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ReviewJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2015

Cupping therapy: A prudent remedy for a plethora of medical ailments.

Piyush Mehta, Vividha Dhapte

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Review in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. DRY CUPPING IN CHILDREN WITH FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION: A RANDOMIZED OPEN LABEL CLINICAL TRIAL.African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM · 2016
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  14. Cupping therapy for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  15. Ṯābit Ibn QurraNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Piyush MehtaDepartment of Quality Assurance, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India.
Vividha DhapteDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 ( bá guàn liáo fǎ), one of the CAM, is practiced across the world. This therapy is believed to act by correcting imbalances in the internal bio field, such as by restoring the flow of "Qi (qì)". Cupping involves applying a heated cup to generate a partial vacuum that mobilizes the blood flow and promotes effective healing. This review outlines various tools and techniques of cupping therapy.

Indexed as

Al-Hijamadry cuppingRaktamokshana‘S’ techniqueswet cupping

Identifiers

PMID26151023
PMCPMC4488563

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