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Alternative Therapy for Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Moving Cupping Along Meridians
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[Samples for therapeutic errors in cupping therapy]
1Affiliated Ruikang Hospital of Guangxi TCM College, Nanning 530011, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu = Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
|December 2, 2005
Abstract
Objective:
To explore mechanisms, operating principle, indications and contraindications of cupping therapy.
Methods:
Analyze some examples of clinically erroneous application of cupping therapy.
Results:
Erroneous application of cupping therapy for the patient of deficiency syndrome has a poor therapeutic effect, even exacerbates.
Conclusion:
Clinically, application ranges of cupping therapy should be definited.
