Cupping therapy has a reputation for easing discomfort and improving quality of life.
The following conditions may improve with this treatment:
- Low-back pain: Cupping can help lessen pain and improve function among people with acute and chronic low-back pain.
- Fibromyalgia: Cupping therapy, alone or with acupuncture and conventional medicine, has successfully relieved pain in patients with fibromyalgia, a condition of widespread musculoskeletal pain.
- Chronic neck pain: Cupping therapy can help relax neck muscles and make them more flexible.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome: Cupping may help reduce pain and numbness associated with carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects the hands and wrists.
- Heavy menstrual bleeding: Dry cupping may help decrease the amount of menstrual blood flow in women with excessive menstrual bleeding.
Cupping therapy also shows potential to treat:
- Digestive issues
- Diseases of the lungs and airways, including bronchitis, asthma, and pneumonia
- Eczema (red, itchy skin) and boils (painful infection of hair follicles)
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Cellulite (fat deposits beneath the skin that cause a dimpled appearance)
