cupping 的詞源

1510年代，“使用吸杯器的外科手術取血”，來自於 cup （動詞）的動名詞。

There are two modes of cupping: one in which the part is scarified and some blood taken away to relieve congestion or inflammation of internal parts, called wet cupping, or more generally simply cupping; and a second, termed dry cupping, in which there is no scarification no blood is abstracted. [Century Dictionary, 1897]

有兩種拔罐法：一種是在局部切口，取一些血以緩解內部充血或炎症，稱爲 wet cupping, 或更普遍的術語 cupping;； 第二種稱爲 dry cupping，不用切口，也不吸取血液。[世紀詞典，1897]