Cupping Therapy

This episode is a review of cupping therapy, its origins, what it is, contraindications and indications as well as a discussion of some literature that uses cupping therapy for particular diagnoses. 

Speakers: Kelly Garcia & Silvia Roman

Articles mentioned:

1. Al-Bedah, A., Elsubai, I. S., Qureshi, N. A., Aboushanab, T. S., Ali, G., El-Olemy, A. T., Khalil, A., Khalil, M., & Alqaed, M. S. (2018). The medical perspective of cupping therapy: Effects and mechanisms of action. Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 9(2), 90–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcme.2018.03.003. Link:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6435947/

2. Mohammadi S, Roostayi MM, Naimi SS, Baghban AA. The effects of cupping therapy as a new approach in the physiotherapeutic management of carpal tunnel syndrome. Physiother Res Int. 2019;24(3):e1770. doi:10.1002/pri.1770. link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30697914/

3. Sulaiman Rahman et al. (2020) Wet cupping therapy ameliorates pain in patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes: A controlled clinical study. International journal of surgery open 26 (10-15). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijso.2020.07.003. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405857220300541

4. Aboushanab & AlSanad (2018) Cupping Therapy: An overview from a modern medicine perspective. Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies 11(3), 83-87.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jams.2018.02.001. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290117302042