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Descriptor English: Cupping Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Ventosaterapia
Descriptor terapia con ventosas
Entry term(s) tratamiento con ventosas
Scope note: Práctica tradicional, principalmente en la medicina tradicional, que consiste en la colocación de ventosas en la piel para crear una succión que se cree que ayuda a aumentar el flujo de sangre y a favorecer la curación a corto plazo en relación con el dolor crónico del cuello y de la región inferior de la espalda (Traducción libre del original: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, https://nccih.nih.gov/news/cupping [acceso el 11/5/2018]).
Descriptor Portuguese: Ventosaterapia
Descriptor French: Traitement par pose de ventouses
Entry term(s): Cupping Therapies
Cupping Treatment
Cupping Treatments
Therapy, Cupping
Treatment, Cupping
Tree number(s): E02.190.233
MT1.388.585.520.791
MT3.575.822
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000079742
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)).
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Acupuncture Therapy (1993-2019)
Medicine, Chinese Traditional (2013-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59070
Unique ID: D000079742
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/02/22
Cupping Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M000645517
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)).
Preferred term Cupping Therapy
Entry term(s) Cupping Therapies
Cupping Treatment
Cupping Treatments
Therapy, Cupping
Treatment, Cupping



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