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Alternative Therapy for Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Moving Cupping Along Meridians
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[Study on the mechanisms of cupping therapy]
Shou-Hai Hong1, Fei Wu, Xuan Lu
1Graduate School, Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. hongshouhai@163.com
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu = Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
|November 3, 2011
Abstract:
Computerized literature searches are performed for articles of the mechanism of cupping therapy in the past 10 years. The mechanism of action of local negative pressure applied to human body is studied in terms of specific changes in local tissue structure, stretch to the nerve and muscle, increasing blood circulation and causing autohemolysis. This paper aims to explain the mechanism of cupping therapy according to modern science.
