cupping

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌpɪŋ/

From Middle English cupping, equivalent to cup +‎ -ing.

cupping (countable and uncountable, plural cuppings)

1. (medicine, archaic) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.

   Hyponyms: dry cupping, wet cupping

2. (medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
3. (medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.
4. The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done.
5. The act of forming something into a cup shape.

   the cupping of one's hands

• (vacuum treatment): myofascial decompression (MFD) (a modern therapeutic sports injury treatment technique using a partial vacuum to draw blood to the area)

•   Fire cupping on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From cup +‎ -ing.

cupping

1. present participle and gerund of cup