Advanced Certificate in Integrated Cupping Therapy

Lifting the yang and harmonising the interior

You could think of this treatment as a cupping version, worth at least multiple doses of a modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang (Tonify the Middle to Augment the Centre) TCM herbal formula.

In her late 40's, the patient had long term profound fatigue, dizziness, abdominal distension with pain and heaviness, aversion to cold, loose stools and mild anal prolapse. Her tongue (and complexion) was pale and her pulse was weak with characteristic spleen and kidney deficiency.

The first phase of treatment applied the concept of (my term) 'cupping deficiency' to Mingmen (Du/GV4) and Shen Shu (Bl23), followed by Bl 19 (Pi Shu) and Bl 18 (Wei Shu).

Phase Two of the treatment (this pic), had the cups placed in an ascending order to raise the yang along the Du Mo. At each point along the 'reservoir of the yang', and bilaterally with very soft cups to Shen Shu, the kidney shu (Bl23) points, the vacuum level and degree of warmth with each cup was precisely measured to harmonise and address the root of the problem, as well as embody the entire composition of her signs and symptoms. The single large cup is covering Wei Shu (Bl19/Stomach) and Pi Shu (Bl20/Spleen) - similar to getting an exponential effect by connecting 2 or more points with a single needle).
The patient reported a remarkable lift and improvement in her condition.

Many conditions can be treated by carefully designing the cupping treatment.

* Please read my essay "Cupping Deficiency" to help connect with the subtlety and depth of the process.

(See this as a Health Traditions Facebook post January 9, 2018)

Results achieved by treating the aftermath of frozen shoulder

This student in the Modern Cupping Workshop had been unable to lift her arm higher for a year and a half, due to the aftermath of frozen shoulder syndrome. While she no longer had any aching, her mobility, as you can observe, was severely restricted. On the right shows her range immediately following treatment, which focussed on rectifying fascial adhesions and errant structure with flexible silicone cupping vessels. This is a permanent result.

Treatment: Palpation discovered knotted sheaths throughout the intercostal region, and some adhesions to the periosteum of the ribs underneath. The top pics show the gain achieved after 15 minutes of treatment.

To achieve this, two classmates are performing what's necessary. To the left, a flexible silicone cupping vessel is moved at "snail's pace" throughout the intercostal spaces, lifting and resolving the issues of grabbing and constriction. To the left, her co-helper is releasing the distal margin of the lateral fascial plane running down the middle-lateral surface of the leg. In the lower row, another angle is captured.

This is far from being a no-way a one-off, and the same procedure will produce as fine a result as this - when the same preconditions exist. In fact, I directed and received an almost identical procedure ten years earlier, in a first-up experiment to see if the fascial ramifications of a nasty anterior deltoid tear, which soon after developed to become a frozen shoulder, could be resolved throughout the associated fascia. One treatment was all it took to sort the issue, which had clung on stubbornly for five years, despite the best efforts I knew to sort the dilemma. It was then I realised that this new treatment would have far reaching benefits.

Photos taken during a Modern Cupping workshop conducted by Health Traditions (Australia). Posted on Facebook 2April, 2016.