Objective: To know the effect of cupping therapy to decrease cholesterol levels in
patients at Home Healthy hiperkolestrolemia Al-hijamaah in the year 2014/2015.
Methods: Research observational analytic-numerical categorical pairs. Samples were
hypercholesterolemic patients at Home Healthy Al-hijamaah in 2014/2015. Taken by
using non-probability sampling technique with purposive sampling method. The primary
data obtained directly from respondents, and analyzed by paired T test.
Results: The number of samples involved in this study were 45 respondents. Most of the
samples were aged 20-45 years were 28 respondents (62.2%), female 27 respondents
(60%), and average cholesterol levels before cupping therapy of 262.84 mg / dl and the
average after cupping therapy 239.53 mg / dl.
Conclusion : In this study, the results of Test Independent t test t test = 2.64 with p =
0.010 (p≤ 0.05) which means that there are significant differences in cholesterol levels
before and after cupping therapy
Keyword : Hypercholesterolemia, cholesterol, dyslipidemia, cupping therapy, wet
cupping therapy.