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Cupping Therapy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cupping Treatment
  • Cupping Treatments
  • Treatment, Cupping

Scope note

  • A traditional practice, most notably in traditional medicine, which involves placing cups on the skin to create suction believed to help increase blood flow and promote healing associated with chronic neck and low back pain in the short term (From National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, https://nccih.nih.gov/news/cupping (Accessed 11/5/2018)).

History note

  • 2020

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000079742

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