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Comparative Study of Bloodletting Therapy and Acupuncture Treatment on Headache Caused by “Blood-Fire Origin”

Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Objective: The study aimed to compare the effects of bloodletting and acupuncture treatment on patients with headaches caused by “blood-fire origin”. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at Affiliated Hospital of National University of Inner ...
Bao Lian Sheng, Byambasuren Dagvajantsan, Alimaa Tugjamba, Tserendagva Dalkh   +3 more
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The Rhythmic and the Metronomic: On Charlie Chaplin's Gait

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Matthew Beaumont
wiley   +1 more source

Countdown: Timespaces of Deadlines and Displacement

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how politically structured deadlines and their accompanying countdowns generate dynamics of displacement by shaping anticipations of violence and prompting accelerated migration. Drawing on ethnographic research on Burundi's 2015 third‐term crisis and The Gambia's 2017 electoral impasse, we show how constitutional ...
Tone Sommerfelt, Simon Turner
wiley   +1 more source

Educational video for elderly people about nursing care in therapeutic bloodletting [PDF]

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
Objective: 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, Maria Amanda Pereira Leite, Renata Mirella Brasil da Silva Lima, Natália Pessoa da Rocha Leal, Bianca Freitas Régis, Dayana Sampaio de Almeida, Edilene Araújo Monteiro, Maria de Lourdes de Farias Pontes   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Vitex pseudo‐negundo in a Bovine Mastitis Model Experimentally Induced by Staphylococcus aureus in Rats

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 4, July 2026.
This study evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of Vitex pseudo‐negundo (VPN) extracts in a Staphylococcus aureus‐induced mastitis rat model. Following extraction with water, methanol and petroleum ether, in vitro MICs were determined. Rats established with mastitis received 5‐day treatments.
Hüseyin Koç, Arzu Fındık, Tolga Güvenç, Nevzat Batan, Seda Fandaklı, Murat Fındık   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blood Relatives: Linking Evolutionary History and Conservation of Medicinal Leeches (Hirudo spp.)

Evolutionary Applications, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Medicinal leeches of the genus Hirudo are both historically important in medicine and increasingly studied as models in ecology and biomedicine. However, the taxonomy, population structure and evolutionary history of this genus remain partially unresolved.
Gianluca Lombardo, Alessandro Alvaro, Andrea De Benedictis, Marta Cavallini, Milo Manica, Edward C. Netherlands, Laura Pulze, Nicolò Baranzini, Annalisa Grimaldi, Francesco Acquati, Giorgio Binelli   +10 more
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Multiple consecutive daily therapeutic plasma exchange using exclusively albumin replacement fluid in low bleeding risk patients is associated with only rare and mild bleeds

Transfusion, Volume 66, Issue 5, Page 903-909, May 2026.
Abstract Background Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) using exclusively albumin replacement fluid depletes coagulation factors, particularly fibrinogen, and concerns about performing multiple consecutive daily procedures due to iatrogenic bleeding exist. Fibrinogen testing to guide bleeding risk stratification is vague.
Jay S. Raval, Joseph R. Griggs, Andres E. Mindiola Romero, Chelsea Reyes, Sarah Mertens, Cynthia Ornelas, Lizabeth Marinaro, Marian A. Rollins‐Raval   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Venesection conducted by physicians, barber-surgeons, bell-ringers and indigenous healers in Finland over 500 years. A narrative literature review with a limited genealogical search

Proceedings (European Academy of Sciences and Arts)
Venesection was was a common medical procedure from ancient times to the 19th century, frequently performed by physicians and barber-surgeons. In Finland, priests, church bell-ringers, and indigenous healers also performed venesection for a variety of ...
Jarmo Kuronen
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of Bloodletting Therapy in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria: A Randomized Control Trial

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2020
Objective To assess the efficacy of bloodletting therapy (acupoint pricking and cupping) in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) in a randomized, control, parallel-group trial. Methods A total of 174 patients with CIU enrolled from March 2018
Biru Ma, Xiuhua Chen, Yu-Dan Liang, Weiquan Ouyang, Boyan Tang, F. Meng, Xiaohong Quan, Cong Wang, Ying Li, Dacan Chen   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Electroacupuncture Modulates Multiple Pathways for Neuroprotection and Neurorepair in Ischemic Stroke

CNS Neuroscience &Therapeutics, Volume 32, Issue 4, April 2026.
EA exerts therapeutic effects in ischemic stroke through multiple mechanisms: it alleviates acute injury by suppressing neuroinflammation, excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, apoptosis, pyroptosis, ferroptosis, autophagy dysregulation, and blood–brain barrier disruption, while enhancing cerebral blood flow, angiogenesis, and neurogenesis to support ...
Mingyue Zhao, Hangyu Shen, Xu Yan, Xiang Gao, Yuchun Liu, Shengjun Zhou, Jingxian Sun, Jie Sun, Yi Huang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source