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Abstract
A traditional practice, most notably in traditional medicine, which involves placing cups on the skin to create suction believed to help increase blood flow and promote healing associated with chronic neck and low back pain in the short term (From National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, https://nccih.nih.gov/news/cupping (Accessed 11/5/2018)).
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- Cupping Treatment
- Cupping Therapies
- Cupping Treatments
- Therapy, Cupping
- Treatment, Cupping
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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2020
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- Acupuncture Therapy (1993-2019)
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional (2013-2019)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cupping Therapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000079742. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000079742
- Cupping Therapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupping_therapy
- Cupping Therapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461707