Study Effect of Wet Cupping on Hematological Parameters and Inflammatory Proteins of Healthy Iraqi Men

Objective: This paper intends to evaluate inflammatory proteins and hematological factors concurrently blood obtained during the cupping and with the venous blood.
Methods: About 30 samples of 10 men participated in this clinical evaluative study aged between 23 and 58 years. The hematological factors were evaluated by by KX-. Cytokines (IL-10) & hs-CRP were measured by a sensitive sandwich ELISA kit. Results: Analysis of the results showed a significant difference in many of the inflammatory proteins, hematological factors between the venous blood and the cupping blood. Conclusion: Based on the results of the comparison between venous blood and cupping blood, the cupping blood is different, both in components and immunologic response.

Author(s): Fatin F.Al-kazazz, Sura A. Abdulsattar and Kutayba Mohammed

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