Figure 1.
Constituent ratios of types of cupping therapy.
Table 1.
Reporting of quality components in 135 included randomized clinical trials on cupping therapy.
Table 2.
Effect of estimates of wet cupping treatment for herpes zoster in 15 RCTs.
Table 3.
Effect of estimates of cupping for facial paralysis in 15 RCTs.
Table 4.
Effect of estimates of cupping for acne in 6 RCTs.
Table 5.
Effect of estimates of cupping for cervical spondylosis in 6 RCTs.
Figure 2.
Effect of estimates of wet cupping versus medication on numbers of cured patients with herpes zoster.
Figure 3.
Effect of estimates of combination of wet cupping and other interventions versus other interventions alone on numbers of cured patients of herpes zoster.
Figure 4.
Effect of estimates of cupping combined with other interventions versus other interventions alone on numbers of cured patients with facial paralysis.
Figure 5.
Funnel plot assessing outcomes of cured patients reported in 39 randomized controlled trials on 4 diseases.