جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « wet cupping » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Polycystic ovary syndrome is one of the common diseases during the reproductive period that the common treatments are mostly symptomatic and their long-term use has many complications. According to previous studies that showed the effect of wet cupping on calf muscles on oligomenorrhea pattern, this study was performed with aim to investigate the effect of wet cupping on calf muscles on clinical and laboratory symptoms and quality of life in patients with this syndrome.

In this randomized clinical trial study which was performed in 2019-2021, 60 PCOS women with minimum 60 days menstrual cycle entered the study and randomly divided to cupping and control groups (n=30 per group). At the 26th day menstrual cycle, after blood sampling for two groups, wet-cupping on calf muscles was done for intervention group. Menstrual period, insulin resistance and quality of life were measured using Cronin PCOS Questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS statistical software (version 20) and student t and chi-square tests. P<0.05 was considered significant.

In this study, 21 members of cupping group and 6 members of control group menstruated after the intervention, the difference was statistically significant (p<0.001). Insulin resistance changed significantly in the intervention group (p=0.03). Quality of life was significantly improved in the cupping group (p=0.01), but no significant statistical difference was observed in the control group.

Calf muscles wet-cupping can be considered as one of the options for causing bleeding in people with PCOS. Obviously, more studies are necessary to compare different protocols and investigate its mechanism.

Wet cupping is one of the therapeutic or preventive bloodletting methods with a long history that is recommended during certain times in Persian Medicine sources, but there is no recommendation regarding the amount of blood flow. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of time and circumstances of the applicants on the amount of removed blood.

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study, by easy sampling method with 739 participations of men who referred to a fixed center for wet cupping in Saveh city in 2022. The data was collected using an Information gathering form, and analyzed by SPSS-16.

Totally 739 men were referred. The average age was 34.91 years, height 174.92 cm, weight 80.32 kg and body mass index (BMI) was 26.25. The mean amount of blood excreted during cupping was 89.04 g. The amount of exited blood during cupping had a positive correlation with day and lunar month as well as age, height, weight, BMI, history of cupping, and the number of previous cupping records, and the statistical difference was significant (P <0.001) but the based on its doing time (day of the week and solar month) was not significant (P> 0.05).

The amount of excreted blood during cupping has a statistically significant relationship with age, height, weight, BMI, previous cupping history, and time of cupping.

Cupping is one of the preventive and treatment methods in traditional Iranian medicine, which has two types, dry and wet cupping. The important point is that cupping should be done at the appropriate time and place and by the qualified people to have the most beneficial effects. This study aims to investigate the reasons for wet cupping therapy in Haziran, and the people’s knowledge of the cupping principles.

This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019 in Mashhad and Birjand cities during the last days of June. Finally, 400 eligible samples participated in this study who were selected using a convenience sampling method. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS v. 16 software.

Of 400 participants, 392 completed the questionnaires; 62.8% (n=246) were male, 75.1% (n=292) were married. 40.3% (n=154) had a university education, and 77.7% (n=289) had moderate socio-economic status. 82.2% (n=53) of the women were housewives; 6.6% (n=26) of participants had an underlying disease, 40.8% (n=119) had a history of cupping two times or more in a year, and 42.7% (n=132) had moderate satisfaction with cupping therapy. The most common reason for cupping was the “maintenance of health” (73.9%, n= 272) followed by “disease treatment”. Regarding the people’s knowledge of the principles of cupping, it was found that more than half of  participants had correct information about the best season  (spring) for cupping  (81.5%, n=255), satiety during cupping (74.4%, n=210), the best time for having bath after cupping (after 24 hours) (79.7%, n=240), what to eat after cupping (Honey syrup) (64.7%, n=189) and complications of cupping (69.3%, n=185), but their knowledge was not desirable in other areas such as the best hours of day for cupping (46.9%, n=130), the best day of the week for cupping (21.3%, n=62), and the best days of month for cupping (35.6%, n=86).

Due to the high popularity of wet cupping in Haziran in Iran, and considering the people’s low knowledge of the proper principles and conditions of cupping (such as the time of cupping), it is necessary to inform the community through the media and use specialists in traditional medicine to monitor proper cupping and observance of its principles in the cupping clinics.

Bleeding and cupping or 'wet cupping' have been used in medicine since ancient times in the treatment of inflammatory disorders. Recent studies show its useful effects on migraine and sciatica. Some researches show TGF-β1 involvement in immuno-regulation of inflammatory diseases.

of this study was to show if wet cupping have any effect on serum TGF-β1 concentration of patients with migraine and sciatica.

To measure serum TGF-β1 concentration, serum of thirty two (6 male and 26 female) patients and twenty two (4 male 18 female) healthy controls was taken and frozen before and one week after the 3rd treatment. The TGF-β1 concentration was measured by ELISA method.

TGF-β1 levels decreased significantly in the serum of patients after wet cupping (p<0.001). TGF- β1 levels in healthy subjects did not change significantly after wet cupping (p=0.776). The rate of TGF-β1 in patients was higher than healthy subjects (p<0.05).

This study shows wet cupping has a significant effect on TGF-β1 secretion in migraine patients. Given the key role of this cytokine in regulating inflammation in the central nervous system, it seems that wet cupping may help to relieve the disease.

Abstract

Wet cupping is a traditional method of treatmentwhose actual mechanism and impact is not completely known yet in spite of its effect on the prevention and treatment of diseases. This research was conducted on Mice (BALB/C) in Hamedan’s University of Bu-Ali Sina on 2012 to determine the effect of one and two instances of wet cupping on hematology parameters.

this experimental research was conducted on 24 mice in three groups. Experimental group 1 and experimental group 2 were wet cupped once and twice respectively with the aforementioned method and their hematological indices such as white blood cells; lymphocytes, granulocytes, red blood cells, hemoglobin and platelets were determined. The interval between the wet cuppings of experimental group 2 was 10 days and the control group was not wet cupped. Hematology indices were measured and statistically analyzed using ANOVA test after the first and second week.

the amount of RBC on the 14th day in the control group, experimental group 1 and experimental group 2 were 10.7±0.36, 9.9±0.23 and 11.1±0.16, respectively (P<0.05). Also, the amount of hematocrit in control group, experimental group 1 and experimental group 2 was measured at 47.7±0.61, 45.6±1.1 and 51±0.66, respectively. There was a significant increase in the group that received wet cupping twice.

apparently, wet cupping increases RBC and hematocrit indices onmice over time. It can be probably effective in anemia caused by chronic kidney diseases. At the end, wet cupping is recommended for treating chronic kidney diseases caused by anemia due to its effects on erythropoietin hormone.