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
Aleksei	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Octavian	ahk-TAYV-ee-ən (English)	History, Romanian
Gona	-	Kurdish
Beyza	-	Turkish
Braidy	BRAY-dee	English (Rare)
FernÃO	-	Portuguese