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Clinical application and research progress of cupping therapy

拔罐疗法的临床应用与研究进展

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This article collected, organized, and summarized the medical literatures of cupping therapy from three major Chinese databases including China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chongqing VIP (VIP), and WanFang, with cupping, moving cupping, flash cupping, pricking cupping, or medicinal cupping as the retrieve title or key words, and the retrieve range was from 1953 to July 15, 2015. This article was to give an overall review of cupping therapy from the clinical application and mechanism research based on its application form, indications, and mechanism research progress. The results showed that there are various types of cupping methods; its indications cover multiple subjects such as internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology and pediatrics; and its major action mechanisms include negative pressure suction, increasing pain threshold, promoting dermal blood flow and improving body immunity.

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收集、整理并总结了中国知网、重庆维普、万方三大中文数据库中关于拔罐疗法的医学文献, 检索标题或关键词为“拔罐”或“走罐”或“闪罐”或“刺络拔罐”或“药罐”, 搜索范围为1953 年至2015 年7 月15日收录的医学文献。从拔罐疗法的临床表现形式、临床适应症及机制研究进展三个方面进行总结和探讨, 力求从临床应用及作用机理研究两个不同角度对拔罐疗法做全面详尽的综述。文献分析结果表明拔罐疗法发展至今有多种表现形式, 治疗疾病范围涵盖内、外、妇、儿多个学科, 其作用机制主要是负压吸引、提升痛阈、增加皮肤血流量及增强机体免疫力。

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Zeng, K., Wang, Jw. Clinical application and research progress of cupping therapy. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 14, 300–304 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-016-0940-4

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