How to Do Dry Cupping

Cupping therapy has a myriad of benefits that we can experience and can be carried out easily and at a very low cost.

Basically, cupping therapy is very easy to do, ideally everyone can do it as long as they have the will to learn and practice using cupping equipment which is easily available to us.

By being able to perform cupping therapy for treatment, it will really help you to treat your family, friends and people around you who need protection, so that your skills will be useful not only for yourself but also for others.

To perform cupping therapy properly and correctly, you'll need to have a thorough understanding of the art. You can learn from a cupping expert or attend cupping training at a reputable institution.

However, to broaden your knowledge about cupping, today the admin will share information about dry cupping and how to do it, which you can follow and practice yourself at home.

What is dry cupping?

Before starting the guidance on how to do dry cupping, it is good for us to know what is meant by dry cupping therapy and what benefits we can get from the therapy we do.

Dry cupping is a type of cupping that does not draw blood during the process. This therapy is usually carried out to remove excess wind from the body and to relax the muscle tissue being cupped.

Dry cupping is relatively easier for beginners to do than moist cupping, which requires special training or supervision from a cupping expert.

Dry cupping therapy can be performed on certain points on our body as long as they are not prohibited points for cupping. Of course, choosing the dry cupping points must also take into account obstacles and according to needs.

How to perform dry cupping

After you know what is meant by dry cupping, now is the time for you to learn about the correct methods and techniques for performing dry cupping so that you can get optimal benefits from the dry cupping you do.

Before doing dry cupping therapy, the first thing you have to do is prepare various things that are needed during the therapy, including a cupping pump and olive oil, or if you don't have any, you can also use regular massage oil.

And here is how to do dry cupping properly and correctly:

• Recite the basmalah before starting the burial process.
• Determine the cupping point according to your complaint and needs.
• Rub the body part that will be cupped with the massage oil that you have.
• After that, do a light massage on the area of ​​the body that will be cupped for approximately 5 minutes.
• Perform cupping at the decided point using the right glass with the cupped area.
• For the first time, pump the cupping cup 3 times and increase the suction cyclically every 1 minute until it can no longer be sucked.
• You are able to carry out simultaneous excavation in the required area.
• Cupping is carried out for a maximum of 10 minutes at each point.
• After the cupping treatment is finished, massage the cupped area using olive oil to reduce bruising or redness from the cupping treatment.
• Burial can be done again after at least one week.

To ensure that the dry cupping process is not painful, you should follow all the steps above correctly, especially the process of sucking the cupping cup, which must be done little by little. This will ensure that the muscle and skin tissue are not shocked by the suction process.

Benefits of dry cupping

There are many benefits you can get from dry cupping therapy, including expelling excess gas from the body, making this method truly effective for treating colds immediately.

In addition, dry cupping is also very useful for relaxing tired muscles, so that after undergoing cupping therapy, patients will usually feel a fresher body and tense muscles will relax.

To learn about the various benefits of dry cupping for your health, you can read my previous post, which detailed the benefits you can gain from dry cupping therapy.