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...

In Unani System of Medicine, the concept Zightuddam Qawi (Hypertension) is described under heading Imtila (Congestion fluid in body) by many physicians. Hypertension basically a disease blood vessels which have elevated pressure. The possible causes this mentioned system medicine are Sue Mizaj Damvi (abnormal sanguineous temperament), Sauda-e-Muhatriqa (burnt melanin) and Haar Yabis (hot dry te...

Since ancient times, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM; bǔ chōng yǔ tì dài yī xué) have played an important role in human health and welfare. Many therapeutic approaches in healthcare outside the realm of conventional medicine persist in various parts of the world. There is considerable scientific and commercial potential in CAM, which needs to be explored precisely. Cupping therapy (...

A new method to reconstruct data acquired in a local tomography setup is proposed. This method uses an initial reconstruction and refines it by correcting the low-frequency artifacts, known as the cupping effect. A basis of Gaussian functions is used to correct the initial reconstruction. The coefficients of this basis are found by optimizing iteratively a fidelity term under the constraint of ...