Clinical research evidence of cupping therapy in China: A systematic literature review

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cao, Huijuan ^a   Han, Mei ^a   Li, Xun ^a   Dong, Shangjuan ^a   Shang, Yongmei ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Xu, Shu ^a   Liu, Jianping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CHINA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COUGHING; CUPPING THERAPY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MASTITIS; NEURITIS; NEURODERMATITIS; PAIN; PERIARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPRAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URTICARIA; WOUND; ACUPUNCTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACUPUNCTURE; CHINA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649916858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-70     Document Type: Article

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