CUPPING THERAPY FROM MEDIEVAL ART TO MODERN SCIENCE
Kalam M. A.*, Munshi Y. I., Mir Idrees, Sheeraz M. A. and Farazuddin Khan
ABSTRACT
Bloodletting is an important medical procedure in Unani medicine to
cure diseases related to blood and many other causes. This method is
performed by three ways e.g. Hijama (cupping), Irsal-i-alaq (leeching)
and Fasd (venesection) which comes under Ilaj Bi‘l Tadbir
(Regimenal therapy) in Unani System of Medicine and is amongst the
oldest medical manipulations practiced by our ancestors. Although it
has 3000-year history and was practiced through different ages, it is
now regarded by some as repulsive. However, the physician and his
treatment should be judged in the light of the era of the disease. In this
article a brief information about the introduction, history, points and
recent scientific studies on Hijama (cupping) are discussed.
Keywords: Wet Cupping, Hijama, Unani System of Medicine.
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