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Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Consequences of Cupping

Helen Manber, M.D., and Matthew Kanzler, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1996; 335:1281October 24, 1996

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Figure 1 During a routine examination, a 33-year-old Korean woman was incidentally found to have lesions on her back in various stages of healing. The lesions had been created when a friend applied heated cups to the skin to treat back pain. The vacuum created as the cup cools results in erythema, edema, and ecchymoses of the skin, which take several weeks to heal. The patient was unconcerned about these effects of “cupping” and requested no intervention.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Helen Manber, M.D.
Matthew Kanzler, M.D.
Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Citing Articles (2)

Citing Articles

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   L.M. Tham, H.P. Lee, C. Lu. (2006) Cupping: From a biomechanical perspective. Journal of Biomechanics 39:12, 2183-2193
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   (1997) Consequences of Cupping. New England Journal of Medicine 336:15, 1109-1110
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