Cupping Therapy: An Overview from a Modern Medicine Perspective.

J Acupunct Meridian Stud

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address:

Published: June 2018

Cupping therapy is an ancient traditional and complementary medicine practice. Recently, there is growing evidence of its potential benefits in the treatment of pain-related diseases. This article gives an overview of cupping therapy practice. Furthermore, this article suggests a new classification of cupping therapy sets, a new classification of cupping therapy adverse events, and an updated classification of cupping therapy types.

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