cupping : Idioms & Phrases

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Cupping glass

  • a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping.
Webster 1913

Dry cupping

  • the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc.
Webster 1913

Wet cupping

  • the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
Webster 1913