With Cupping we use fire to create a vacuum in a glass cup. This vacuum is then placed on the skin to draw up elemental imbalance like excess heat, dampness, stagnant blood or pathogen to the surface and allow the body’s natural abilities to disperse these qualities out of the body.

Ailments that Cupping can assist with:

• move lung congestion

• release stuck fascia

• release adhesions and inflammation in the tissue

• disperse stagnation

• smoothing cellulite

• help break up scar tissue

• Replenish the healing fluids in an acute injury site

• fight colds and flus

MARKINGS

Cupping tends to cause a color change in the skin that can vary from a light red to a deep purple. The color changes indicate what imbalance is going on underneath the tissue. For example, an excess of heat in the form of a muscular adhesion or inflammation will generally mark a darker red where deep stagnation or tight fascia will generally mark a darker purple hue. These markings are apart of the process and can last a couple days to a couple weeks.