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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, Arnold Yu Lok Wong, Patrick Sim, Friso Kruger   +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, Juan Du, Qiwen Xuan, Yajing Wang, Zixiao Wang, Wen Zhang, Lianghua Wang, Wei Gu   +7 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, Hui-Ping ZHANG, Shu-Ying XU, M A Bo, Jin-Hua ZHANG, Jia LIU   +5 more
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Effect of scraping therapy on weightlifting ability

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine = Chung I Tsa Chih Ying Wen Pan / Sponsored By All-China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2014
To verify the effects of scraping therapy on the weightlifting ability by measuring the subjective sensation, and changes of biomarkers.Five students, who have been trained for 3 years in a sport school in China were participated in this study. A course of scraping therapy was applied to intervene during the normal 7-week of weightlifting training ...
Xingze Wang
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Review of Scraping Therapy (Kerokan) as a Traditional Therapy in Medical Aspects

Surabaya Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Journal
Scraping therapy, also known as kerokan, is a traditional therapy practiced in East Asia for conditions like the common cold and musculoskeletal pain.
Lisa Nurhasanah, Dieni Nurhikmah, Riska Ayu Rustanti   +2 more
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The effects of scraping therapy on local temperature and blood perfusion volume in healthy subjects. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012
Objective.We aim to study the therapeutic effects of scraping by investigating the changes of temperature and local blood perfusion volume in healthy subjects after scraping stimulation, and to explore the mechanism of scraping stimulation from the points of microcirculation and energy metabolism.Methods.Twenty-three health subjects were included in ...
Xu QY, Yang JS, Zhu B, Yang L, Wang YY, Gao XY.   +5 more
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Clinical observation on holographic meridian scraping therapy combined with auricular bloodletting therapy in treating primary hypertension in the elderly (全息经络刮痧联合耳尖放血疗法治疗老年高血压病临床观察)

中西医结合护理, 2021
Objective To investigate the effect of holographic meridian scraping therapy combined with auricular bloodletting therapy in the treatment of elderly patients with primary hypertension. Methods Totally 60 elderly patients with primary hypertension were
ZHEN Chao (郑超), LI Ning (李宁), CAO Hongjing (曹红京)   +2 more
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Curative effect of scraping therapies on Lumbar Muscle Strain

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine = Chung I Tsa Chih Ying Wen Pan / Sponsored By All-China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2013
To explore factors influencing the curative effect of scraping therapies (at acupoints or along channels) and to determine the relationship of scraping site and strength to curative effect.Two hundred and ten patients with lumbar muscle strain were divided into five groups with 42 patients each.
Wang, Yingying, Yang, Li, Yang, Jinsheng, Yang, Jinhong, Liu, Zhibin, Chen, Feng, Liu, Dongxia, Yuan, Haiguang, Wang, Liang   +8 more
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Scraping and moxibustion therapy and nursing of a breast cancer patient with COVID-19 in convalescence (1例乳腺癌患者新型冠状病毒感染恢复期应用刮灸疗法的护理体会)

中西医结合护理, 2023
To explore effect of scraping and moxibustion therapy for a breast cancer patient with COVID-19 in convalescence. On the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome differentiation, the Du meridian (Dazhui) and the bladder meridian (Feishu, Pishu) of ...
YAN Kang (严康), LIU Shuhong (刘书红), ZHAO Yanan (赵亚楠)   +2 more
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Scraping Therapy and Muscle Resistance Training in Patients with Neck Dysfunction

康复学报, 2015
Objective:To investigate the effect of muscle resistance training and scraping therapy on patients with neck dysfunction and evaluate the treatment effect and follow-up effect so as to research on the mechanism of neck dysfunction.Methods:Gave one time ...
Yucheng DUAN, Guangping SHEN, Xinjian LI, Enming ZHANG, Zhenmin BAI, Anli WANG   +5 more
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