Investigation of wet cupping therapy's effect on oxidative stress based on biochemical parameters

Ersoy, Suleyman; ALTINÖZ, EYÜP; BENLİ, ALİ; ERDEMLI, MEHMET; AKSUNGUR, ZEYNEP; Bag, HARİKA; ENGIN, Velittin

doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2019.100946

Investigation of wet cupping therapy's effect on oxidative stress based on biochemical parameters

Ersoy S., ALTINÖZ E., BENLİ A. R., ERDEMLI M. E., AKSUNGUR Z., Bag H. G., ...Daha Fazla

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, cilt.30, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 30
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.eujim.2019.100946
Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Wet cupping therapy is one of the main applications which has been used in the Unani medicine system. Current literature explaining how this traditional treatment method works is still limited. The aim of this study was to investigate whether wet cupping therapy could affect reactive oxygen species and antioxidant levels.