DOI: 10.1055/b-002-85509
Manz, Hedwig: 2009

The Art of Cupping

Print ISBN 9783131486011 · Online ISBN 9783131490513
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Editor: Manz, Hedwig

Title: The Art of Cupping

Print ISBN: 9783131486011; Online ISBN: 9783131490513; Book DOI: 10.1055/b-002-85509

2009 © 2009 Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Stuttgart

Subjects: Complementary Medicine, Asian Medicine

Thieme Clinical Collections (English Language)



Front Matter
I Introduction and Foundations
Introduction
1 Historical Background
2 What Do We Mean by “Cupping”?
3 The Therapeutic Conception of Dry Cupping
4 Self-regulatory Mechanisms in the Body—A Crash Course for Patients
II Clinical Applications of Cupping Therapy
Introduction
5 Dry Cupping
6 Wet Cupping
III Cupping Therapy of Indicated Disorders and Complaints
Introduction
7 Disorders of the Head
8 Respiratory Tracts
9 Cardiovascular Disease
10 Digestive Organs
11 Locomotor System
12 Reproductive Organs
13 Urinary Tracts
14 Nervous System
15 Venous Disorders
16 Obesity (Adipositas, Overweight)
17 Cellulitis (Adipositas Circumscripta Oedematosa); Cellulite (Dermatopanniculosis Deformans)
IV Cupping Therapy in Conventional Western Medicine
Introduction
18 Cupping as Supportive Therapy within Conventional Western Medicine
Annex