Advances in external therapies of traditional Chinese medicine for the management of hyperuricemia: a comprehensive review [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyHyperuricemia is a prevalent metabolic disorder whose rising incidence over recent years has been closely linked to the development of gout, renal dysfunction, and cardiovascular disease, thereby exerting a substantial burden on patient quality of life ...
Minyang He +11 more
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Bloodletting in Babylonia Revisited
Aestimatio, 2023 : The question of bloodletting in Babylonia (and surgery in general) has hardly been studied, since evidence is sparse, while at the same time bloodletting in the Babylonian Talmud has been assumed to have been employed, although based upon questionable ...
M. J. Geller
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Educational video for elderly people about nursing care in therapeutic bloodletting [PDF]
Revista Gaúcha de EnfermagemObjective: To create and validate an educational video for elderly people about nursing care before, during and after therapeutic bloodletting. Method: Methodological study developed in four stages: scoping review; video construction; content validation
Kamila Laura de Freitas Silva +7 more
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Classic Maya bloodletting and the cultural evolution of religious rituals: quantifying patterns of variation in hieroglyphic texts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Religious rituals that are painful or highly stressful are hypothesized to be costly signs of commitment essential for the evolution of complex society.
Jessica Munson +3 more
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Efficacy and safety of bloodletting therapy for acute herpes zoster: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyBackgroundThe high incidence of acute herpes zoster (HZ) and limitations of conventional therapies in pain control necessitate exploration of complementary approaches.
Danhui Wu +6 more
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Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, 2018 Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of bloodletting puncture and cupping in relieving breast cancer-related lymphedema. Methods: We conducted a non-randomized controlled study at the Galactophore Department of the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Beijing ...
Chunhui Wang +7 more
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Case report: A rare case of hereditary hemochromatosis caused by a mutation in the HAMP gene in Fuyang, China [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineHemochromatosis, also known as siderosis, is a disease caused by excessive iron deposition in human organs and tissues, resulting from iron metabolism disorders.
Jinling Wang +9 more
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Ancient Science of LifeBackground: Kati Sandhigata Vata (lumbar spondylosis) is the most common spinal disorder, which progresses with age. Vitiated Vata gets localized in the lumbar region; later clinically, it presents in the form of lumbar pain, lumbar numbness, lumbar ...
Poona Nath Chouhan, T. S. Dudhamal
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Effect of Pricking-bloodletting Therapy Combined with Zhuang-medicine-thread Moxibustion on TLRs/MyD88 Signal Pathway in a Rat Model of Acute Gouty Arthritis [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023 Background With the change of people's environment and diet structure, acute gouty arthritis (AGA) has become a common clinical disease, which is prone to recurrence, causing harm to patients' health. Pricking-bloodletting therapy combined with
ZHU Danmeng, HUANG Yuying, LUO Tong'an, HE Changyuan, CHEN Rilan
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