CUPPING THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592632217103

• Palavras-chave: Cupping, Chronic Pain, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dry cupping, Wet cupping.

• Keywords: Cupping, Chronic Pain, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dry cupping, Wet cupping.

• Abstract:

  Chronic pain interferes with human quality of life and affects thousands of people. Cupping therapy has been an option for the treatment of chronic pain, as it can provide the patient with relief and improve the quality of life. Thus, the present work aims to describe the use of cupping therapy as an alternative complementary treatment in cases of chronic pain. A literature review was carried out in electronic databases Scielo, PubMed and Google Scholar. The research considered complete articles, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, published between 2010 and 2021. The results showed that cupping therapy can bring relief from chronic pain, however, further studies related to the topic must be considered to have more science as to its mechanism of action.