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Cupping: What Matters is not the Intervention Itself but how it is Practised
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Kim, Kun Hyung Kim, Tae-Hun Hwangbo, Min Yang, Gi Young |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | We are delighted to answer Nielsen et al 's1 comments that our case report exaggerated the risk of cupping therapies, which was not, in fact, the purpose of our report. According to the patient's report, bloody discharges from blood blisters on most cupping sites were observed during most sessions. This is not the transitory ecchymosis seen with ordinary dry cupping therapy, but presumably a consequences of malpractice. It should again be noted that dry cupping without needle penetration produced such bleeding, which clearly contradicts the definition of dry cupping itself. Colonoscopy at the time of admission for anaemia correction revealed no lesion to cause … |
| Starting Page | 255 |
| Ending Page | 256 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010353 |
| PubMed reference number | 23595101 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 31 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://aim.bmj.com/content/acupmed/31/2/255.full.pdf |
| Journal | Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
