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...

BACKGROUND Although cupping remains a popular treatment modality worldwide, its efficacy for most diseases, including hypertension, has not been scientifically evaluated. OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the efficacy of wet-cupping for high blood pressure, and the incidence of the procedure's side effects in the intervention group. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS This is a ra...

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 (...

Objective: This study aimed to examine the acute effect of dry cupping therapy applied hamstring muscle in footballers on flexibility, jumping, strength and range motion.Materials Methods: 25 male athletes with an average age 18.80 ± 0.41 U-19 football team, one infrastructure teams Yukatel Denizlispor club, voluntarily participated this study. Soccer players first evaluated motion, jumping tes...

UNLABELLED To observe the clinical effect of drug cupping therapy (DCT, cupping therapy with pingchuan ointment made by the authors themselves in the cups) on chronic asthmatic bronchitis (CAB) during the protracted period, and explore its effect on immune function. METHODS Seventy-seven patients were randomly divided into two groups:the treated group (n=40) treated by orally taken Liuwei Dih...

BACKGROUND Both cupping therapy and acupuncture have been used in China for a long time, and their target indications are pain-related conditions. There is no systematic review comparing the effectiveness of these two therapies. OBJECTIVES To compare the beneficial effectiveness and safety between cupping therapy and acupuncture for pain-related conditions to provide evidence for clinical pra...