Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin. Through suction, the skin is drawn into the cup by creating a vacuum in the cup placed on the skin over the targeted area.

The goal of cupping therapy is to relieve pain by promoting blood circulation on the area.

Acupuncture is commonly used for treating pain, deep scar tissues in the muscles and connective tissue, muscle knots, and swelling.

Herbal Medicine is the study of botany and use of plants intended for medicinal purposes or for supplementing a diet. Plants have been the basis for medical treatments through much of human history, and such traditional medicine is still widely practiced today.

The categories of Herbal Medicine is to exterior-releasing, heat-clearing, downward-draining, wind-damp-dispelling, dampness-transforming, promoting the movement of water and percolating dampness, interior-warming, Qi-regulating, dispersing food accumulation, worm-expelling, stopping bleeding, quickening the Blood and dispelling stasis, transforming phlegm, stopping coughing and calming wheezing, Spirit-quieting, calming the Liver and expelling wind, orifice-opening, tonifying; this includes qi-supplementing, blood-nourishing, yin-enriching, and yang-fortifying, securing and astringing, vomiting-inducing.

The use of herbal remedies is more prevalent in patients with chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, asthma and end-stage renal disease.