Description

Traditional technique - Modern application

For over 5000 years, cupping has been used across the globe to treat a broad spectrum of health disorders. A safe, comfortable therapy, it requires only simple, inexpensive instruments to achieve highly effective results. This comprehensive guide features all the information practitioners need, including historical facts, step-by-step instructions for application, and treatment of specific health problems.

Highlights:

Detailed theory of dry and wet cupping
Practical instructions for 45 different disorders
Illustrated by real-life photographs from the author's practice
Compact, user-friendly format for easy reference
Each chapter of the practical section deals with a different area of he body and its disorders. Information is given on the complaint, the correct cupping application, supplementary and alternative therapies, as well as preventive treatment.
Practice-oriented and highly detailed, this is an invaluable reference for experienced practitioners and an ideal learning tool for students.

Contents
Preface

I Introduction and Foundations
1 Historical Background
2 WhatDoWeMeanby Cupping
3 The Therapeutic Conception of Dry Cupping
4 Self-regulatory Mechanisms in the Body
A Crash Course for Patients

II Clinical Applications of Cupping Therapy
5 Dry Cupping
6 Wet Cupping

III Cupping Therapy of Indicated Disorders and Complaints
7 Disorders of the Head
8 RespiratoryTracts
9 Cardiovascular Disease
10 Digestive Organs
11 Locomotor System
12 Reproductive Organs
13 Urinary Tracts
14 Nervous System
15 Venous Disorders
16 Obesity (Adipositas, Overweight)
17 Cellulitis (Adipositas Circumscripta Oedematosa); Cellulite (Dermatopanniculosis Deformans)

IV Cupping Therapy in Conventional Western Medicine
18 Cupping as Supportive Therapy within Conventional Western Medicine

V Appendix
Conclusion
Further Reading