Face Cupping

  In this article we will learn about Face cupping, Face cupping benefits and side effects, cupping therapy and its effects on skin. We will come to know where should we perform cupping therapy and how it works. This is an ultimate guide if you want to use cupping therapy as a treatment option for your patients and for people who are looking forward for face cupping therapy to reduce fine lines, wrinkles, acne and other skin issues.

 

CUPPING THERAPY

 

The therapy of cupping has been used in China for thousands of years. At first it was applied using cattle horn and consequently was also called ‘horn therapy’. To create a negative pressure inside the horn, fire was ignited to expel the air. The method was used primarily to withdraw pus and blood in the treatment of boils. Another method was to create a hole in the top of the horn, around which the practitioner would place his lips and physically suck out the air to create a negative pressure. As far as safety was concerned, the length of the horn would be the only protection afforded to the practitioner. This method is still employed in many countries for treating boils and carbuncles. Cupping was then used as an auxiliary method in traditional Chinese surgery. Later it was found to be effective in other diseases, and developed into a special therapeutic method.

 

WHERE CUPPING THERAPY SHOULD BE APPLIED

 

Cupping should be applied to the temples, the nape of the neck or between the shoulders. In pneumonic inflammations, pulmonary consumption and haemoptysis about 10 ml of blood abstraction will be sufficient to alleviate considerably the distressing symptoms of oppression and dyspnoea. For inflammation of the liver, gout and rheumatism, cupping is frequently applied and is more particularly advised where there is congestion of the vessels of the head or internal organs. Some practitioners use cupping in preference to the lancet.

 

CUPPING AND PHLEBOTOMY

 

Cupping was generally regarded as auxiliary to phlebotomy (bloodletting). The indications for the operation were similar to those of phlebotomy, except that there was a tendency to prefer cupping in cases of localized pain or inflammation, or if the patient was too young, too old or too weak to withstand phlebotomy. As noted above, the ancients usually recommended cupping close to the seat of the disease. However, there are several examples in ancient manuscripts of cupping a distant part in order to divert blood. The most famous of these examples was Hippocrates’ recommendation of cupping the breasts in order to relieve excessive menstruation.

 

DRY CUPPING

 

 

Dry cupping, in its simplest form, was said to act as a ‘revulsive’ or ‘derivant’. By the 19th century these once hotly debated terms had become almost interchangeable in discussions of cupping.

In cupping for revulsive purposes, one cupped on a distant part to relieve an excess of blood in the affected area; in applying cupping as a ‘derivant’, one cupped closer to the affected area.

In either case the source of pain was presumed to be somewhere below the skin and the pain was relieved by moving blood away from the affected part up to the surface of the body. Thus, one 19th-century cupper concluded, ‘revulsion was only derivation at a distant point’. If dry cupping was applied for 10 minutes or longer, so that the capillaries burst, the action of the cups was said to be that of a  counterirritant

 

 

BENEFITS OF CUPPING THERAPY ON SKIN

 

 

Any topical stimulus destined to influence and manipulate internal or external organs must start at skin level. The skin is our largest organ, containing fluid, blood, blood vessels, connective tissue, muscle and rich nerve supplies. Our body’s first direct contact with the outside world is through the skin.

It is also true to say that the skin is the mirror of our health: in good health the skin is shiny, tight and has a smooth texture.

It responds to changes in temperature and is generally warm when touched. When the body is unhealthy, however, a dull, rather lifeless skin appearance is evident, with little natural colour and often cold to the touch.

As well as protecting the body from external pathogens, the skin has a major role in a number of body functions. It is the main organ of sensation, through many millions of nerve endings contained in its structure. A rich network of blood vessels and glands provides an effective means of temperature control. There are two main layers of the skin proper: the outer epidermis and the inner dermis. The fatty subcutaneous region lies beneath these two. The epidermis is the cellular layer of the skin, varying in thickness from 0.1 mm in the eyelid to over 1 mm on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. It has no nerves, connective tissue or blood vessels.

 

 The main 14 channels with a direct link to the internal organs (Zang-Fu) also lie within the skin. In stimulating a particular point, with acupuncture, massage, Gua Sha or cupping, the objective remains the same: through manipulation of the skin to influence and change a particular organ’s Blood and Qi

 

FACE CUPPING

In face cupping suction is created on skin which  advances expanded blood flow, which might assist with mitigating muscle strain, advance cell fix, and help in other recovery.

Facial cups are ordinarily more modest and milder. They're utilized to delicately pull the skin away from more profound layers of belt. This builds blood stream to the space and restores the skin without leaving cup checks behind.

 

"After some time this training works on the coloring and reduces scarce differences and kinks," says Ananda Emily Reese, LAc, of Reese Needle therapy.

 

HOW FACIAL CUPPING WORKS?

The suction impact maneuvers blood into the space of skin under the cup. This soaks the encompassing tissue with new blood and advances fresh blood vessel arrangement.

 Measuring likewise advances sterile irritation. Sterile irritation is a type of microorganism free injury. With measuring, it results from mechanical injury.

 The vacuum-like attractions isolates various layers of tissues, coming about in microtrauma and tearing. This triggers a provocative reaction, flooding the region with white platelets, platelets, and other mending helps.

 

BENEFITS OF FACE CUPPING

increment oxygen-rich blood dissemination

 

fortify skin and connective tissues

 

animate cells liable for collagen creation

 

loosen up muscle strain

 

Along these lines, the training is said to:

 

light up skin

 

limit the presence of scars, almost negligible differences, and kinks

 

tone jaw, facial structure, neck, and décolletage

 

decline puffiness

 

direct oil creation

 

work on supplement conveyance and item retention

 

SIDE EFFECTS OF CUPPING THERAPY

You might encounter brief:

unsteadiness

nausea

headache

cold sweats