wet cupping

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wet cupping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.)
     The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the
     person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also,
     sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an
     abscess.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is
        produced by heat, in the process of cupping.
  
     Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument
        without scarification, to draw blood to the surface,
        produce counter irritation, etc.
  
     Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the
        application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
        [1913 Webster]