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Table 1 Clean Wet-Cupping Technique

From: Evaluation of wet-cupping therapy for persistent non-specific low back pain: a randomised, waiting-list controlled, open-label, parallel-group pilot trial

1

Wear sterilised gloves.

2

Find points for wet-cupping and indicate the sites by surgical marking pen.

3

Swab with 10% potadine solution and put a disposable cap to auto-lancet.

4

Punctuate 6 points along the marked site in 2 mm-depth and attach cups on the skin.

5

Exhaust inner air of the cups with maximum negative pressure by manual pumping.

6

Retain the cups for 5 minutes.

7

Open the exhausting valve and remove the cup.

8

Swab and stanch the treated sites with 10% potadine solution and apply bandages.

9

Let the participant rest for 5 minutes.