cupping

English Thesaurus

1. a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface (noun.act)

hypernym	:	bloodletting,
definition	:	formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) (noun.act)

derivation	:	cup, transfuse,
definition	:	treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin (verb.body)

derivation	:	cup, transfuse,
definition	:	treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin (verb.body)