Cupping is an ancient therapy extending many civilisations this is a deeply relieving treatment whereby an inflammotory response is caused to fleshy areas of the skin by creating a negative pressure with the use of glass or bamboo cups the vacuum created in the cups encourages extra blood and qi flow lymph and toxic drainage and assists in repair and diminishing disease the effects normally leave cupping marks which can take upto a week to disappear for cupping demonstration please view v