There was an interesting case study reported in how Cupping can be effective for mastitis pain relief for breastfeeding mothers (1). We all know breastfeeding is a learned skilled, needing ample community support and encouragement. Mastitis sometimes becomes part of the breastfeeding journey and needs to be treated quickly before becoming a larger problem. Fire cupping is a simple and effective tool to be used to help pulling out the clog and open the milk ducts. To explore this treatment option for mastitis, let us review what we are looking in “What is Mastitis?’”, “What are the symptoms?”, “What are the causes?”, and “How Fire Cupping and other Traditional Chinese Medicine tools can help?”

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