Indonesian Street Therapists Use Buffalo Horns To Heal People

#1 Indonesian street healers are using buffalo horns as part of their alternative cupping therapy routine.

Therapists claim it using these rare materials make the therapy more effective.

#2 In many Asian countries, cupping, and acupuncture is the most used forms of healing and therapy.

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction.

#3 People get it for many purposes to help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.

#4 The cups may be made of glass, bamboo, earthenware, and silicone.

However in Jakarta, Indonesia, practitioners of the said therapy use water buffalo horns instead of cups, claiming it has better healing components.

#5 The horns, which have been used in cupping for thousands of years, are applied to the patient's skin.

Normally heated glass cups are used.

#6 In recent years, the controversial practice has also reached Western culture.

Celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Jennifer Aniston, and Gwyneth Paltrow have tried cupping.

#7 Experts have condemned the therapy, claiming it is mere pseudoscience and has no proven health benefits.

#8 The British Cupping Society (BCS) also warns against the use of animal horns.

‘BCS does not endorse their use, owing to the risk of infection, and cross-contamination.’

#9 Social media netizens are also divided about the subject.

One Facebook user shared that there is a similar treatment in Vietnam which “sucks ‘infected blood’”.

#10 Another asked “why would changing glass cups to water buffalo horns make any difference? Those poor water buffaloes!”