Cupping Therapy Online Course 傳統拔罐 治療 Professors: Rick Scott and Jan Lasota www.lasotaonline.com [email protected] (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 1 History Used for over 5000 years. Suction cup usage can be traced to every civilization. Until the 19th century was used in the west in private practice and hospitals. Modern times it is making its way back into western culture. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 2 History 3000 BC: we have many records showing that at this time it was being used around the world. 1550 BC: Ebers Papyrus – one of the oldest textbooks of medicine, talks about the Egyptians using cupping. 400 BC: Hippocrates, Galen a Herodotus, were using cupping for internal diseases and musculoskeletal problems. ca. 600-BC: Muhammed writes about “hijama” and talks about its medicinal uses. During this times cupping was mostly done by using animal horn (still in use by remote cultures). This then turned into using bamboo. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 3 History Ge Hong (281-341AD), a Chinese herbalist, writes about its medical uses in China. This is our first written account of the Chinese using it, but we can assume it was used much longer in China, before a book was written about it. Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon) (1135-1204AD), is a Jewish Rabbi and a man of science at that time. He writes about the use of cupping for medical purposes by the Arab and Islamic scientists. Charles Kennedy, Surgeon (1826): writes "The art of cupping has been so well-known, and the benefits arising from it so long experienced, that it is quite unnecessary to bring forward testimonials in favor of what has received not only the approbation of modern times, but also the sanction of remotest antiquity." (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 4 History 1700s-1900s: Many European and American doctors are using cupping in their private clinics and in hospitals to treat common colds, respiratory infections, and are often using “wet cupping”. 1950: After much research the Soviet Union and China confirm the clinical effectiveness of cupping therapy. 1950-Present: Cupping therapy is a mainstream therapy used in many hospitals throughout Asia, especially in the TCM hospitals of China. 21st century: Many hospitals and Universities in the west have begun using and teaching cupping. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 5 Cupping Use Today Celebrities: 2004: Gwyneth Paltrow shows up at the New York film festival with fresh cupping marks on her back. Kim Kardashian, Justin Beiber, Jennifer Aniston, Victoria Beckham and many others have since been seen in public with cupping marks. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 6 Cupping Use Today Althletes: Serena Williams has been seen multiple times using cupping therapy and is a advocate for it saying: “it just feels like it’s suctioning and it just feels good.” 2016 (Rio Olympics): Michael Phelps, Alex Naddour, and Pavel Sankovich are among the athletes using cupping for therapy. Phelps’ trainers say that cupping therapy is a favored recovery method that reduces soreness and speeds the healing process. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 7 Research Plantar Fasciitis: “The data indicated that both dry cupping therapy and electrical stimulation therapy could reduce pain and increase function significantly in the population tested.” Weiqing ge, DPT, PhD1)*, Chelsea leson, DPT1), Corey VukoViC, DPT1), Department of Physical Therapy, Youngstown State University: One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555, USA Quality of Life: “After one month, the quality of life score of 155 participants (88%) increased, remained unchanged for 21 participants (11.7%), and decreased for 2 participants (1.1%). Asked about possible complications from cupping, 160 participants reported no side effects (89.9%).” Cuppingtherapycanimprovethequalityoflifeofhealthypeoplein Tehran, Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicin 2017 August 15;37(4):558-562. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 8 What is cupping? Defined: The use of suction cups to provide treatment. If used correctly it is harmless, and normally provides action within hours (if applied correctly). Causes the body to react by providing stimulation that makes the body perform a repair process. Will not effect healthy tissues, therefor it works by returning the body to a healthy state: regulating disease processes, reduces/eliminates pain and inflammation, and improves blood circulation. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 9 Types of Cupping Cupping: Also called Ba guan (Mandarin Chinese) There are the following types: • Glass • Bamboo • Clay • Plastic • Silicone • Others (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 10 Glass Cupping • Using a cotton ball soaked in 95% or 75% alcohol which is ignited, then it is moved around the inside of the cup, the cup is then added quickly to the skin. • There is 20% O2 in the air when burned, it changes to CO2, causing an O2 vacuum. • It’s difficult to handle. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 11 Bamboo Cupping • These are heated with warm water. • The moisture is pulled out of the wood creating a vacuum. • Not used a lot outside of Asia. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 12 Clay Cupping • Works like glass, where the air is warmed to create a vaccum. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 13 Glass Cupping with Suction Cups. Can by applied fast and are very safe to use. Works well for normal/general cupping. Difficult to regulate. Doesn’t work well with ”wet cupping”. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 14 Plastic Cupping • Most common type used. • They are easy to control. • Fast to use. • Requires no preparation. • Little more difficult to clean than glass. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 15 Cupping Methods “Dry” Forms: Most used form in many Western countries, because “wet cupping” draws blood. • Stationary Cupping: The cup ”sucks” over a specific acupuncture point or ”knot” in a muscle for 5-15 minutes. • Gliding Cupping: The cup sucks on a specific acupuncture point or muscle and is moved up and down the length og the meridian or over muscle fibers, while it is suctioned onto the skin. • Motion Cupping: The cup is suctioned on a point or muscle area and is then moved fast. The technique can take a few applications in the same area with focus on reducing muscle tension and reducing/removing toxins in the body. “Wet” Forms: • Blood cupping: Here your goal is to get impure blood out. Very effective for removing toxins. (prohibited in some countries). • Cupping with Needles: This type of treatment can be good for chronic or Xu conditions. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 16 Therapy Types Segmental therapy: treatment at the site of a disease/illness/disorder, or around reflex zones or skin areas that are connected to nerve tracts. Here the skin plays a very important role due to its effect on the nervous system. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 17 Therapy Types Regulation therapy: when the cups are applied they suck blood out of the capillaries, move stagnant blood and stimulate the body to enter a repair process. The body is not used to the blood being outside of where it is supposed to be, as a result cupping tricks the brain/body into thinking that there is an injury and sends the body into a repair process. Although there is no “real” damage, the body begins to move fluids, send out hormones and chemicals as if there was a traumatic injury – including white blood cells to fight infection, elevates gland/lymphatic activity, which aids in a detox like effect. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 18 How does cupping work? Western Prospective • Sucking causes extravasate (forcing blood out of the vessel and into the surrounding tissue), which results in a hematoma (bruise), which can last for a few days. This causes the body to react in response to the sucking. • There is increased resistance to infection. • Acute: treatment on the 1-2 day(s) causes almost immediate effect. Chronic: speeds recovery, can be difficult to treat. • Most visible effects come from treatment of: Angina, Pneumonia, influenza, common colds, acute and sub-acute bronchitis. • Typically can relieve pain conditions quickly. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 19 How does cupping work? Eastern Prospective • It is primarily thought of and used as a draining or sedating technique, but can be used to tonify. (ex. Kidney yang xu, very light cupping can be used at BL-23 to tonify, where a heavier cupping would make the condition worse. This type of technique could be used for many musculoskeltal deficiency syndromes as well.) • Massage can release and remove toxins, but if there are significant toxins which have built up, massage is not enough. • Tranditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), aims to warm the meridians to help remove stagnation and boost the flow of Qi and blood, this removes kold, damp edema and pain. • This method works very good for Bi Syndromes caused by wind, cold, and damp in most of the body (back, arms, legs, abdomen, legs, shoulder, ankle, etc.). (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 20 General Benefits • Pain relief – back, shoulder, knee, or elbow pain; soft- tissue injuries. • Reduces swelling. • Headache. • Asthma, influenza, cough and/or colds. • Gastrointestinal and or genital problems. • Post operative care. • Hives and skin rashes. • Cellulitis and stretchmarks. (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 21 Does it hurt? • Yes, it can be uncomfortable sometimes. • If it hurts or how uncomfortable it is, can depend on many factors (ie. amount of toxins and metabolic wastes built up, how tight the fascia or muscles are, pain tolerance, etc.) (C) 2018 - Lasota Online Academy 22 Does it leave marks? • Yes, often the cups will leave a mark or red circle where it was applied. • The greater the amount of toxins, metabolic waste, stagnation, etc. The higher the chance of suction marks will last for a longer period of time.