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Hi:

 

I've had cupping done by my massage therapist. In the

course of massage, she noticed particularly painful

places and suggested cupping, which is her specialty.

 

Despite my hairy back, we were able to do cupping on

several occassions, primarily on my upper back and

shoulders, but also on my lower back. In some

instances, the cups left deep red welts on the skin.

 

Those red welt areas were filled with toxins. The

point of cupping is to collect toxins from the skin

and below the skin into one area, and then release

them through the skin. As the welts disappear, so do

the toxins.

 

" The lungs bloom through the skin " means that toxins

from the Lung are exuded through the skin. The goal is

to use the cup to collect the toxins in one

concentrated area, so that they may more easily leave

through the skin. Kind of like vacuuming the skin.

 

In WM, I was treated for cervical spondylosis. On

another occassion, I was treated for sciatica with

cupping. The darkest welt on my skin appeared at the

hip, where the sciatic nerve exits through the hole in

the bone.

 

While massage can move the evil Qi to some extent,

cupping can lift and move the evils from deeper levels

in a quicker manner.

 

Cupping is one means of moving Qi, in particular, evil

Qi, or negative Qi. Unfortunately in the US, most

practitioners are geared towards acupuncture first,

then herbs second.

 

In China, therapy moves in the opposite direction,

from massage, to herbs to other manipulations, then

finally to acupuncture. There may be economic reasons

for that, but it is not easy to find a good

acupuncturist, while it is easy to find massage places

and there are herbal shops in every neighborhood.

 

There are many ways to manipulate Qi. My wife fears

needles, and hates the taste of herbal medicine. Yet

recently she asked to try moxibustion, and that has

worked well.

 

Kind regards, Jack

 

 

--- mrasmm <mrasmm wrote:

 

> Chinese Traditional Medicine , " apchat2000 "

> <lionhearted38wrote:>

> Hi Jack,

>

> > I started acupuncture/herbs in the summer of 2002,

> I believe. I

> > did not see a difference until 2005, however, when

> Dr. Li, of

> > Princeton, started cupping my back after

> acupuncture. This was a

> > HUGE relief. It took a few treatments -- maybe

> after a week, 2x a

> > week visits -- before I felt like my old self and

> more energetic

> > and my head stayed clear for a few days at a time.

> I didn't

> > realize that the cupping just moved the chi, and

> that it wasn't

> > moving on its own b/c my body was so damp. No

> diet I stayed on

> > (religiously) or herbs helped clear my head, only

> the cupping. I

> > later found a place that sells the " fire cups "

> (eBay, for one!)

> > that was listed in the back of a Chinese

> acupuncture/healing

> > book. I can post that once I'm home (I'm away for

> the holidays).

> > My Mom was a real sport, and cupped my back every

> weekend this

> > past summer. The cups (6) were $3-5 each, but

> paid for

> > themselves. I did see a difference after a day or

> 2 of the

> > cupping -- my head became much foggier than

> normal.

>

> I would be quite interested to know the information

> you know about

> cupping. I have wanted to try it, but the Dr I go

> to says he does

> not practice that part of chinese medicine, so I am

> guessing that I

> would have to get someone to do it on me. What

> kinds of things do I

> need to know before I try something like this?

> Another question I

> have is how is it done? Are the glass balls just

> heated in warm/hot

> water, and then placed on the back, and as they cool

> the air becomes

> more dense and creates a vacuum? I think it would

> be worth a try to

> see what happens and if it helps, unless there is

> something I could

> do that would be a problem. Anyways I'm interested

> to know what you

> treated with it, how it helped, and how you did it.

> I'm also

> interested to know things like what you mentioned

> about how (if I

> get what you are saying) it got worse for a couple

> of days to a

> week, and then really started to help after that. I

> know I'll have

> some questions, so maybe you can just put whatever

> comes to you and

> then we can go from there. Thanks in advance =)

>

>