Cupping therapy is also called angle therapy. Cupping is to artificially cause capillary rupture and congestion through physical stimulation and negative pressure, mobilize the repair function of human stem cells and the absorption function of necrotic blood cells, promote blood circulation, stimulate essence and regulate qi and blood, and achieve the effect of improving and regulating human immunity.
Of course, cupping is not as accurate as acupuncture, mainly because of the combination of points, lines and surfaces. Through the distinction between cold and heat deficiency and excess in traditional Chinese medicine, select some parts where meridians pass or qi gathers.
Cupping is a unique therapeutic method, which has been circulated among the people in China for a long time. It is usually called cupping and suction. It is called cupping qi in Compendium of Materia Medica and cupping method in authentic surgery. In ancient times, it was mostly used for surgical carbuncle. At first, it was not a jar, but a horn tube with a small hole was used to suck pus in the affected area, so it was named "horn method" in some ancient books. The earliest written record of cupping therapy is The Elbow Queen written by Ge Hong in Jin Dynasty from 28/kloc-0 to 36 1.
Later, the horn tube was gradually replaced by bamboo pot, pottery pot and glass pot, and the scope of treatment also expanded from early surgical carbuncle to rheumatic pain, back muscle strain, headache, asthma, abdominal pain, traumatic congestion, common rheumatic cold and various pains.