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LicenseCupping kit
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Cupping kit, consisting of box containing three graded cupping glasses, for Dry Cupping Vacuum Therapy, Japan, 1980-90 from the surgery of a British practitioner c.1996.
A cupping kit with three different sized cupping glasses. Cupping sets are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to stimulate the flow of qi energy. The glass cup is placed on the skin and then air is drawn out with the metal pump.
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Object Number:
- 2002-478
- Materials:
- chromium plated, glass, textile, paper (fibre product), plastic, wood, rubber, steel (metal) and cork
- Measurements:
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overall (box open): 195 mm x 230 mm x 170 mm, 0.578 kg
overall (box closed): 76 mm x 230 mm x 160 mm, 0.578 kg
- type:
- cupping set
- credit:
- Kelley, R.
