Adjunct can mean to “join together” or to “combine,” and adjunctive therapy is an additional or secondary therapy combined with a primary treatment that increases effectiveness in treating a condition. Medical practitioners use adjunctive therapy frequently to get better cure rates or a faster response to primary treatment.

FIRE CUPPING

Fire Cupping is a technique in which the inside of a small glass cup rapidly flamed and generates a vacuum suction, then applied to the skin. Fire Cupping can be used to treat  the back, neck, shoulder, and othermusculoskeletal conditions.  Cupping treatment might result in subcutaneous blemishing, which usually takes 2-4 days to fade.

Moxibustion

Moxibustion is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) technique that involves burning of the mug-wort herb either in direct or indirect contact with the skin or acupuncture needles in order to warm regions of the body and specific acupuncture points to stimulate and improve the circulation of blood and Qi (vital energy), to facilitate healing, and to maintain general heath.

GUA SHA

Gua Sha involves repeated pressured strokes over lubricated skin with a smooth edged tool.  Gua Sha treatment might result in subcutaneous blemishing, which usually takes 2-4 days to fade.