Evaluation of the Glucose-Lowering Effect of Bloodletting Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]
Objective: This study uses a quantitative method to evaluate bloodletting therapy’s impact on lowering blood glucose levels and improving metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Tserentogtokh Baasantogtokh +7 more
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Educational video for elderly people about nursing care in therapeutic bloodletting [PDF]
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 +7 more
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Comparative Study of Bloodletting Therapy and Acupuncture Treatment on Headache Caused by “Blood-Fire Origin” [PDF]
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 +3 more
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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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Rescue vitrectomy with blocked artery massage and bloodletting for branch retinal artery occlusion
A 61-year-old male suffered from sudden blurred vision and superior visual field defect oculus dexter. His vision was counting fingers at 20 cm. Fundoscopy demonstrated inferior pale retina and a large embolus located at the proximal inferior retinal ...
Chun-Ju Lin +5 more
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Evaluation of bloodletting cupping therapy in the management of hypertension
Background: Bloodletting cupping therapy (Hijama) is a traditional alternative medicine practiced in different cultures. Claims about the therapeutic efficacy of Hijama in hypertension are contradictory. The aim of this project was to determine if Hijama
Moawia M Al-Tabakha +5 more
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Effect of Bloodletting Therapy on Patients with Spastic Wrist Dorsiflexion Dysfunction after Stroke
ObjectiveTo observe the effect of bloodletting therapy on limb spasticity, wrist dorsiflexion function, surface electromyography, upper limb motor function of patients with spastic wrist dorsiflexion dysfunction after stroke.MethodsA total of 70 patients
LIN Wanqing +3 more
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Bloodletting. Dead end in medicine or an endless inspiration for modern nephrology? Part 1 [PDF]
Nowadays bloodletting is used as a treatment for polycythemia and hemochromatosis. However, for centuries it was used to treat numerous other diseases, mostly without any justification.
Wołyniec, Wojciech; Nephrology Department, Szpitale Pomorskie, Gdynia, Poland; Department of Occupational, Metabolic, and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
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BackgroundPsoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease prone to recurrence. Some studies indicated that bloodletting cupping combined with conventional measures therapy had been proposed as a treatment strategy for psoriasis.
Xiaoyu Ma +5 more
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Bloodletting. Medical dead end or an incessant inspiration for modern nephrology. Part 2. [PDF]
Nowadays bloodletting is used as a treatment of polycythemia and hemochromatosis. However, for centuries it was used to treat numerous other disorders, mostly without any justification.
Wołyniec, Wojciech; Department of Nephrology, Pomeranian Hospitals in Gdynia; Department of Occupational, Metabolic and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Gdańsk
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