Cupping Therapy in Ayurveda - Indian Medical System
Ayurveda is a rich science which has various time tested methods for pain management without medicines. Though Ayurveda had abundant examples of potent analgesics with a prevalence of western modern science, all vanished or have been banned by the government, marking those medicines as illegal as many of them are used as substance abused drugs. Therefore in recent decades, Ayurvedic physicians switched on to para-surgical procedures like leech therapy, Alabuchikitsa, Agnikarma, Marmachikitsa, etc. Shrunga and Alabu are types of cupping that have been described as different treatment modalities for bloodletting in different vitiated doshas. Alabuchikitsa which is commonly known as Cupping therapy is the oldest & most globally practiced medical treatment in human history. It is a traditional, time-honored treatment that remains favored by millions of people all over the world. It is a gentle therapy that uses negative pressure helping to loosen adhesions & draining fluids &...