• Doç.Dr. Nisa ÇETİN KARGIN

Cupping Therapy

Cupping Therapy is a traditional treatment method that dates back thousands of years. After its use in traditional Chinese medicine, it was adopted by the Arabs and Egyptians and used in the treatment of diseases for many years.

Benefits of cupping therapy

• Regulates lymphatic flow.
• Hacamat opens blockages in capillaries.
• It ensures the removal of toxins from blood and tissues.
• Cleanses heavy metals from the body.
• It regulates the functioning of the organs related to the reflex areas of the organs on the skin.
• Stimulates the organs responsible for blood production (bone marrow, liver, spleen).
• It strengthens the immune system and gives resistance to the body.
• It relieves pain and prevents diseases.
• Relieves pain due to lumbar stiffness, joint pain, headache, lumbar and neck hernia and arthritis.
• It helps in the treatment of all kinds of diseases such as neurological and psychological diseases.


How to Apply cupping therapy?

Although cupping is often preferred alone, using it with many complementary treatments gives better results. It is recommended not to consume animal foods for 2-3 days before cupping treatment. Before the procedure, cupping is applied to the areas determined by the physician during his examination. Cupping procedures performed by unauthorized and inexperienced people can cause permanent damage to the body and cause difficulties in the treatment of future diseases. For this reason, it is very important that cupping treatment is performed under appropriate conditions and by physicians who are competent and experienced in their field.

Who can have cupping? To whom can it not be done?

In general, cupping is a treatment method suitable for everyone. It can be done safely on everyone, from babies to the oldest people. However, we need to pay attention to some issues. Cupping cannot be performed on pregnant women, people using blood thinners, women during their menstrual periods, patients with extensive cancer, people with anemia, people with hemophilia and active wounds.