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 Have you ever been stressed and put suction cups on your back to make yourself feel better? This technique is called cupping. Cupping is a technique in which glass cups are heated from the inside with fire to create a vacuum and then placed on the sore area of the body. To enjoy Chinese cupping one must understand how it’s used, know it’s like a massage, and that it is effective. Chinese cupping is almost like placing a suction cup on your back. “Cupping is a Chinese medicine that they put cups on your back for example and they suck the air out. The old fashion way of doing this was they would light a candle inside a glass; the heat from the glass would suck the air out of your body. Sometimes my mother used to tell me to not go outside without a shirt because I would catch a bad air. Sometimes when we catch bad airs, you can remove them with a process called cupping” (History of Cupping Ancient Chinese Medicine). Cupping is used to release pain from the body. The technique is placing heated glass cups on an area of the body. This technique can be relaxing.   Chinese cupping is like a massage. It relaxes the body and takes away tension, “cupping is used to: drain excess fluids and toxins, loosen adhesions and lift connective tissue, bring blood flow to stagnant skin and muscles and stimulate the peripheral nervous system” (History of Cupping Ancient Chinese Medicine). If too many toxins got into your body that it can cause sickness and cupping is a way to help get rid of it. It will help loosen the body. This can be very effective and useful.   Chinese cupping is very effective and beneficial. It helps fight diseases with “the massage action coupled with the suction technique can stimulate activity of health cells. This is made possible through the promotion of excellent blood circulation. With good circulation and healthy activity and good growth of cells, your body immune system can effectively fight diseases” (Chinese Cupping). Cupping helps your immune system due to the suction action taking place. It is a great way to get blood to circulate.     To enjoy Chinese supping one must understand how it’s used, know it’s like a massage and that it is in fact effective. It can relieve stress and relax the body with a suction cup technique.  <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 20pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri; text-align: center;">Chinese Acupuncture By: Lizzie M. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0,0,0); line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri;"> Have you ever been to the doctors? What if doctors only used needles to cure pain instead or medicine? Well in china many years ago a procedure known as acupuncture was developed to cure pain in various places on the body. Acupuncture is believed that there are pathways throughout the body that are associates with internal organs (American acupuncture). To find and use those pathways the doctors insert small needles into the body to relive and cure pain and illnesses by unblocking the pathways. These pathways are close to the skin and are known as pressure points. How acupuncture works is not clear and easy to explain. “Researchers suggested that the needles process, and other techniques used in acupuncture, may produce a variety of effects in the body and the brain. One theory is that stimulated nerve fibers transmit signals cord and brain, activity the body’s central nervous system. The spinal cord and brain then release hormones responsible for making us feel less pain while improving overall health (unm.edu). There is a variety of ways that acupuncture is applied. However, the most common procedure is for the patient to lie down on a table either on their back or stomach. The acupuncture needles are then inserted into the body at various points. The needles will usually stay in for 30-45 minutes depending on what the doctor is trying to accomplish. During this time many people fall asleep (NCAHF). Many benefits have come from acupuncture. For example the cure of illnesses and pain. This procedure is still in use today in medical research all over the world, and it is still surprising that nobody every quite figured out how simple putting needles in the skin helps your health. These are pressure points where the acupuncture needles are inserted. This is a picture of an acupuncture needles being inserted into one of the hand pressure points. This is a picture of a women getting the acupuncture procedure done and what people normaly due during the time.
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