Abstract

ABIAGUE NICOT, Carlos. Acupuncture analgesia of the low back pain with bamboo cups. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.4, pp. 420-425. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 56 patients with low back pain attended in the Care Budget Unit from Boniato neighborhood in Santiago de Cuba, from January 2008 to September 2009, in order to evaluate the results of the acupuncture analgesia with bamboo cups to alleviate that acute pain. It was found that those most affected by this symptom were men, people between 25-35 and 58-68 years and patients of the case material that had this clinical condition due to osteoarthritis and inappropriate physical effort. This millenarian procedure was economical, effective and safe, because it relieved the pain and allowed patients to recover walking with minimal complications.

Keywords : acupuncture analgesia; cups; low back pain; traditional natural medicine.

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