Evidence Map of Cupping Therapy

Evaluation of Cupping Therapy in Some Dermatoses

Background: Cupping is an ancient traditional therapeutic technique, used mainly for the treatment of chronic pain and also for an array of respiratory, neurological, gastroenterological and gynaecological disorders, particularly in oriental countries. However, its mechanism of efficacy is still obscure. The present study was designed to evaluate the clinical effect of cupping therapy on some d...

Title: Clinical Research Evidence of Cupping Therapy in China: a Systematic Literature Review

Clinical research evidence of cupping therapy in China: a systematic literature review

BACKGROUND Though cupping therapy has been used in China for thousands of years, there has been no systematic summary of clinical research on it.This review is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of cupping therapy using evidence-based approach based on all available clinical studies. METHODS We included all clinical studies on cupping therapy for all kinds of diseases. We searched six electro...

Ilaj bil hijamah (cupping therapy) in the Unani system of medicine: anecdotal practice to evidence based therapy.

BACKGROUND Cupping (Hijamah) therapy is very well documented as a result of several thousand years of clinical experiences in Unani medicine. In this procedure, suction is created by various means either with or without bloodletting. Though this therapy is being widely practiced across the globe for treating many chronic and intractable ailments but many reports reveal its unscientific and impr...

An Updated Review of the Efficacy of Cupping Therapy

BACKGROUND Since 1950, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) cupping therapy has been applied as a formal modality in hospitals throughout China and elsewhere in the world. Based on a previous systematic literature review of clinical studies on cupping therapy, this study presents a thorough review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the therapeutic effect of cupping therapy. METH...