re: Most ridiculous alternative medicine ideas you have ever come in contact with...

traditional cupping involves jars similar to Gerber baby food jars but more round on the bottom with a rounded lipped open side that are heated and then placed on the back. as they cool they create a vacuum and suck the skin up into the jar slightly. It is supposed to remove the bad spirits.


I suppose that making a small laceration in the skin prior to placing the cup is a variation of the process.