Another use for cupping: insect bites

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" (Cupping) is used to suck out toxins as in cases of wasp sting and

centipede bite. " (A Handbook of Traditional Chinese Dermatology by

Liang Jian-Hui, translated by Zhang Ting-Liang and Bob Flaws, p. 16.)

 

The Shanghai College text mentions " poisonous snake bite " . (p. 447.)

The principle is not confined to the East. Western snake bite kits

include a rubber bulb that is squeezed and placed over the bite,

creating a vacuum which draws the venom out.