ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʟᴅᴇꜱᴛ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴇxᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄᴜᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏ ᴅᴀᴛᴇꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ 1550 ʙ.ᴄ. ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴇɢʏᴘᴛ, ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴄᴜᴘᴘɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ʜᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ, ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅɪɴɢ ᴄʜɪɴᴇꜱᴇ, ᴜɴᴀɴɪ, ᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴋᴏʀᴇᴀɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪʙᴇᴛᴀɴ. ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄɪᴀɴ ʜɪᴘᴘᴏᴄʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ, ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ “ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ” ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄɪɴᴇ, & ᴄᴏᴍᴘɪʟᴇᴅ ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴜᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪQᴜᴇꜱ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʜᴇʟᴘꜱ ꜰᴀᴄɪʟɪᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴡ ᴏꜰ “Qɪ” ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ. (Qɪ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴄʜɪɴᴇꜱᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴍᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ʟɪꜰᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ.) ᴄᴜᴘᴘɪɴɢ ʜᴇʟᴘꜱ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ʏɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴀɴɢ, ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏꜱɪᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ʜᴇʟᴘꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ’ꜱ ʀᴇꜱɪꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɴꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀꜱᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ꜰʟᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴅᴜᴄᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ʀᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇs ᴍᴜꜱᴄʟᴇ ᴛᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛᴇs ᴄᴇʟʟ ʀᴇᴘᴀɪʀ. #cupping #belfast #sportsmassage #sportni #sportsmassagetherapist #qi #kent #midulster #recoveryroomtherapies