Cupping Therapy for Migraine: A PRISMA-Compliant Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Characteristics of experiment intervention of included studies.

Study ID	Methods of cupping	Number of cupping points	Cupping points	Other intervention	Number of treatment sessions/duration	Frequency of sessions/time of cupping
Chen, 2019	Wet cupping	1-2	EX-HN5	None	Unclear/3 months	Unclear (at the time of migraine attack)/unclear
Jiang, 2015	Wet cupping	2	BL17	None	8/4 weeks	2 per week/20 minutes
Song, 2013	Wet cupping	8	Mei hua point (梅花穴)1), Xiang ling point (項棱穴)2), EX-HN5, GB20, GV14	None	16/8 weeks	2 per week/15 minutes
Jin, 2015	Dry cupping	Unclear	Back shu points	Acupuncture	16/8 weeks	2 per week/5 minutes
Li, 2012	Dry cupping	1-2	GB14 or EX-HN5	Acupuncture	16/15 days	Once a day/unclear
Zhang, 2020	Wet cupping	5	GV14, EX-HN5, TE5	Rizatriptan benzoate	4/20 days	1 per 5 days/5 minutes
Ersoy, 2020	Wet cupping	5	GV14, BL41-42, BL44-46	None	6 months	Demand rather than a single-month application/15 minutes

(1) 梅花穴: the edges and the central points of the pain area. (2) 項棱穴: 1.5 B-cun lateral to the cervical vertebra.