🇨🇳 China · Ancient
Cuppingカッピング（拔罐）拔罐
Applying suction cups to the skin; ancient in China, the Middle East and Europe, and now used in athletes' recovery.
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- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China · 🇸🇦 Arabian Peninsula
- Era
- Ancient
- Classification
- Related therapy / Traditional healing system
- Techniques
- Tool
- Practitioner body parts
- Tool
- Medium
- None
- Clothing
- Clothed
- Setting
- Table
- Also known as
- Ba guan · Dry cupping · Ventosa · 吸い玉 · Sliding cupping · Massage cupping
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