Treatment
Cupping Therapy
Therapy
Overview
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)).
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Quick facts about Cupping Therapy
- Topic type
- Treatment
- Category
- Therapy
- MeSH classification
- E02.190.233
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Source: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. EuroCareFinder is not endorsed by the National Library of Medicine. MeSH version: 2026.