Cupping, Gua Sha, and Moxibustion in Kansas City, Missouri

Personalized treatments to heal specific areas of concern

Add-On Therapies with Acupuncture

Guiding and engaging specific areas

At Modern Meridian, we use three specialized treatments to retrain, rebalance, or heal specific areas of concern.

Cupping, Gua Sha, or Moxibustion (also known as Moxa) is used in-conjunction with acupuncture to guide the body. Each one of these treats compliments your acupuncture experience.

These effective therapies open up stagnation to stimulate the body’s natural healing process.

Cupping

Specific suction cups are placed on a specific areas to gently pull and engage the muscles and fascia through suction pressure.

Benefits of cupping include increased blood flow and lymph-draining as well as increased oxygen by 300%.

Through the cupping experience, it is known to improve digestion, boost skin health, help with respiratory issues, decrease histamine, and speed up the recovery time on specific injuries and ailments.

  • Empowers Immunity

  • Reduce Inflammation

  • Stretches Muscles and Connective Tissue

  • Loosen up Restrictions and Adhesions in the Tissue

  • Optimizes Athletic Performance

  • Maintains Overall Health and Wellbeing

Gua Sha

Gua Sha is a more gentle therapy that goes deeper into scar tissue and facial adhesions.

The ancient healing art of Gua Sha means to 'scrape wind'.

This natural and unique way improves circulation by gently scraping the skin with a smooth-edged tool. Similar to cupping, this technique breaks up stagnant blood and energy and scar tissue in the muscle to stimulate blood flow.

Treatment Areas: Face, Upper Back, Neck, Forearms, Shoulders, Calves

  • Promotes Lympathic Drainage

  • Relaxes Tension in Facial Muscles

  • Improves Elasticity and Blood Flow

  • Relieves Colds and Fevers

  • Relieves Sinus Pressure

Moxibustion (Moxa)

Moxibustion or Moxa is a heating therapy using fleeced mugwort (a traditional Chinese herb), warmed and placed over acupuncture points or areas of concern to stimulate the body’s natural healing process.

Moxa is beneficial to strengthen digestive health, pain relief, invigorate energy, or relieve bloating, menstrual health, fertility.

  • Reduce Bloat

  • Improve Digestion

  • Improve Nutrient Absorption

  • Invigorate Blood

  • Stop Pain

  • Support Pregnancy

  • Aid Fertility and Reproductive Health

Maintain Good Health

Pricing

These services are not stand-alone services. We pair them with Acupuncture to enhance your treatment plan.

Cupping Add-On: $35

Gua Sha Add-On: $35

Moxa Add-On: $15

Licensed and Board Certified Acupuncturist and Herbalist

Anna Sloan

Anna Sloan - Modern Meridian

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