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Effect of Fire Cupping Vs Dry Cupping in Dysmenorrhea

Efficacy of HijÄ?ma BilÄ? ShartÌ£ (dry cupping) versus HijÄ?ma-i-NÄ?riya (fire cupping) in Ò?Usr-i-TÌ£amth (Primary Dysmenorrhea): A randomized comparative clinical study. - nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/07/026708
Enrollment
40
Registered
2020-07-21
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: N944- Primary dysmenorrhea Health Condition 2: N944- Primary dysmenorrhea Health Condition 3: N944- Primary dysmenorrhea

Interventions

Intervention1: Fire Cupping: Patients will be subjected to the HijÄ?ma NÄ?riya, from one day before to three days after the onset of menstrual cycle, HijÄ?ma NÄ?riya will be started below the umbilicu

Sponsors

National Institute Of Unani Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Clinically and/or radiologically diagnosed patients of primary dysmenorrhea both unmarried and married between the age group of 13-38 years. 2. Patients with regular painful menstrual cycles i.e. 21-35 days with one or more associated symptoms like nausea, vomiting, low backache, diarrhea, fatigue. 3. Pain associated with dysmenorrhea not less than 5 on Visual Analogue Scale.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with organic pathologies like endometriosis, uterine polyp or PID. •H/o of hormonal treatment (OCPs) within last two months. 2. Any coexisting severe systemic disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Visual analogue scale (VAS) score. 2. Verbal multidimensional score 3. WaLIDD scale. Timepoint: 8 sittings in 2 cycles, Before and after every sitting and once at 3rd cycle (follow up)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Short Form 12Timepoint: 4 weeks after the trial during follow up

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Abdul Azeez

National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore

aafaris@gmail.com9035417278

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026