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Cupping and Acupuncture
Cupping Therapy and Acupuncture go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly or Bread and Butter. Old analogies I know, but none the less true. Actually it is a fitting analogy. Acupuncture and Cupping have been used in concert with one another for hundreds of years.
First the physician would use acupuncture to treat the pain immediately . The follow up treatment would consist of a combination of tradition Chinese medicinal practices. Chinese massage herbal remedies and Cupping therapy.
The combination determined by the ailment and the severity of the ailment.
With muscle injuries cupping was often used as a treatment to speed the healing process. Contradictions where a breech of the skin surface such as abrasions or punctures.
Cupping was also used to treat ailments inside the body, particularly respiratory ailments.
The direct result of the cupping treatment is the movement of blood and tissue. The negative pressure applied directly to the skin pulls blood closer to the surface. This often results in microscopic tears, this causes no permanent damage. The tears actually promote healing of prior injuries.
According to Jerome Fitness.com
“One of the theories of building muscle is that working out (such as weight lifting or calisthenics) will make very small tears in the muscles (so-called micro-tears). Your muscles get “damaged” from working out is what is believed. When we rest, eat adequately and sleep we will rebuild those damaged muscles. Our body is smart and to avoid more damage it will make the muscles stronger and bigger to ensure it will not get these micro-tears again.”
With anything different or unfamiliar there always seems to be mistrust and doubt. Although Cupping Therapy may be relatively new to the west, it has been around for a while. And it is not confined to Chinese medicine. It was, and still is, practiced practically all over the world. Everything from animal horns to pieces of bamboo to silicone cups have been used.
The vacuum created by fire,steam heat, oral evacuation. And recently electric pumps or manual pumps all achieve the same end.
Move blood around and encourage healing. Activating a part of that magnificent marvel, the human body.
What some call alternative medicine treats us differently than Western medicine.
For example if you fall down and the cure is to get back up.
Alternative medicine: Here let me help you get up.
Western medicine : After giving you a hand full of pills Yells “GET UP”
Your body can handle just about anything. It would surprise you.
Proper nutrition is key.
That includes what you eat,what you drink, what you put on your skin, where you live and how you live.
There is a reason some people live long healthy lives and some people suffer and die young. By the way I consider 85 too young to die.
Be at Peace With Yourself and the rest is small stuff. And don’t sweat the small stuff.
Benson
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