Cupping is not just for pain management, but infertility treatment and health wellnes

What Are the Purple Dots on Michael Phelps? Cupping Has an Olympic Moment

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/what-are-the-purple-dots-on-michael-phelps-cupping-has-an-olympic-moment/?_r=0

Cupping as one part of Chinese Medicine was documented much earlier than acupuncture. It was later introduced to other parts of world through silk road two thousand years ago. It has been proved an effective way for removing pain and enhancing health. Like acupuncture, many assumptions but there is no specific modern science theory can explain how and why it works. Medical doctors or researchers can only say it works but maybe out of psychological effect. Modern science cannot prove with mouses or placebo is its own limitation of trying to separate body from mind and spirit. As human is created with physical body, mind and spirit while modern science is based on the physics and chemistry.

Almost all of my patient came for acupuncture like to have cupping therapy on them. Only exceptions are their symptoms and diagnosis constitution limitation, or time when they have to attend wedding ceremony or going to beach. Now, it seems the beach case is not an excuse any more in this Olympic game. People all know cupping is good for health and who cares if you have marks on your back.

Even though cupping seems simple, however, it better to be done by professional as there are cases which are not suitable. Or best through pattern differentiation.