Cupping/Gua Sha
What is cupping therapy?
Cupping therapy, it is one of the heritage of Chinese medicine in the country folk use for a long time. Ancient classics also called "angle method." Doctors of ancient times is the angle using the animal as a suction pulling tool. "52 sick side" about a book in the Spring and Autumn Period. This shows that our physicians at least six - the second century BC, has been adopted to combat the disease Cupping. 2000 years, cupping technology continuous improvement and innovation, from the straight cylindrical shape of the tank turned into a belly big mouth small and bell-like shape; Materials used include bamboo pot, pottery, glass jars, plastic containers, glass jar; cupping cupping method is also gradually expanded to cook pot, steam pot, pumping cylinders and so on. Folk proverb "To physical security, often cupping sticky." Cupping is not only painless, safe, non-toxic side effects, curative effect, etc., and easy to learn, easy to understand, easy to master, after all, is home care, treatment ideal The traditional therapy.
How does cupping work? What does it treat?
The canister adsorption in the human skin surface, and then to maintain a certain time, the skin becomes flushed, and then remove the tank, so you can play the role of health care and medical treatment. It looks so simple, it seems a little magical, in fact, as long as we look at its basic principles, it is easy to understand. Chinese medicine, cupping has declared scattered blood, Shujin, swelling and pain at same time of the role by stimulation of acupuncture points and meridians, and adjust the function of organs effect. Modern medicine, cupping therapy caused by the exhaust vacuum tank, tank edge to be firmly attached to the skin surface, traction the nerves, muscles, blood vessels and skin glands, can cause a range of benign reactions within the body. Cupping can simultaneously promote phagocytosis of white blood cells, increase skin sensitivity to external changes and tolerance, thus enhancing the body's immune system. Secondly, a strong negative pressure suction pulling force can fully open the sweat pores accelerate the discharge of the body of toxins, wastes. In addition, cupping local thermal effects can dilate blood vessels, increase blood flow, accelerate lymphatic circulation, it is conducive to human rehabilitation and health care.
In China, cupping is used primarily to treat respiratory conditions such as bronchitis, asthma, and congestion; arthritis; gastrointestinal disorders; and certain types of pain. Some practitioners also use cupping to treat depression and reduce swelling. Fleshy sites on the body, such as the back and stomach (and, to a lesser extent, the arms and legs), are the preferred sites for treatment.
What is GuaSha therapy?/ How does it work?
Guasha, meaning " scraping ", is a traditional Chinese medical treatment .Scrapping detoxification long history, dating back to the Paleolithic. At that time people are sick, inadvertently hand or body rubbing stone, thump of a part, and sometimes make the disease have been alleviated. Over time, the natural form. Stone treatment method is the "scraping" prototype. later, therapist use with animal bones, water buffalo horn,even a corn, a Chinese soup spoon,or jade.
Chinese medicine believes that all diseases are starting to stasis. Approximate the human body and nature, the body such as the earth, angioneurotic water channel. When blockage of waterways, land can not be irrigated, when blood vessels and nerves are not smooth, it will have the disease.
Scrapping detoxification illnesses, historic, scraping by on the patient can be scraped off the body of harmful toxins, and thus achieve detoxification illnesses, strong body and health effects. It should be noted that the scraping out of the fever, that is a lot of disease and accelerated aging of harmful toxins.
"Fever" is the meridian of the "dirty stasis", commonly known as cholera toxin. Exchange it hinders the operation of blood, nutrients and metabolites, causing tissue and organ lesions, so Chinese medicine has "riddled Jieke hair fever," he said. We scraped with a special scraping utensil red skin of the patient clinically, purple spots, called plaques fever. "Sha" is the formation of many diseases and accelerated aging of harmful toxins, it can be said that the separation from bleeding out of the microcirculation and pathological product called "fever."which usually takes 3–4 days to fade. Do not need worry.
How much does it cost?
£20.00/session
