Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. The suction and negative pressure provided by cupping can loosen muscles, encourage blood flow, and sedate the nervous system.
At Bharath’s Acu Heal, the Acupuncturist practices dry cupping where the cups are placed for about 10-15 minutes to get the result. Cupping therapy increases the blood circulation to the area and relieves muscle tension improving the blood flow and promoting cell repair. This helps to form new connective tissues by creating new blood vessels.
At first, the Cupping therapy was performed using animal horns. Then it got replaced by bamboo, glass, silicone, and then ceramic. Initially, the suction was created by heating the cups and applying them to the skin. After getting cool, the cups drew the skin inside.
Nowadays, cupping is performed by glass cups that are rounded like balls and open on one end.
Two main categories of cupping performed today are:
These 2 have subcategories, like bila – Naar (vacuum created by manual or suction pump) & bil – Naar (vacuum created using fire) belongs to dry cupping whereas essential and voluntary cupping belongs to wet cupping (cupping with bloodletting)
According to the medical conditions, the Acupuncturist determines which method should be used.
During the treatment, a cup is heated with alcohol, herbs or paper. Once the fire source is removed, the heated cup will be placed with the open side directly on your skin. Modern Acupuncturists use rubber pumps to create suction with more traditional heat methods.
The Cupping treatment is used to treat a wide variety of conditions, and it’s particularly effective in easing the conditions which create muscle aches and pains.Since the cups are placed in the major acupressure points, it is effective for digestive issues, skin issues, and also other conditions like:
The British Cupping Society says that Cupping treatment is used to treat:
It is a safe and traditional treatment that helps to resolve chronic muscle tightness. Some of the other benefits of cupping therapy are
Cupping therapy is relatively low-risk therapy. Sometimes you may experience:
But you need not to be worried when it’s performed by Experienced Acupuncturist Dr.Bharath’s Acu Heal. He is currently treating patients for a wide range of conditions. As the best acupuncture practitioner with 15 years of experience and working with several doctors, Acupuncturist. A. Shaji Bharath can do the perfect Cupping therapy. As the top acupuncture doctor in Chennai, he has witnessed cupping therapy doing wonders for people.
The bruises of cupping can last for a few days up to two weeks. It is expected that over several weeks of repeated cupping treatments, the bruising will decrease as the stagnation resolves, and it indicates a successful result of cupping therapy.
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Cupping therapy isn’t recommended for everyone. Extra care should be taken for the following people:
Also, avoid cupping therapy if you have,
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The fear of needles is always there in the mind of people. Acupuncture needles are very thin and while inserting most people feel an intense sensation, but they won't experience much pain like inserting intramuscular injections.
You should rest 10 to 20 mins once the needle is inserted.
It depends on the ailment for which you are getting treatment. For joint pains, mostly you will get instant relief on the first session itself. Whereas for other diseases, after two or three sessions you will start to notice the improvements. Eventually, you will observe an overall sense of wellness in psychological and physical health and within a few weeks or months, you will get rid of the disease completely.
After the first session, some people can feel wiped out. Sometimes they may feel a slight increase in the body temperature which may subside only for few hours. But after few more sessions, one can see positive results, and gradually the disease or ailments will get cure soon.
One of the great advantages of acupuncture is that it is very safe. Other than during menstrual cycles and third-trimester pregnancy women, there are no side effects.
Acupuncture promotes a self-rectifying energy system, balancing and regenerating within the human body. It stimulates the central nervous system and the energy gets distributed evenly gives good health. It works as the Body-Mind-Spirit axis, the person being treated understands the purpose of life and gets a new perspective at the end of each treatment.
Acupuncture does not involve medications and it's popularly known as drugless therapy. Even if a person is new to Acupuncture and he/she is under medications that would be also tapered down gradually over time.
Acupuncture needles are made of stainless steel with the handle having 1 to 2 inches in length. The thickness of the needle will vary from 0.25 mm to 0.30 mm for body acupuncture and the needle used on the face would be 0.12 mm. The length of the needle varies from half an inch to 4 inches.
If the needles are chosen with the right length and width, damages won't happen. The acupuncture needles stimulate the nervous system forcing us to release the endorphins which is a natural painkiller in our body to the brain, spine, and muscles.
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