MASSAGE CUPPING MASSAGE CUPPING DISCOLORATIONSDISCOLORATIONS

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"CUP KISSES"

• Discolorations are due to metabolic debris and/or old blood being brought to the surface.

• DISCOLORATION BROUGHT TO SURFACE INDICATES DEGREE OF STAGNATION.

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"CUP KISSES CONT'D"

• Darker marks indicates a greater amount of stagnation and dysfunction.

• Discoloration means: Inflammation, Scar Tissue, Adhesions, Old lymph, Old blood, Old debris, Old medicine

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DISCOLORATIONS

• Marks are not bruising but indications of where stagnation/dysfunctions are located.

• In TCM, the marks (sha), is a goal to indicate stagnation in the flow of Chi.

• In Massage Cupping, if marking occur, it is a spontaneous reaction.

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COMMON REACTIONS (4)COMMON REACTIONS (4)55

Old Injury

66

Swimmer’s Inflammation

Wound (Scar Tissue)

88

Adhesion

99

Congested/Toxic

1010

chronic ankle sprain

1111

Magnetic cupping

1212

Magnetic Cupping “Cup Kisses”

Inflamed

1414

Lacrosse Player Erector Dysfunction

CONGESTION

Massage Cupping Chronic Strain

Medicupping Divets