OBJECTIVE To observe therapeutic effect of "general regulation" acupuncture and cupping therapy on osteoporosis. METHODS Sixty cases of primary osteoporosis were treated with the "general regulation" acupuncture-cupping therapy: warming needle moxibustion, plum-blossom needle, moving cupping and retaining the cup, thrice each week, for 3 months. The therapeutic effect was assessed by modified...

An element a of a lattice cups to an element b > a if there is a c < b such that a∪c = b. An element of a lattice has the cupping property if it cups to every element above it. We prove that there are non-zero honest elementary degrees that do not have the cupping property, which answers a question of Kristiansen, Schlage-Puchta, and Weiermann [17]. In fact, we show that if b is a sufficiently ...

The quality of coffee green beans is generally evaluated by the sensory cupping test, rather than by chemical compound-based criteria. In this study, we examined the relationship between metabolites and cupping scores for 36 varieties of beans, using a nontargeted LC-MS-based metabolic profiling technique. The cupping score was precisely predicted with the metabolic information measured using L...

Health services are currently growing towards naturalist and herbalist services. Public interest in health originating from eastern medicine is increasing. Included include Cupping. For nurses, Cupping part of holistic nursing, which has entered the standard Nursing intervention. The goal cupping service elderly who complain about non-specific complaints along with degeneration process elderly....

Although wet cupping is quite a popular procedure that is practised worldwide, there is not enough evidence that it may cause anaemia as a side effect. In this observational retrospective pre–post study, we looked through the previously recorded data of patients who received wet cupping at King Abdulaziz University Hospital. We included in the study all those who had their complete blood count ...

OBJECTIVES Chronic nonspecific lower back pain (LBP) is a common disease. Insufficient data is currently available to conclusively confirm the analgesic effects of laser acupuncture on LBP. This study evaluated the effectiveness of laser acupuncture plus Chinese cupping in LBP treatment. METHODS Patients with chronic nonspecific LBP were enrolled for a randomized controlled trial and assigned...

This study assessed optic disc size and cupping, using a commercially available ophthalmoscope, in order to show norms of these values for clinical practice. Subjects were office-workers referred from their respective workplaces for a routine medical examination, which included eye examination. The optic disc size was classified as small, medium or large, for having a diameter < 1.0, 1.0-1.5, o...

“Cupping Therapy” is the topic chosen for the fourth editorial of this newly launched journal. The aim of this editorial is to deepen this interesting topic, little analyzed in the present literature, in order to explain the technique and deal with the evidence of the effects of cupping therapy in musculoskeletal disorders, and some possible relation to sports performance.

We answer a question of Jockusch by showing that the measure of the Turing degrees which satisfy the cupping property is 0. In fact, every 2-random degree has a strong minimal cover, and so fails to satisfy the cupping