Ilkay's wide-ranging studies have brought him expertise in acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, clinical hypnotherapy, the Lusher Personality Test, paediatric acupuncture and western medicine pathology. He has studied further in Nanjing, China, at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and First Affiliated Hospital in the Internal Medicine, Dermatology and Gynaecology departments.

Ilkay has practiced cupping from an early age, gaining his first experience of the technique when employing the traditional Turkish folklore remedy for colds. He has been organizing regular cupping workshops both in the UK and overseas since 1988 and a BBC TV programme where he appeared as an "Expert?. To date, he has given over 60 public lectures and a BBC World Service Radio talk on the subject of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cupping Therapy.

Chapter 1 Traditional Chinese Medicine Cupping Therapy

Chapter 2 Cupping's folk heritage, Bruce Bentley

Chapter 3.1Cupping in Buddhist Medicine, Pedro Pavia

Chapter 3.2Cupping in Thailand's Traditional Lanna Medicine, Kei Ngu

Chapter 4 Benefits of Cupping Therapy

Chapter 5 Preparing the patient for cupping treatment

Chapter 6 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies

Chapter 7 The Cupping Procedure

Chapter 8 What to Expect During and After Cupping Therapy

Chapter 9 Twelve Methods of Cupping Therapy

Chapter 10 Cupping Therapy on Children and Adults

Chapter 11 Cosmetic Cupping Therapy

Chapter 12 Cupping Therapy in the Treatment of Common Disorders

Chapter 13 Treating Miscellaneous Disorders with Cupping Therapy

Chapter 14 Sports Injuries

Chapter 15 Myofascial Trigger Points Cupping Therapy

Chapter 16 Cupping Therapy Evidence-Based Research Ilkay Chirali,

Roz Gibbs, Mark Bovey, Hossam Metwally, Hujian Cao and team

Chapter 17 Part 1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)/Part 2 Precautions and Contraindications