Efficacy of Wet Cupping on Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants

Karabuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Procedure: Wet Cupping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03503903

KBU-BAP-17/1-KA-070

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the efficacy of Wet cupping Therapy on oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity of the body.The healthy volunteers will receive wet cupping application and their initial venous blood samples and samples after the treatment will be evaluated for oxidative stress.

Full description

Among the healthy individuals who applied for Wet Cupping Therapy (WCT) to Traditional and Complementary Therapies center in Karabuk Medical Faculty Education and Research Hospital for general wellbeing 24 volunteers were enrolled in the study. They will receive three concecutive WCT application in one month interval.Their venous blood samples obtained initially and after the completion of the three concecutive applications, will be evaluted in terms of Reactive Oxygen species and Antioxidant capacity.Additionally samples from the cupping blood during the first and the third WCT application will also be obtained and evaluated.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Healthy male adults

Must apply Traditional and complemantary medicine center for general well being.

Exclusion criteria

Any chronic disorder

Antiagregant drug usage

Bleeding disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

Wet Cupping

Experimental group

Description:

One armed self-controlled study. Individuals in this arm will receive three concecutive WCT application

Treatment:

Procedure: Wet Cupping