Cupping: The Practical Guide to Getting Started With the Healing Practice (A Step by Step Guide to Getting Started With Cupping Healing Practice)

Book excerpt: The practice of cupping has been used since ancient times to cure all varieties of ailments and illnesses. Cupping therapy seeks to educate and inspire the general public on ways to find answers to their questions about this therapy and whether cupping is right for them. Cupping is beneficial in so many ways, especially with reducing inflammation, and detoxing the body as well as multiple other benefits. This book seeks to give the reader an overview and guideline of what they can expect to gain from beginning their cupping journey. Here is a preview of what you'll learn... • The fundamentals of cupping • How to prepare for a session • What to expect from a dry session • All about ventosa (moving or rubbing cupping) • Cupping and acupuncture • Cupping and moxibustion • Cupping and gua sha • Cupping and tuī ná (tuina) • Wet cupping • An overview of chinese medicine Modern medicine has allowed for some amazing advances in medical treatments. It has helped save and extend countless lives and continues pushing human ability forward. It has also, however, placed a high interest in medications (perhaps due to financial interests). Unfortunately, doctors are prescribing pills for any and all injuries, illnesses, or ailments. These pills, in turn, have their own side effects, which require more pills… it becomes an endless cycle that provides only temporary comfort.