The asthma treatment involves taking our smallest silicone cup and moving it up and down the inte…

The asthma treatment involves taking our smallest silicone cup and moving it up and down the intercostal muscles between the ribs. Using cups on these muscles can relieve the tension and pain people feel from constant coughing and wheezing. This is common in those with asthma, but can also from any sort of illness that causes coughing like bronchitis The ways in which cupping helps aren’t completely understood. Because there are a lot of blood vessels in the skin, the suction created by cupping causes the capillaries (tiny blood vessels) to dilate (widen) and burst. This is believed to increase blood flow in the area in which the cup is placed. Another way cupping is thought to help is by opening the pores of the skin to allow the body to release toxins.