Acupuncturists can combine methods such as cupping and acupuncture in order to stimulate a strong sensation. Learn more about cupping and acupuncture from our medical expert in this free video.
Robert Linde, Acupuncture Physician and Registered Herbalist, has studied herbs since 1975 and practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 6 years.
In this episode, I'm going to show you an advanced technique that combines both the acupuncture and the cupping together, with one on top of the other. So, just as we did the acupuncture before for the back pain, we're going to swab the point to make sure that it's sterile. I've already located the point for him. We're going to use one of our single use filiform needles. And then we've got our cupping. We want to get that ready. And for this, I often times use a little bit larger cup. It's a little bit easier for me and makes sure that we don't have any risk involved. So in this case, you may be able to see it on the camera, but we've got the cup and inside, we actually have the acupuncture needle and it causes the acupuncture needle to actually vibrate ever so slightly inside the cup, and increases the effectiveness and moves both the chi in the blood as well as tonifies the point. So, we can leave this cup on here for about ten minutes, in order to get a very strong sensation, and often times it'll leave a good bruise on there. So, you always have to make sure that the patient's okay with that before we do it.
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