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. 2011 Jun 10;12:146. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-146

Table 1.

Clean Wet-Cupping Technique

1 Wear sterilised gloves.
2 Find points for wet-cupping and indicate the sites by surgical marking pen.

3 Swab with 10% potadine solution and put a disposable cap to auto-lancet.

4 Punctuate 6 points along the marked site in 2 mm-depth and attach cups on the skin.

5 Exhaust inner air of the cups with maximum negative pressure by manual pumping.

6 Retain the cups for 5 minutes.

7 Open the exhausting valve and remove the cup.

8 Swab and stanch the treated sites with 10% potadine solution and apply bandages.

9 Let the participant rest for 5 minutes.