cupping

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hello again,

 

it's getting warm again here in Canberra so i've got my cups out

again (way too cold for exposed skin in winter!) and am having fun

bruising my friends. Now i've had great success using cups in areas

of qi/blood stagnation - usually around the shoulders and

middle/upper back, also in the gallbladder and bladder channels in

the hips - but how does one use them effectively in deficient areas?

can they be used well on very soft, deficient people?

 

it's one of those things where I know i can use moxa in one place

for tonifying, cups somewhere else for sedating-dispersing,

tuina/shiatsu for that bit over there...and show some exercises to

strengthen this area....what I mean is that with the various methods

I know already I can cover most basic physical things, but since I'm

trying to expand my range of skills I'd like to know if anyone has

any basic (or not so basic) tips for how to use cups for different

conditions (not just excessive-stagnation ones)?

 

Thanks!

 

Simon