Wet cupping therapy restores sympathovagal imbalances in cardiac rhythm

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 318-321

  Arslan, Müzeyyen ^a   Yeşilçam, Nesibe ^a   Aydin, Duygu ^a   Yüksel, Ramazan ^a   Dane, Senol ^a  

^a TURGUT OZAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; RR INTERVAL; WET CUPPING THERAPY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CHINESE MEDICINE; HEART RATE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOODLETTING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899000836     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2013.0291     Document Type: Article

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