Comparing the efficacy of traditional fire-cupping and high-tech vacuum-cupping using laser doppler imaging at an acupuncture clinic in Beijing

Medical Acupuncture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-18

  Huang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Weibo ^a   Huang, Xin ^a   Tian, Yuying ^a   Wang, Guangjun ^a   Zhang, Yuqin ^c   Wang, Lu ^b   Litscher, Gerhard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cupping; Fire Cupping; Laser Doppler Perfusion Imaging (LDPI); Opened Vacuum Cupping; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Vacuum Cupping

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRE CUPPING; HIGH TECH VACUUM CUPPING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MANOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 79952960363     PISSN: 19336586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acu.2010.0770     Document Type: Article

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