Medicinal cupping therapy in 30 patients with fibromyalgia: A case series observation

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Cao, Huijuan ^a,b   Hu, Hui ^c   Colagiuri, Ben ^b   Liu, Jianping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Dongfang Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Case series; Chinese medicine; Fibromyalgia; FMS; Medicinal cupping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION;

EID: 79959770730     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329329     Document Type: Review

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