Chinese Medicine Is Unusual

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Fire cupping is a traditional Chinese medicine in which a glass cup filled with a vacuum created out of air heated by fire is placed directly on a patients skin. Check out more pictures of fire cupping in action below.

Fire cupping is used as a treatment for respiratory diseases such as the common cold, pneumonia, and bronchitis.

Fire Cupping

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8 Responses to “Chinese Medicine Is Unusual”

josh2xx on May 26th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

yawn seen it before
STEVE on June 5th, 2008 at 1:41 am

Yes, and it is also used for fun in the BDSM world.
This Man on June 5th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

You know what’s an even better treatment for the common cold? One gun, one bullet. I guarantee you’ll never get sick again!
kostas on June 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

the elder here in Greece do that too
lmfao on November 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

Noooooo thank you! I’ll stick to antibiotics and warm tea thanks!
horny on January 7th, 2009 at 10:38 am

I wonder if you could use it on your dick…mmm…
azar on March 3rd, 2009 at 3:21 pm

some people in iran do this too
soiherdyouliekmudkipz on April 15th, 2009 at 7:31 pm

scary!