Exploring scraping therapy: Contemporary views on an ancient healing – A review [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 Gua sha is a traditional healing technique that aims to create petechiae on the skin for a believed therapeutic benefit. Natural healings are mostly based on repeated observations and anecdotal information.
Eric Chun Pu Chu +3 more
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Scraping Therapy Improved Muscle Regeneration through Regulating GLUT4/Glycolytic and AMPK/mTOR/4EBP1 Pathways in Rats with Lumbar Multifidus Injury [PDF]
Pain Research and Management, 2023 Background. High morbidity of nonspecific low back pain (NLBP) and large consumption of medical resources caused by it have become a heavy social burden. There are many factors inducing NLBP, among which the damage and atrophy of multifidus (MF) are most
Bin Zou +7 more
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Review of Scraping Therapy (Kerokan) as a Traditional Therapy in Medical Aspects
Surabaya Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation JournalScraping therapy, also known as kerokan, is a traditional therapy practiced in East Asia for conditions like the common cold and musculoskeletal pain.
Lisa Nurhasanah +2 more
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Clinical effect of scraping therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis
Journal of Integrative Nursing, 2020 Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of scraping therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Materials and Methods: A total of eighty patients with knee osteoarthritis were assigned to the moxibustion group and the ...
Jin-Rong WEI +5 more
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Effect of back scraping therapy on the treatment of pruritus (背部刮痧治疗皮肤瘙痒效果观察)
中西医结合护理Objective To observe the effect of back scraping therapy on the treatment of pruritus symptoms in patients with pruritic skin diseases．Methods Totally 18 patients with pruritic skin diseases were treated with back scraping treatment, and the effect was
LI Zhijia (李志家)
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Scraping therapy for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and Meta-analysis. [PDF]
J Tradit Chin MedTo systematically evaluate the efficacy of scraping therapy on knee osteoarthritis (KOA).A computerized search was conducted in several databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database, China Science and Technology Journal Database, Wanfang, and Chinese BioMedical Literature Database, from ...
Dandan C +4 more
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Case report of Li's Tongbian scraping therapy for patients with severe refractory acne complicated with anxiety. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)Rationale: This report presents the case of a patient with severe acne (grade IV) accompanied by moderate anxiety who was treated by Li’s Tongbian scraping therapy. Patient concerns: A 52-year-old man was suffering from recurrent acne ...
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Towards Tangible Interaction in Scraping Therapy [PDF]
Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2020 This work in progress explores tangible interaction in the context of scraping tools commonly used in physical Therapy. Physical therapy is a health profession which uses mechanical force or motion to improve a person's mobility and physical motion. We began with an open-ended research through design process that resulted in a scraping tool that gives ...
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Scraping therapy is effective in improving hemodynamic status in hypertensive patients
MEDIA ILMU KESEHATAN, 2023 Background: The number of hypertensive patients is increasing and is one of the highest causes of death. Non-pharmacotherapeutic treatment of hypertension can use complementary therapies, one of which is scraping therapy. Objective: Aim of the study was to determine the effect of scraping therapy on pulse and blood pressure in hypertensive patients ...
Adi Sucipto, Siti Fadlilah
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Clinical value of warm acupuncture combined with Jiaji acupoint Tongbian scraping therapy in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome of the lumbar and dorsal muscles with wind-cold-dampness obstruction syndrome. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)This study investigates the clinical value of warm acupuncture combined with Jiaji acupoint Tongbian scraping therapy in patients with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) of the lumbar and dorsal muscles with wind-cold-dampness obstruction syndrome.
Fan D, Ren H.
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