The use of cupping in physiotherapy, biological regeneration and cosmetology
Journal Title: Rocznik Naukowy /Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. JędrzejaŚniadeckiego/ - Year 2014, Vol 24, Issue 0
Abstract
Chinese medicine is more than 5000 years old. Even in more recent times, it has been noticed that the use of hollow horns which sucked on the skin has a beneficial effect in treating respiratory disease or nagging pains in the spine. Treat-ment with vacuum which is formed in the cupping by removing the air causes sucking of the skin and tissues lying under the cupping. This action has an impact on their intense hyperemia and a marked improvement of inelastic skin. In the Chi-nese tradition, cupping is used to treat many serious ailments. This kind of treatment is ideally suited for curing infections, colds, muscle pain and inflammatory conditions. The article provides an overview of the literature on the procedures per-formed while using different types of cupping as well as present a the methodology of treatments and the use of massage cupping. This material is the outcome of many scientific studies. According to the research literature, cupping therapy is important in reducing the pain of different origins and supports the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system diseases, respiratory diseases, and it may also be applied in biological regeneration and cosmetology.
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Małgorzata Kowza-Dzwonkowska, Aleksandra Orlikowska
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