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The ameliorative effect of bloodletting puncture at hand twelve Jing-well points on cerebral edema induced by permanent middle cerebral ischemia via protecting the tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier

open access: yesBMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017
Background Cerebral edema, erupting simultaneously with severe ischemic stroke, might lead to increased intracranial pressure, cerebral herniation, and ultimately death.
Nannan Yu   +7 more
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Hirudotherapy in Medicine and Dentistry [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
The concept of Unani medicine is based on balancing body humours, the imbalance of which causes diseases. The application of leech therapy in medical and dental science is well recognized. Although easy and non-invasive, complications also exist.
Kunal Jha   +3 more
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An Introduction to Ayurvedic Methods of Bloodletting

open access: yes, 2023
Ayurveda aims to prevent and cure diseases. In Ayurvedic system of medicine, bloodletting procedure is a kind of para-surgery practiced for the treatment of specifically blood borne diseases along with other surgical diseases. Therapeutic bloodletting is
Biswajit Dash, Ajaya Kumar Meher
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The Emperor’s New Clothes—An Epistemological Critique of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Acupuncture

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Within the last few decades, complementary and alternative medicines have gained increased popularity in the veterinary field. Although many authors have exposed the scientific fallacies and historical misconceptions used to justify such therapies, those
Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana
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Classic Maya bloodletting and the cultural evolution of religious rituals: quantifying patterns of variation in hieroglyphic texts. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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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Reticulocyte (CD71+ cells) quantification in samples at bloodletting (BL) and in samples of the blood product from male, female, male bloodletting, and female bloodletting donor groups.

open access: yes, 2023
* denotes a significant difference between groups within the same time point (*P # denotes a significant difference within the same group of bloodletting at the three time points (#P ##P ###P < 0.001).
Robin van Bruggen (6275459)   +6 more
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Who are you, Doctor Bianchon? On Honoré de Balzac's illness and death Leonid I. Dvoretsky

open access: yesКлинический разбор в общей медицине, 2021
The paper explores clinical manifestations and the course of the disease in Honoré Balzac, the famous French writer. Interpretation of possible causes and the disease treatment is analyzed.
Leonid I. Dvoretsky
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Anatomico physiological aspects of siravedha W.S.R to neuromuscular disorders

open access: yesEnvironment Conservation Journal, 2019
Siravedha/bloodletting is a worldwide favoured medical practice having its origin from the prehistoric era. Among many of its accomplished functions, Sushruta (the father of surgery) has also prescribed it in some Vatavyadhi (i.e., diseases predominantly
Ipsita Panda   +3 more
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Mulomedicina Chironis 3-15 (la pratica del salasso). Testo critico, traduzione e commento

open access: yesPallas, 2020
Paragraphs 3-15 (concerning the bloodletting of the horse) of the so-called Mulomedicina Chironis are here critically published. An Italian translation and a commentary follow.
Vincenzo Ortoleva
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