cupping

An Eastern medicine technique in which the mouths of empty glass cups are pressed against the skin to draw blood to the surface and increase blood flow. Since drugs have not helped my mother's illness, she has recently begun cupping.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kwesi	-	Western African, Akan
Marcela	mahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)	Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Adolphus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Heriberto	-	Spanish, Portuguese
Makana	-	Hawaiian
Mies	MEES	Dutch