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Classification of Cupping Therapy: A Tool for Modernization and Standardization

Abdullah Mohammed Al-Bedah, Tamer Shaban Aboushanab, Meshari Saleh Alqaed, Naseem Akhtar Qureshi, Imen Suhaibani, Gazzaffi Ibrahim, Mohammed Khalil

Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research · pp. 1–10 · Published 23 Jun 2016

10.9734/JOCAMR/2016/27222

Abstract

Cupping therapy is one of the oldest healing methods and practiced by ancient Chinese, Egyptians and Greeks. There are many types of cupping therapy and recently, practitioners and researchers have added more types to the practice of cupping. This research aimed to classify types of cupping to help in modernization and standardization of cupping therapy. This proposed classification of cupping therapy that might guide researchers stay organized, help them to differentiate and compare various types, raise their knowledge of cupping and precisely clarify cupping types terms  and methods related to research in future. The proposed classification of cupping into six main categories will also help the field of cupping therapy in uniform training of concerned therapists.  

Cupping therapy classification cupping research training standardization modernization

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