Cupping regulates local immunomodulation to activate neural-endocrine-immune worknet. (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guo, Yang; Chen, Bo; Wang, Dong-qiang; Li, Ming-yue; Lim, Calista Hui-min; Guo, Yi; Chen, Zelin
• Is Part Of: Complementary therapies in clinical practice. Volume 28(2017)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 3
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: Cupping therapy -- Acupuncture therapy -- Mechanism; Integrative medicine -- Periodicals; Integrative medicine -- Research -- Periodicals; Alternative medicine -- Periodicals; 615.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.04.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-3881

Abstract

Abstract: Research on cupping therapy is lacking at home and abroad. However, cupping and acupuncture therapy are both surface stimulation therapies. This paper suggests the mechanism of cupping therapy and proposes that the same mechanism underlies both cupping and acupuncture therapy. The microenvironment is changed when stimulating the surface of the skin, and physical signals transform into biological signals, which also interact with each other in the body. These signalling cascades activate the neuroendocrine-immune system, which produces the therapeutic effect. Highlights: Local stimulation of cupping starts the immunomodulation process. Local effects of cupping on the skin are amplified and transmitted to the central nervous system. The mechanism of central integration, which initiates neuroendocrine immunomodulation.