Cupping

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This new edition explores and describes techniques of cupping in the context of TCM theory. It provides a clear and detailed set of practical guidelines to applying this technique for various common conditions, and looks closely at issues of safety, expectation and theoretical principles of action.

Cupping therapy treatments described for common disorders ranging from abdominal pain, stroke, and asthma, diarrhea, and back pain. Each method is well illustrated, with differentiations between cupping practice on adults and children.

This new edition includes new scientific research on cupping therapy and the effect on the immune system as well as new material on muscular pain, stress management and cupping therapy and sports medicine.

A DVD-ROM complements the text with video clips showing the eleven methods of cupping therapy.

• DVD-ROM containing 12 video clips showing the use of cupping in practice.
• Unique scienfitic research on cupping therapy and the effect on the immune system.
• 16 page colour plate section containing 63 halftones.
• New page layout including new features.
• Thoroughly revised and updated throughout with more details allocated to individual treatment and methods.
• New material on muscular pain, stress management and cupping therapy and sports medicine.

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Section 1 Cupping therapy
Chapter 1 History of cupping
Chapter 2 Benefits of cupping therapy
Chapter 3 Preparing for cupping
Chapter 4 Therapies that benefit from cupping
Chapter 5 The cupping procedure
Chapter 6 What to expect during and after cupping therapy
Chapter 7 Eleven methods of cupping therapy
Chapter 8 Cupping therapy on children
Chapter 9 Cupping therapy on adults
Chapter 10 How often can cupping be applied?
Section 2 Treatment of common disorders
Chapter 11 Cupping therapy in the treatment
Chapter 12 Notes on miscellaneous disorders
Chapter 13 Precautions and contraindications
Chapter 14 Sports injuries
Chapter 15 Myofascial Trigger Points cupping therapy
Index

Benefits of Cupping Therapy. Skin. Blood. Qi. Wei Qi. Stagnation. Cupping.

Ten Methods of Cupping. Weak (Light) Cupping (Tonifying). Medium Cupping (Tonifying). Strong Cupping (Draining). Moving Cupping Tui Guan Fa (Draining). Needle Cupping (Draining). Moxa (Hot Needle) Cupping Ai Guan Fa (Tonifying). Empty (Flash) Cupping Shan Guan Fa (Tonifying). Full (Bleeding) Cupping Xue Guan Fa (Draining). Herbal Cupping Yao Guan Fa (Tonifying). Water Cupping Shui Guan Fa (Even Method).  

Cupping Therapy in the Treatment of Common Disorders. Introduction. Abdominal Pain. Anaemia. Asthma. Atrophy Syndrome. Back Pain and Sexual Complaints. Bed-Wetting (Nocturnal Enuresis). Boil/Carbuncle. Chest Pain. Common Cold and Influenza. Constipation. Cough. Dysmenorrhoea. Fevers. Hypertension. Muscular and Joint Pain ( Bi Syndrome). Skin Complaints. Stroke (Wind Stroke Facial Paralysis). Tiredness. Veins (Varicose/ Broken).

Notes on Miscellaneous Disorders. Breast Enhancement. Cellulite. Conjunctivitis. Headache/Migraine. Hiccups. Insomnia. Lacrimation. Mumps. Bladder Prolapse. Prolapse of Uterus. Spondylosis. Tootache. Torticollis.

• Dip.Acupuncture (Aust-1985), Dip.Clinical Hypnosis (Aust-1986), Dip.Chinese Herbal Medicine(UK), Cert. Paediatric Acup(UK), Cert. Chinese Herbal Medicine (Nanjing-China), Cert. Acup.Clinic(Nanjing-China) .
• "Expert" (Chinese Medicine Cupping Therapy) BBC TV 2006.
• Teacher/Practitioner since 1985
• Member of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC)
• Member of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM)

See Ilkay's website http://www.cuppingtherapy.co.uk/