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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Cupping Therapy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Terapia con Ventosas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Ventosaterapia
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Synonyms English:
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Cupping Therapies
Cupping Treatment
Cupping Treatments
Therapy, Cupping
Treatment, Cupping
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Tree Number:
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E02.190.233
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Definition English:
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A traditional practice, most notably in traditional medicine, which involves placing cups on the skin to create suction believed to help increase blood flow and promote healing associated with chronic neck and low back pain in the short term (From National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, https://nccih.nih.gov/news/cupping (Accessed 11/5/2018)). |
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History Note English:
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2020
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Record Number:
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59070
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Unique Identifier:
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D000079742
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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