All About Cupping
What is cupping in Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Cupping is an ancient form of medicine in which local suction is created on the skin, the suction can be created using fire (Fire Cupping) to use up the oxygen and create a vacuum or a mechanical device may be used to create a vacuum.
How can cupping help you?
What to expect after cupping?
Pema Chen Acupuncture in Englewood, New Jersey prefers to do sliding cupping along the sides of the spine. The slightly warming effect is very tonifying for the body, as there are acupuncture points down the sides of the entire spine which coordinate with many internal organs in the body. There may be slight redness or light bruise-like marks associated with cupping, this is completely healthy and should disappear in a few days. Our acupuncturists, massage therapist, and aestheticians are expertly trained to perform both sliding and stationary cupping.
Give our Englewood NJ 07631 office a call now at 201-431-5066 for a FREE 20 minute phone evaluation! We are conveniently located in the heart of Bergen County, NJ and near Hudson County NJ. Our office is near the Route 4 and easily accessible to Teaneck NJ, Hackensack NJ, Englewood Cliffs NJ, Fort Lee NJ, Ridgefield Park NJ, Maywood NJ, Paramus NJ, Cresskill NJ, Tenalfly NJ, etc.
Disclaimer: All Content provided on or through the Site is provided for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, care, diagnosis or treatment, and is not designed to promote or endorse any medical practice, program or agenda. Please speak with your doctor before making any changes to your lifestyle.
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Cupping is an ancient form of medicine in which local suction is created on the skin, the suction can be created using fire (Fire Cupping) to use up the oxygen and create a vacuum or a mechanical device may be used to create a vacuum.
How can cupping help you?
- Cupping mobilizes blood and qi flow in order to promote healing. The blood/qi flows towards the area that the cups are applied. It works similarly to a massage, and pulls muscles off the bone and helps reduce manipulate muscles and fascia
- It improves circulation to open the lungs and draw toxins out of the skin and towards the surface to facilitate better breathing. The improvement of qi flow is used to treat respiratory diseases such as the common cold, pneumonia and bronchitis.
- Cupping is used on back, neck, shoulder and other musculoskeletal conditions to treat pain due to stagnation of blood, lymph, and qi.
- The proper flow of blood is important in both biomedicine and Chinese Medicine, because with blood, comes plasma, T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes, macrophages- all of which help maintain your body’s immune system.
- When strategically applied it treats many ailments, including swelling, asthma, edema, dull aches, pains, bronchitis, arthritis, stomachaches, abdominal pain, headache, indigestion, painful menstruation, lower back pain, coughs and a lot more.
What to expect after cupping?
- Patients report feeling looser, less tight, better range of motion, and a reduction in pain.
- Pink, red or purple marks are to be expected after cupping and will fade within a week.
- For 30 minutes after cupping please do not shower, swim, get the cup marks wet, nor expose yourself to wind.
Pema Chen Acupuncture in Englewood, New Jersey prefers to do sliding cupping along the sides of the spine. The slightly warming effect is very tonifying for the body, as there are acupuncture points down the sides of the entire spine which coordinate with many internal organs in the body. There may be slight redness or light bruise-like marks associated with cupping, this is completely healthy and should disappear in a few days. Our acupuncturists, massage therapist, and aestheticians are expertly trained to perform both sliding and stationary cupping.
Give our Englewood NJ 07631 office a call now at 201-431-5066 for a FREE 20 minute phone evaluation! We are conveniently located in the heart of Bergen County, NJ and near Hudson County NJ. Our office is near the Route 4 and easily accessible to Teaneck NJ, Hackensack NJ, Englewood Cliffs NJ, Fort Lee NJ, Ridgefield Park NJ, Maywood NJ, Paramus NJ, Cresskill NJ, Tenalfly NJ, etc.
Disclaimer: All Content provided on or through the Site is provided for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, care, diagnosis or treatment, and is not designed to promote or endorse any medical practice, program or agenda. Please speak with your doctor before making any changes to your lifestyle.
Copyright © 2018 Pema Chen Acupuncture. , All rights reserved.
