Defenition of Cupping
The process of pulling extra blood to the skin surface by placing a cup in which the air pressure canbe reduced, mouth down onto the skin surface. Cups with an integral rubber squeeze bulb for reducing pressure in thecup were available from the Sears catalog in the early 1900s. Historically, however, the reduced pressure was usuallyproduced by heating the air in the cup before application and then allowing it to cool after the cup was pressed ontothe skin. A man growing up on the East coast in the 1930 recalls that before the application of each cup to hisfather’s chest or back (for fever reduction), a lighted wad of cotton dipped in alcohol would be stuck into the invertedcup for a few seconds. Someone from West Texas remembers hearing about the cups being held inverted over thespout of a steaming Teakettle. A man growing up in East Texas said his mother would heat an empty soft drink bottlein boiling water, quickly wrap the bottle in a cooled towel, and then place the bottle, mouth down, on bothersome skineruptions. In other parts of the world, animal horns with the tip end cut off were placed on the skin and pressurereduced by sucking on the tip. This is similar to a child’s practice of briefly sucking on a hurt finger. Cupping wasmentioned in English writing as early as 1519 and even in Greek medical treatises of Hippocrates’ time.
Cupping Sentence
Examples
· She nuzzled the hand cupping her cheek, and his thumb traced her lips.
· He turned and leaned over the edge, cupping his hands
· She closed her eyes and leaned back against his chest cupping her hands over his.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar