No. | Item | Detail |
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1 | Cupping rationale | 1a. Style of cupping (e.g., Chinese medicine, dry cupping, wet cupping, etc.) |
1b. Reasoning for cupping provided, based on historical context, literature sources, and/or consensus methods, with references where appropriate | ||
1c. Whether the cupping treatment is individualized or not | ||
2 | Details of cupping | 2a. Patient posture during the cupping |
2b. Devices used for cupping, such as type of cupping set, size, manufacturer, and material (e.g., herbal, needle, moxa, water) inside the cup, if any | ||
 |  | 2c. Name and number of acupoints/meridians/locations (if no official name) used for cupping |
2d. Number of cupping units and/or cupping time per location (mean or range where relevant) | ||
2e. Procedure and technique for cupping (e.g., weak/light cupping, medium cupping, strong cupping, moving cupping, light-moving cupping, needle cupping, hot needle and moxa cupping, empty/flash cupping, bleeding/wet/full cupping, herbal cupping, water cupping and ice cupping) | ||
2f. Responses sought from participants (e.g., warm feeling, skin reddening, ring mark, etc.) | ||
2g. Precautionary measures to adverse events (e.g., skin blister, scald, or bleeding), and management, if any | ||
3 | Treatment regimen | Number, frequency and duration of the cupping sessions |
4 | Other components of treatment | 4a. Details of other interventions administered to the cupping group (e.g., acupuncture, moxibustion, massage, herbs, exercises, lifestyle advice) |
4b. Setting and instruction of treatment to the cupping providers and the participants | ||
5 | Treatment provider background | Description of treatment provider(s) (qualification or professional affiliation, years in cupping practice, and other relevant experience for professional) |
6 | Control or comparator of cupping | 6a. Rationale for the choice of control or comparator of cupping |
6b. Precise description of the control or comparator. If another form of cupping or cupping-like control is used, provide details as for Items 1 to 3 above |