BACKGROUND Persistent non-specific low back pain (PNSLBP) is one of the most frequently experienced types of back pain around the world. Wet-cupping is a common intervention for various pain conditions, especially in Korea. In this context, we conducted a pilot study to determine the effectiveness and safety of wet-cupping treatment for PNSLBP. METHODS We recruited 32 participants (21 in the ...

Bleeding and cupping have been used in medicine since ancient times in the treatment of fevers and local inflammatory disorders. Local bleeding, by 'wet cupping', was effected by a scarificator or by leeches. John Hunter recommended venesection in moderation but preferred leechesfor local bleeding. Bleeding as an accepted therapeutic practice went out of vogue in the middle of the nineteenth ce...

The extent of cupping was measured from optic disc photographs of 300 patients with ocular hypertension and suspected or established chronic simple glaucoma, and their visual fields were recorded. The incidence of field defects increased as the vertical cup:disc ratio increased, a value of 0-70 for this ratio being a particularly useful guide to the presence or absence of field loss. There was ...

Acupuncture and cupping have a public reputation as being safe even though these practices can lead to complications such as trauma or infection. We report here on a case of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection secondary to acupuncture and cupping in a 56-year-old woman. The patient, who had a history of acupuncture and cupping on her left forearm for treating her myalgia, developed painful pap...

Background: Cupping is widely used in Korean medicine, but there a risk of bacterial infection if the suction pump (used for inducing negative pressure) and patients’ skin are not separated. This study aimed to investigate effect layer cupping by comparing pressure changes between conventional cupping.Methods: To evaluate was designed with 3 types conditions applied model: (1) Dongbang cup manu...

Cupping is a traditional method of treatment in which a jar is attached to the skin surface to cause local congestion through the negative pressure created. Cupping is a therapeutic process of removing unclean blood from the body. There are many case reports witch cupping can affects a large group of blood related disorders. The aim of this research is achieving of relation between some blood p...

Cupping is a traditional method of treatment in which a jar is attached to the skin surface to cause local congestion through the negative pressure created. Cupping is a therapeutic process of removing unclean blood from the body. There are many case reports witch cupping can affects a large group of blood related disorders. The aim of this research is achieving of relation between some blood p...

background: migraine headaches are the most common acute and recurrent headaches. current treatment of a migraine headache consists of multiple medications for control and prevention of recurrent attacks. global emergence of alternative medicine led us to examine the efficacy of cupping therapy plus serkangabin syrup in the treatment of migraine headaches. materials and methods: this study was ...

  Introduction: Cupping therapy (hejamat) is one of the therapeutic methods used in traditional medicine that it is still common in many of the contemporary societies. In spite of the progress of science, we have less information on the traditional and alternative medicine including cupping.   With the study of mechanism of action of cupping, it will be more convincing for the traditional medic...