ZHAO Dan, ZHAO Yan. Nursing Care Report of Abdominal Massage Combined with Abdominal Cupping Therapy in a Patient with Simple Abdominal Obesity[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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ZHAO Dan, ZHAO Yan. Nursing Care Report of Abdominal Massage Combined with Abdominal Cupping Therapy in a Patient with Simple Abdominal Obesity[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202605120009.
Nursing Care Report of Abdominal Massage Combined with Abdominal Cupping Therapy in a Patient with Simple Abdominal Obesity
This paper summarizes the nursing experience of a young female patient with simple abdominal obesity who was treated with abdominal massage combined with abdominal cupping therapy. The patient, one year postpartum, was clinically diagnosed with simple abdominal obesity and had experienced sticky and unsmooth bowel movements for one month. Following TCM syndrome differentiation, abdominal massage combined with abdominal cupping therapy was administered. After the intervention, the patient's body weight, waist circumference, and body mass index (BMI) all decreased, and the symptom of sticky stools was significantly improved. This case provides a clinical reference for the application of non-pharmacological TCM therapies in the management of postpartum simple abdominal obesity.
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