Introduction to Cupping
Interesting article – LondonShiatsu offers both Chinese and Islamic Cupping. make an appointment There is an interesting treatment technique in Traditional Chinese Medicine known as cupping. It’s not used a lot in the West and not well known here in the States. A few years ago Gwyneth Paltrow showed up in public sporting the distinctive circular marks the technique leaves on the skin, but I haven’t seen much reference to it lately. Cupping uses a vessel to create a vacuum as it is pressed to the skin, stretching the tissues...
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