Unlabelled: To observe the clinical effect of drug cupping therapy (DCT, cupping therapy with pingchuan ointment made by the authors themselves in the cups) on chronic asthmatic bronchitis (CAB) during the protracted period, and explore its effect on immune function.
Methods: Seventy-seven patients were randomly divided into two groups:the treated group (n=40) treated by orally taken Liuwei Dihuang Pill (LDP) and DCT and the control group (n=37) with LDP and common cupping therapy without drug in cups. The changes of T-lymphocyte subset, levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin (IL), immunoglobulin (Ig), complement 3 and 4 (C3 and C4) were detected before and after treatment.
Results: The total effective rate was higher in the treated group than that in the control group (90.0% vs. 59.5%, P < 0.01). The levels of CD4+, CD4+ /CD8+, IL-2, IFN-gamma, C3, C4, IgA, IgG and IgM increased, while the levels of IgE, IL-4, IL-10 and CD8+ decreased after treatment in both groups (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), the improvements were better in the treated group than that in the control group (P < 0.05).
Conclusion: DCT shows better curative effects than that of common cupping therapy without drug, it could improve the cellular and humoral immunity in CAB patients.
Background: Cupping therapy (CT) on acupoint CV8 Shenque is a potential treatment of urticaria. This review will analyze the efficacy and safety of CT on CV8 Shenque.
Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing CT on CV8 Shenque with other treatments were retrieved from 14 worldwide databases from their inception to June 2024.
- Tension-type headache (TTH) is a common and challenging health issue, often treated with acupuncture, but the effectiveness of different acupuncture techniques varies significantly, necessitating a comprehensive evaluation.
- This study systematically analyzed 42 randomized controlled trials involving over 4,100 participants to assess the efficacy and safety of various acupuncture treatments for TTH using advanced statistical methods.
- Results showed that certain acupuncture combinations, like electro-acupuncture with cupping and manual acupuncture with bloodletting, had notably high responder rates, indicating their potential effectiveness in managing TTH symptoms.
Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan province, China. Electronic address:
Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that can present in various phenotypes, with the most common form being plaque psoriasis. Currently, no type of psoriasis can be cured, and existing treatment options are associated with certain safety concerns. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has achieved great results in treating psoriasis.
The study aimed to explore how oxhorn cupping therapy (OHCT) impacts rheumatoid arthritis by analyzing proteins in the body fluid collected from patients after treatment.
Thirty patients underwent OHCT, and researchers isolated and examined exosomes from the fluid to identify changes in protein expression, revealing 300 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs).
Key pathways and genes associated with the treatment effects were identified, particularly related to signal transduction, with a notable shift in certain protein levels during and after treatment.
Overall, the findings suggest that OHCT may have therapeutic effects on rheumatoid arthritis by altering exosomal proteins and pathways involved in the disease.
