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Warm Cupping in Combination with Standard Therapy in COVID-19: Correspondence
, Viroj Wiwanitkit2 1Private Academic Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand
2Dr DY Patil University, Pune, India
This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2022; 15(5): 279-279
Published October 31, 2022 https://doi.org/10.51507/j.jams.2022.15.5.279
Copyright © Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute.
Dear Editor,
We would like to correspond about the publication “Warm Cupping of the Posterior Thorax in Combination with Standard Conventional Therapy for ARDS in COVID-19 Patients in ICU: A Case Series” [1]. According to Karimi et al. [1], all patients were released without needing a mechanical ventilator, and all patients’ symptom scores improved, which was matched by an increase in SpO2 of up to 3.16 percent. For patients with COVID-19 and ARDS, Karimi et al. [1] hypothesized that combining cupping with conventional therapy may improve outcomes. We both agree that using cupping to treat COVID-19 cases may be beneficial. According to a previous meta-analysis, warm cupping is an acceptable Asian classical medicinal technique that could help manage COVID-19 [2]. However, without the control group in the current study, it is difficult to determine whether the patient improvements were caused by the usual medical care. Additionally, without special medical care, patients may have the tendency to heal from a viral infection without complications [3]. Background immunity is a significant issue as well. Currently, mass vaccination is used, and this could affect background immunity, which is further linked to clinical recovery from infection.
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References
- Karimi M, Kazemi AH, Asadi A, Zarei A, Zargaran A, Moravej SAA, et al. Warm cupping of the posterior thorax in combination with standard conventional therapy for ARDS in COVID-19 patients in ICU: a case series. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2022;15:194-200. https://doi.org/10.51507/j.jams.2022.15.3.194.
- Wu L, Yuan Q, Kuang Y, Chen Y, Li J, Feng Y, et al. External treatment of traditional Chinese medicine for COVID-19: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020;99:e22316. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000022316.
- van den Borst B. Recovery after Covid-19. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 2021;12:100208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100208.
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J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2022; 15(5): 279-279
Published online October 31, 2022 https://doi.org/10.51507/j.jams.2022.15.5.279
Copyright © Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute.
Warm Cupping in Combination with Standard Therapy in COVID-19: Correspondence
Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip1,* , Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1Private Academic Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand
2Dr DY Patil University, Pune, India
Correspondence to:Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip
Private Academic Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand
E-mail: rujittika@gmail.com
This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dear Editor,
We would like to correspond about the publication “Warm Cupping of the Posterior Thorax in Combination with Standard Conventional Therapy for ARDS in COVID-19 Patients in ICU: A Case Series” [1]. According to Karimi et al. [1], all patients were released without needing a mechanical ventilator, and all patients’ symptom scores improved, which was matched by an increase in SpO2 of up to 3.16 percent. For patients with COVID-19 and ARDS, Karimi et al. [1] hypothesized that combining cupping with conventional therapy may improve outcomes. We both agree that using cupping to treat COVID-19 cases may be beneficial. According to a previous meta-analysis, warm cupping is an acceptable Asian classical medicinal technique that could help manage COVID-19 [2]. However, without the control group in the current study, it is difficult to determine whether the patient improvements were caused by the usual medical care. Additionally, without special medical care, patients may have the tendency to heal from a viral infection without complications [3]. Background immunity is a significant issue as well. Currently, mass vaccination is used, and this could affect background immunity, which is further linked to clinical recovery from infection.
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The author declares no conflict of interest.
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References
- Karimi M, Kazemi AH, Asadi A, Zarei A, Zargaran A, Moravej SAA, et al. Warm cupping of the posterior thorax in combination with standard conventional therapy for ARDS in COVID-19 patients in ICU: a case series. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2022;15:194-200. https://doi.org/10.51507/j.jams.2022.15.3.194.
- Wu L, Yuan Q, Kuang Y, Chen Y, Li J, Feng Y, et al. External treatment of traditional Chinese medicine for COVID-19: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020;99:e22316. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000022316.
- van den Borst B. Recovery after Covid-19. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 2021;12:100208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100208.
