Evaluation of Wet Cupping Therapy: Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 768-777

  Al Bedah, Abdullah M N ^a   Khalil, Mohamed K M ^a   Posadzki, Paul ^b   Sohaibani, Imen ^a   Aboushanab, Tamer Shaaban ^a   Alqaed, Meshari ^a   Ali, Gazzaffi I M ^a  

^a Ministry of Health ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

clinical trial; cupping; evaluation; systematic review; wet cupping

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRACHIALGIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; GENITAL ULCER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIGRAINE; MOUTH ULCER; NECK PAIN; NONSPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WET CUPPING; ADULT; BLOODLETTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BLOODLETTING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84990866050     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2016.0193     Document Type: Review

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