In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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Elbow Neuralgia |
Soreness of the Waist |
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| Apply cupping for 15 minutes and repeat every other day | Apply every other day and six times are regarded as a course. Keep a five-day interal between two consecutive courses. | Cupping for 15 minutes, repeat every three days. | |
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Spasm of the Calf |
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders |
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| Cupping for 15 minutes and repeat every other day A course lasts for 3 to 5 days. |
Apply cupping for 15 minutes once a day and five times are regarded as a course. . |
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negative pressure in cups
passive congestion of local tissues in superficial layers
dilating the blood vessels
increasing volume of blood flow and accelerating the circulation of the blood
the vital force of cells in deep layers of skin can be enhanced ;
the permeability of the vessel wall and the phagocytosis of blood cells can be increased;
the temperature of local areas can be elevated
dilate capillaries;
increase the permeability of the vessel wall;
and enhance the metabolism
the tolerance of local areas and resistibility of human body can be strengthened;
and the immunity can be heightened which are beneficial for the recovery from diseases
The improved energy and biochemical balance produced by acupuncture stimulates the body's natural healing abilities, reducing inflammation, and promoting physical and emotional well-beingstimulates the body to produce its own pain relieving chemicals called "endorphins". These chemicals mimic morphine by attaching to opiate receptor sites found throughout the nervous system. Endorphins help to block pathways that relay pain messages from the body to the brain, resulting in relief of pain, general relaxation and biochemical restoration of the body's own internal regulation systems.
Respiratory Diseases
· For chronic bronchitis and asthma, one can apply cupping at the following points: dingchuan, dazhui (GV-14), shenzhu (GV-12), geshu (BL-17), xinshu (BL-15), jueyinshu (BL-14), feishu (BL-13), fengmen (BL-12), dashu (BL-11), tiantu (CV-22), shanzhong (CV-17), huagai (CV-20), and zhongfu (LU-1). [see: Acupuncture treatment of asthma for more information about several of these treatment sites].
· For pediatric bronchitis: blood letting followed by cupping at dazhui (GV-14).
· For pediatric acute bronchitis: feishu (BL-13), shenchang (KI-25), lingxu (KI-24).
Digestive Diseases
· For dysentery, early morning diarrhea, and acute and chronic gastritis, perform cupping in the following areas: around the navel; at the bladder meridian shu points; or these stomach meridian points: burong (ST-19), guanmen (ST-22), huaroumen (ST-24), tianshu (ST-25).
· Pediatric indigestion: dachangshu (BL-25).
Pain Syndromes
· Shoulder blade: jianwaishu (SI-14) and tianzhong (SI-11).
· Loins: shenshu (BL-23), qihaishu (BL-24), guanyuanshu (BL-26).
· Head: taiyang and yintang for refractory headaches and migraines; dazhui (GV-14) and baihui (GV-20) for parietal and occipital headaches; for trigeminal neuralgia: qihu (ST-13), fengchi (GB-20), sizhukong (TB-23), jiache (ST-6); for toothache: dashu (BL-11), with acupuncture, massage, and cupping at yifeng (TB-17), jiache (ST-6), xiaguan (ST-7), and hegu (LI-4).
· Soft tissue injury: treat local pressure pain points and area of swelling; use plum blossom needling followed by cupping; additionally or alternatively use points above or below the site of injury along the channels that pass through the injury.
Gynecological Disorders
· Infertility and irregular menstruation: shenshu (BL-23) with movement of cup downward (treat with acupuncture first, then do cupping).
· Leukorrhea: yaoyan (extra point under the 3rd lumbar vertebra) and around baliao (BL-31 through BL-34).
· Uterine cramps: needle zusanli (ST-36) and guanyuan (CV-4) and do cupping at guanyuan (CV-4).
Miscellaneous
· Common cold: dazhui (GV-14).
· Insomnia: xinshu (BL-15), geshu (BL-17), shenshu (BL-23).
· Facial paralysis: needling and cupping dazhui (GV-14), along with needling local facial points.
RECENT RESEARCH:
The following protocols were reported to provide good results in individual clinical research reports:
a. Head pain (2): headache, toothache, sore throat, redness and soreness of the eyes, treated with blood letting followed by cupping. Treatment is applied to dazhui (GV-14) and dingchuan.
b. Frozen shoulder (3): after acupuncture at jianyu (LI-15) and jianliao (TB-14) to get propagated qi reaction, use pricking of ashi points followed by cupping over the bleeding area for 10–15 minutes. Ten treatments is a course of therapy.
c. Acute trigeminal neuralgia treating with blood letting followed by cupping (4): treatment is applied to dazhui (GV-14) and feishu (BL-13).
d. Acne (10): treatment is to use bloodletting followed by cupping at feishu (BL-13) and geshu (BL-17) on one day, then xinshu (BL-15) and ganshu (BL-18) the next day, alternating treatments for a total of eight days.
e. Urticaria (11): perform cupping at shenque (CV-8) three times consecutively for ten minutes each time. This is done for three days, followed by one day rest, and another three days as needed.
f. Acute diseases (13): fever and headache due to infection, acute conjunctivitis, lumbar sprain; perform blood letting at dazhui (GV-14), and then cupping (which promotes further bleeding
TREATMENT SUMMARY
Cupping therapies often follow the point selection pattern that is used for standard acupuncture therapy, with somewhat greater emphasis on the use of back points (due to the ease of performing this technique there). In particular, most practitioners rely on using back shu points (bladder meridian) and dazhui (GV-14). Cupping is frequently applied after treatment by acupuncture, blood letting, or plum blossom treatment.
A cupping session takes about 20-30 minutes.
