Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The English club Liverpool published, via Twitter, a video clip showing Mohamed Salah taking off his shirt while leaving the stadium and presenting it to the fans who waited for him at the entrance to the tunnel leading to the dressing rooms.
Signs of cupping therapy appeared on the back of the Egyptian player, which sparked a wide interaction regarding Salah’s resort to this alternative treatment method.
So what do you know regarding it?
The National Center for Disease Prevention and Control in Saudi Arabia, through its official account on Twitter, summarized the most important information regarding cupping therapy, which came in 5 points.
- Pulls from the capillaries
- Only senescent cells are removed
- The percentage of hemoglobin in the body does not decrease
- It only benefits the attacker
- It is possible to donate blood 12 months following cupping
The Saudi National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine revealed, on its official website, the two types of cupping and the difference between them.
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Dry cupping
The process of placing vacuum cups on the surface of the skin without causing cuts or scratches.
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Wet cupping
The process of drawing vacuum cups with drawing blood from the surface of the skin, by making simple surface scratches.