Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOM Cupping is a complementary therapy that involves suctioning the skin with cups made of silicone, plastic, glass, bamboo, metal, or rubber. Originating in Egypt ...

Cupping is a recovery technique that is seen to promote enhanced blood flow and reduce inflammation, but how beneficial is ...

and it originated from cupping therapy—an ancient Chinese medicine treatment that uses heated cups to create suction on the skin to increase blood flow to a specific area of the body.

Hijama Therapy involves making incisions into the skin and drawing blood with suction cups. Mohammed started by broadcasting messages to friends and fellow worshipers besides seeking his family to ...

“In physical therapy, we would manually move the cups while the suction is in place to manipulate the myofasical tissue,” explains Dr. VanDenMeerendonk. “We could have the patient ...