T/CACM 1078-2018 Treating the Unsuspected Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine: Specification for Operating Vacuum Cupping Techniques
T/CACM 1078-2018 Treating the Unsuspected Diseases with Traditional Chinese Medicine: Specification for Operating Vacuum Cupping Techniques
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Main technical content: This standard is a normative document used in China to guide and standardize the application of cupping therapy in the prevention of diseases. The purpose of compiling and promulgating this standard is to provide hospitals and healthcare institutions at all levels with guidelines for the clinical operation of cupping therapy in disease prevention, guide relevant doctors and healthcare personnel to correctly use cupping therapy to prevent and treat diseases, make the application of cupping therapy more standardized and safer, and thus better serve the health of the general public. This standard is based on the clinical advantages of cupping therapy and, on the basis of the already published ZYYXH/T158--2010 "Operating Norms for Health Cupping Therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine", it is systematically developed to help clinicians and patients make appropriate choices by referring to specific clinical situations, ancient literature, the experience of famous doctors, and the best modern clinical research evidence, as well as taking into account the values and wishes of patients. The overall thinking of this standard is: on the basis of the practice and clinical research of cupping therapy in traditional Chinese medicine, following the principles and methods of evidence-based medicine, combining internationally recognized standards for evaluating the quality of evidence and grading recommendations with ancient literature evidence and the clinical evidence of famous and experienced TCM experts to form a draft standard, and combining clinical research evidence with the consensus opinions of a large number of experts to develop guidance opinions that can ensure the clinical efficacy and safety of cupping therapy and effectively guide clinical practice. The evidence level of the recommended schemes in this standard mainly adopts the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) system recommended by the World Health Org