of cupping dates to the early fourth century, when the noted herbalist Ge Hong wrote about a form of cupping in A Handbook of Prescriptions. Later books written during the Tang and Qing dynasties described cupping in great detail; one textbook included an entire chapter on “fire jar qi,” a type of cupping that could alleviate headaches, dizziness and abdominal pain.

Originally, practitioners would use hollowed-out animal horns for cups, and place them over particular points or meridians. Today, most acupuncturists use cups made of thick glass or plastic, although bamboo, iron and pottery cups are still used in other countries. Glass cups are the preferred method of delivery, because they do not break as easily as pottery or deteriorate like bamboo, and they allow the acupuncturist to see the skin and evaluate the effects of treatment.

• It is perfect to make vacuum massage on warmed up smooth tissue. Such effect has the bath or sauna. If not, you can take a warm shower or bath. Lubricate the massaged surface with massage cream or massage oil

• Place the cun regulating the vacuum force by container compression, thus it is necessary to consider the patient skin sensitivity, his age and physical condition.

• Frequency of cupping massage procedures determined by the attending physician.

1. In case of osteochondrosis make sliding massage movements from the waist to the neck. Particular attention is paid to massage zones located 2-3cm from the spinous processes of spine. Movement straight, move cups up with an effort so that in front of cup must move a skin fold, movement downwards – without efforts.

2. In case of cervical osteochondrosis make a circular motion with a cup around of the seventh vertebra (to find it, you must incline your head to probe the cervical vertebrae, it will be the most projecting vertebra). Direction of motion – clockwise without touching the seventh vertebra, a massage time is 1 – 1.5 min. After that do massage of trapezoid muscles from a head to shoulders.

3. In case of colds, bronchitis, pneumonia – massage the back from bottom corners of blades to the shoulders, the lateral surface of the chest, as well as from the xiphoid process of the sternum to the left and right shoulder. Under the action of cupping massage moves mucus, improves breathing, decreases body temperature. After the procedure the patient should be wraped with a blanket, and take a cup of tea with lemon or raspberry. In case of lumbar muscles scoliosis do massage along the waist, in case of myositis of forearm muscles – the muscles of back side of the neck and back. In case of sciatica – the lumbar area, and if the pain irradiate in the leg, then massage also back side of the leg from popliteal fossa to the gluteal crease. Attention! Do not massage the popliteal fossa area and inner thighs!

4. In case of cellulite carry out cup massage of the thigh muscles and buttocks Moving of the cups circular, zigzag, straight (all kinds of movements, 5 – 6 times). Under the influence of cupping massage is a mechanical rupture of fat cells. To enhance the effect do grease the surface with anti-cellulite massage cream. Massage course – 1 month.

5. In order to increase immunity of weakened, long ill, applied the method of autohemotherapy, which consists in imposing the cups to skin of buttocks for 30 -60 seconds in the big vacuum mode. Massage Course – 10 days.

6. In case of trauma massage is used in postimmobilisation period for normalization of blood and lymph flow, removing the pain, edema resorption, for regeneration and repair of tissues, normalization of the redox processes. Massages starts above hypostasis place (reflex-distraction), gradually descending to adjacent to affected areas.