Comment on the Article "Cupping Therapy: An Overview from a Modern Medicine Perspective": The Complications of Cupping Are Preventable.

J Acupunct Meridian Stud

Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Published: February 2021

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