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Heavy Metals, Trace Elements, and Smoking Biomarkers in Venous and Cupping Blood Before and After Wet Cupping Therapy

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Investigation

Does cupping pull toxins out of the body?

Qualifies

Uncontrolled wet-cupping studies in 13 healthy men, 44 steelworkers, and 60 smokers measured blood metals before and after treatment and reported selected concentration decreases. These real biochemical observations lack concurrent untreated controls, total-body metal mass balance and patient-important benefits, and are not assays of dark skin marks.

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Skin Empiric
Skin