Benefits of cupping: what is the truth behind it?

 Many people undergo alternative cupping therapy due to its many benefits, but what are the benefits of cupping? Is it real?

Cupping is one of the types of natural treatment that is used by specialized therapists and helps to get rid of pain.. Here, through "islamicmedicine", the most prominent benefits and harms.

Cupping is a type of traditional medicine that is used to get rid of some different diseases, 

and its history dates back to ancient times.

Cupping is specific heated cups that are placed on the skin to withdraw pain and increase blood flow throughout the body.

The use of cupping has spread again recently, and you can learn about cupping, how to use it, and its benefits and harms through the following:

Methods of treatment using cupping:

• Cupping is a type of alternative treatment that is used through glass cups that may be dry or wet.
• The therapist puts a kind of flammable material such as alcohol or paper, and the fire is lit with it and when it is extinguished, it is placed on the skin directly, or the ignition of the fire is replaced by placing a rubber material that works to create a vacuum in the cups, or the use of silicone cups where they are easy to use and the therapist can Move it on the skin.
• Cupping is applied to places of pain such as the back, shoulders and neck.
• The therapist may resort to making some light cuts on the skin, which help to suck out the rotten blood.
• The cups are left on the skin without moving them for several minutes and are lifted from the skin
• Cupping may cause some temporary bruising on the body, which lessens after about 10 days.

cupping benefits

The website "webmed" published a report on the benefits of cupping, according to the British Cupping Association, including:

1. Cupping helps stimulate blood circulation in areas of pain.
2. Pulling impurities and toxins in the blood to the surface of the skin.
3. Cupping helps to relax tissues and improve cells.
4. Reducing pain and relaxing muscles.
5. Treating skin problems such as acne and eczema.
6. Treating blood disorders, including anemia.
7. Help treat high blood pressure.
8. Migraine treatment.
9. Cupping helps to get rid of anxiety and depression.
10. Help treat bronchial congestion caused by asthma and allergies.
11. Work to expand the veins and arteries.
12. Reducing back pain.
13. Gynecology and fertility treatment.
14. Getting rid of the pain caused by rheumatic diseases, including arthritis and fibromyalgia.

Types of cupping

1- Wet cupping: Wet cupping or bloody cupping is the incision of the skin with a scalpel, then the cupping is placed on the places where the striping was done, then it is emptied from the air, and thus the blood gets rid of microbes and various diseases.

2- Dry cupping: Dry cupping or cupping is similar to wet cupping, but the skin is not incised, and dirt and microbes are transferred to the skin, and this case is used in alternative Chinese medicine.

3- Sliding cupping: or sliding cupping, which combines dry and wet cupping, in which the places of the body are greased with different oils such as: olive oil, or peppermint oil, then moving the cupping cup to collect the rotten blood under the skin.

Conditions before performing cupping:

There is a discrepancy and difference in many practices before cupping and each specialist has a certain point of view, and sometimes you find a conflict and clash between the conditions of cupping from one specialist to another specialist, for example, some of them refer to the non-performance of the person wishing to resort to the sexual process (intercourse) 24 hours before cupping or Not less than 12 hours

•  That the cupping be on an empty stomach, but not on extreme hunger.
• It is preferable to perform cupping in the morning due to the rise in the natural cortisone in the body during the morning period.
• It is desirable not to take a bath before cupping.
• It is not advisable to cup yourself on a very cold or very stormy night.

Answers to Frequently Asked Cupping Questions

1- Does cupping dispense with the use of medicines?

We have recently noticed an increase in the number of heart patients who are showing the effects of using cupping. When asked about it, they said that it is used as a treatment for hypertension and heart failure, and this enables them, Alahh willing, to give up the medicines.. They actually gave up the medicines because they felt better.

2. When is it desirable to perform cupping?

Choosing the appropriate day for the cupping procedure depends on the purpose or goal of the cupping procedure; Cupping is performed for two main purposes..

It is recommended to perform cupping on the 17th, 19th and 21st of the lunar month (Hijri).

3. Is it true that a person who uses cupping for the first time gets used to cupping?!

This inquiry is one of the most widespread rumors among the general public, and we at the treatment center confirm that the issue is related to the psychological aspect only, and there is no scientific proof that the one who performs cupping for the first time will need to repeat cupping always, and on the other hand, what is the harm in repeating cupping, isn’t that following the example? With the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, who used cupping in case of illness, just as cupping was used to prevent diseases

4- Is the process of cupping and tape painful?Of course, it is not painful, especially if cupping is

performed correctly and by a skilled and experienced specialist, and the fear of the tapering process disappears and disappears in the majority after the first cupping session, for the tape is superficial; Before the tape, the cupping cups are placed in the appropriate positions for known minutes, which works to partially anesthetize these positions due to the air pressure inside the cupping cup.

5-Do women hold back?

Yes, women can have cupping, as there is no medical contraindication, either before menopause (menopause) or after,

6- Can a pregnant woman do cupping?

There is no problem with cupping of the pregnant woman; Only it is preferable for the pregnant woman not to reduce the cupping except for a need or a purpose, and that the number of cupping sites should not be many while staying away from cupping the places on the abdomen.

7- Does cupping break the fast?

There is a difference of opinion among the people of knowledge, some of them saw it invalidating the fast because of the hadeeth that the one who had abstained from breaking his fast broke his fast, and some of them saw it not breaking the fast because of the hadith of Anas and others that they did not dislike it except because of weakness.

The scholars differed about that, and it is well known that it breaks the fast