Optimal Points for Cupping Once again, cupping, with a few emergency exceptions, is best done as a preventative therapy. You will hear us say that often. The traditional points for cupping to rid the entire body of dead blood cells when performed in the same cupping session are; the two points adjacent to the seventh vertebra (heart position in acupuncture terms) on the back, approximately two inches from the spine. the tail of the spine the two inner positions of the feet on the ankle and the top back side of the head normally where balding first starts and the hair moves out from all directions. When the above points are cupped in one session it is sufficient to clean the entire body. No other points on the body need to be cupped when all of these points are cupped during the same cupping session. Most patients will not accept cupping the back of the head as shaving the spot that needs to be cupped is unacceptable to most patients. It is highly recommended that all these points be cupped in one session to clean the entire body. We only recommend cupping the head on the 19th and 21st days of the lunar month. These above described locations are the only cupping positions that the Broken Earth healers advise for preventative cupping and the positions they cup themselves. Excessive use of cupping is unnecessary and can be harmful. All patients should be cupped in the sitting position unless medical circumstances warrant otherwise. For specific complaints and local injury, cupping can be applied most anywhere that it is possible to place a cup and obtain a good seal. Cuppers should exercise good judgment when applying cups to sensitive areas of the body. Most cupping practitioners have taken to charging per cup and thus the economic pressures to over cup are very real - a practice we strongly discourage. If properly performed, over cupping will likely have no real adverse impact on the health of a patient. Nonetheless, conservative cupping is recommended because infection and the potential marks resulting from cupping are possible. It is normally sufficient to use one cup to alleviate local conditions or injury and for one session only. There are varying opinions about the best places to be cupped. Acupuncture points may or may not provide insight into the best positions to cup. Common sense suggests that there is some correlation but evidence is almost all anecdotal. Some mention of optimal places to cup are made in the sayings or teachings of Prophet Muhammad (saw). The strength or accuracy of some of these teachings are sometimes debated amongst learned persons. These above concerns and points of debate mostly boil down to arguments that frustrate the industry and cause unnecessary concerns for patients. True healers listen to the patient and then combine that information with a sense where the injury is present. It is a process of training that requires the practitioner to listen to their heart not their mind and know from spiritual understanding what place on the body will result in the most benefit from cupping. This is not something you can learn in books. Those person trained in Reika will likely have a better idea what we are attempting to convey more than most.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:38:47 +0000
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