Farahmand, Syed Kazem, Gang, Li Zhi, Saghebi, Seyed Ahmad, Mohammadi, Maryam, Mohammadi,, Shabnab, Mohammadi, Ghazaleh, Ferns, Gordon A, Zadeh, Majid Ghanbar, Razmgah, Gholamreza Ghayour, Ramazani, Zahra, Ghayour-Mobarhan, Majid and Azizi, Hoda (2012) The effects of wet cupping on coronary risk factors in patients with metabolic syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Chinese Medicine (ajcm), 40 (2). pp. 269-277. ISSN 0192-415X

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Abstract

High serum cholesterol is an important risk factor for cardiovascular events. It has been reported that regular blood donation is associated with a reduction in serum cholesterol. This study aimed to determine the effects of wet cupping on lipid profiles and anthropometric characteristics of patients with metabolic syndrome. One hundred and thirty-six patients aged 18 65 years with metabolic syndrome were recruited to participate in this trial. Ten patients were excluded due to exclusion criteria. Patients (n = 126) were randomly assigned into the control (n = 63) and experimental (n = 63) groups. Patients in the experimental group were treated with wet cupping combined with dietary advice. The controls were given dietary advice only. Anthropometric and biochemical parameters were assessed at baseline and at six and 12 weeks after treatment. The significance of the data was analyzed using a repeated measure ANOVA. The lipid profile status did not differ significantly between the two groups (p > 0.05) whereas there was a significant difference between the two time points within each group (p < 0.05). In addition, several anthropometric parameters improved in both groups, but this did not differ significantly between subject groups. Wet cupping does not have a significant effect on anthropometric or biochemical indices compared to the effect of dietary advice alone

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	Brighton and Sussex Medical School > Division of Medical Education
Subjects:	R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine > RZ0409.7 Miscellaneous systems and treatments Including magnetotherapy, mesmerism, naturopathy, organomic medicine, phrenology, radiesthesia
Depositing User:	Gordon Ferns
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2012 08:28
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2012 08:28
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/42084

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