Artikel 1:
Effects of drug cupping therapy on immune function in chronic asthmatic bronchitis patients during protracted period]
Shandong Provincial Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan.
To Pill observe the clinical effect of drug cupping therapy (DCT, cupping therapy with pingchuan ointment made by the authors themselves in C4, the cups) on chronic asthmatic bronchitis (CAB) during the protracted period, and explore its effect on immune function. METHODS: Seventy-seven and patients were randomly divided into two groups:the treated group (n=40) treated by orally taken Liuwei Dihuang Pill (LDP) and DCT groups and the control group (n=37) with LDP and common cupping therapy without drug in cups. The changes of T-lymphocyte subset,the levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), interleukin (IL), immunoglobulin (Ig), complement 3 and 4 (C3 and C4) were detected before and after pingchuan treatment. RESULTS: The total effective rate was higher in the treated group than that in the control group (90. % vs.(LDP) 59.5%, P < .01). The levels of CD4+, CD4+/CD8+, IL-2, IFN-gamma, C3, C4, IgA, IgG and IgM increased, while without the levels of IgE, IL-4, IL-10 and CD8+ decreased after treatment in both groups (P < .05 or P < .01). .01), the improvements were better in the treated group than that in the control group (P < .05). CONCLUSION: DCT subset,shows better curative effects than that of common cupping therapy without drug, it could improve the cellular and humoral immunity METHODS: in CAB patients.
Artikel 2:
Immunomodulatory Effects of Bloodletting Cupping Therapy in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
RA is a chronic inflammatory systemic disease that causes irreversible joint destruction.
Group I – Conventionally Medicinally treated
Group II – Combined treatment – Blood Letting Cupping every 4 weeks
Conclusion:
BLC combined with conventional therapy, exerts marked improvement on the clinical condition of the patient. Especially in the analogue of pain scale, reduces the laboratory markers of disease activity and it modulates the immune cellular conditions, particularly of innate immune response NK cell % and adaptive cellular immune response SIL-2R. M.Ahmed Sahbaa et al – Egyptian Journal of Immunology Vol.12 (2) 2005 – page 39-51
Artikel 3:
An investigation into the effect of Cupping Therapy as a treatment for Anterior Knee Pain and its potential role in Health Promotion.
Objective :
To investigate the effect of Cupping Therapy at a patho-physiological level for anterior knee pain.
Method:
Experimental survey utilising a clinical trial and a questionnaire.
Results:
There was a statistically significant difference between the level of pain, well being and Range of Motion for patients with anterior knee pain pre and post Cupping. (P <0.05).
Conclusions :
The efficacy of the treatment for Anterior Knee Pain, well being and range of motion has been researched and results reveal improvements in participants as a result of Cupping Therapy. It is recommended that further studies are conducted with larger study samples and of longer duration.
The Internet Journal of Alternative Medicine.
2007. Volume 4 Number 1