The effectiveness of the cupping technique, a treatment modality in Traditional Chinese Medicine, in stimulating acupuncture points for pain relief was examined in this paper from a biomechanical perspective. Parametric studies including the effects of vacuum pressure, loading rate, friction coefficient at the cup-skin interface, and size and shape of the cup were carried out using a model base...

PURPOSE To evaluate the reproducibility of ImageJ software in analyzing the color of the optic disc. METHODS One hundred twelve normal participants (56 males and 56 females) were enrolled in this study. The image of the optic disc was taken using Kowa digital disc photo-graphy, and the gray scales of the nasal rim (NR), brightest cupping center (BCC) and largest inferior retinal vein (IRV) we...

Background: Wet cupping therapy is a complementary therapy in pain management. The mechanism of this therapy, however, needs further elucidation. Cells injured by wet cupping therapy seem to stimulate the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70). Its benefit in pain reduction could be mediated by the expression of ß-endorphin. This study aimed at determining the correlation between HSP70 and...

Efforts to reduce the prevalence of hypertension, several attempts have been undertaken, one which is cupping therapy, both wet and dry cupping. Cupping was aimed remove blood brings about a detrimental effect on body eventually shows potential cause harm from common symptoms those will likely decrease health. The aim this article prove that became an alternative in reducing hypertension. metho...

Fig. 1. X-ray of left forearm and hand showing osteosclerosis, ‘bone in bone’ appearance of shaft, fracture both bones, fraying and early cupping of metaphysis and widening of ‘physis’, the growth plate and absence of carpal bones. pathological fractures with ‘bone in bone’ appearance, increase in medullary density, defective metaphyseal remodeling with fraying and early cupping and widening of...

Hypertension is one of the most common diseases in Indonesia and third leading cause death for all ages (7.4%). defined as blood pressure that exceeds 140/90 mmHg. Management hypertension can be done with pharmacological, non-pharmacological, tertiary complementary approaches. One therapies used cupping. Cupping a cleansing method by removing wind from body through surface skin sucking. This st...