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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / August 2007Cupping / Bloodletting
The reasoning behind this is .. lack of medical care .. due to deaths OF medical people in Iraq. Ancient healing technique gains new popularity in Iraq Posted: 14 June 2007 1214 hrs BAGHDAD - Haidar al-Hajam carefully placed the glass jars over the slight incisions on his patient's back and then began to pump out the air. In the ensuing vacuum, the thick dark blood slowly oozed out of the cuts and into the clear containers. "The Assyrians, the Chinese and the ancient Egyptians all used to practice cupping to draw out the corrupt blood," said Hajam as he deftly drained a few more spots on his patient's back in his office in Baghdad's Sadr City slum. Murtada Abu Ali, 45, has become a regular for this ancient treatment known by its Arabic name of 'hijama', or sucking, and says it helps him in a way no modern medicine can. "I got fed up with the painkillers doctors were prescribing for my neck ache, so I decided to use hijama and it's great - I urge others to try it," he said. Increasingly Iraqis are following this advice and the ancient technique is finding renewed popularity in central and southern Iraq as people use it to cope with the stress of the country's unending bloodshed. The idea behind cupping, which was promoted by ancient Greek physician Galen and medieval Islamic philosopher Ibn Sina (known as Avicenna in the West), is to stimulate the skin and muscles to release toxins and improve blood and lymph circulation. The process is also believed to stimulate the release of histamine- like substances in the skin which boosts the immune system. The immediate result, however, is circular discoloration and bruising where the glass has been placed, but many testify that the process leaves them rejuvenated. The technique has long been used in the Arabian countries of the Gulf and traditionally sections of horn were used, with the vacuum caused either by the healer sucking out air or burning bits of cotton or paper to eliminate the oxygen. Hajam's tools have progressed with the times, however, and are equipped with tiny pumps to remove the air and grip the skin. In addition to just aches and pains, the technique has been prescribed for fevers and disorders of the inner organs, including liver, stomach, intestines and kidneys and has a firm position on the Western alternative medicine scene. "The percentage of those who recover is very high, especially those who have diseases of the heart and arteries, as well as diabetes," said Hajam, who sees up to 30 patients a day. At first, Hajam asks the patient where it hurts and then places his cup on the spot, sucks out the air, and leaves it for a few minutes, before removing the cup. He then makes a number of small cuts, replaces the cup and once again sucks out the air, bleeding the wound for several minutes before sterilizing and bandaging the spot. The back is the most common areas to be cupped, because the "blood stream is slow there and a continuous bleeding is ruled out, furthermore it is less sensitive than other areas," Hajam explained. "Prophet Mohammed himself used hijama. It is for many diseases, from headache to arthritis and sciatica, even for sterility for men and women," he added. The technique was also traditionally used by the historic pearl divers of the Gulf to prevent diseases before they embarked on their three- month-long pearling expeditions out at sea. "I sought out many physicians but they were all useless, so I decided to try this," said Abu Tareq, 56, now one of Hajam's regulars. "I feel energetic and revived now and will continue doing it." Mushtaq Razzaq, 20, said it was his uncle who turned him on to the technique. "Before I was always sluggish for no apparent reason, but now I feel this wonderful change come over my body," he said. - AFP/ ra _________________________________________________________________ http://www.hmc.org.qa/heartviews/VOL5NO2/special_section.htm Hijamah The Arabic word "hijamah" means "sucking." In the Arabian Gulf, Hijamah was used not only for treatment but also for prophylaxis against diseases. Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/a3cc3 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk Saudi Ministry Of Health Prohibits Blood Cupping Posted Apr 17, 2007 Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health has decided to end the practice of blood cupping until there is documented scientific evidence of its usefulness. The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has mandated that the practice of blood cupping, also known as hijama in Arabic, be stopped until there is documented scientific evidence of its usefulness. This now ends one of the oldest medical traditions in the Arab world - and puts many traditional healers out of work. "[We] ask people to focus on modern medicine, based on the evidence," said Othman Al-Rabiah, coordinator of the Health Services Council. Many specialist clinics were performing blood cupping until this ruling came into effect. Cupping is when blood is extracted from the skin through a small cut and then a cup is attached to the skin that makes a tight seal on it. "I have practiced this job for 20 years," said Ali Mejahed, a Yemeni cupping maker. "I have customers, and if they want me they can phone me." Clinic workers are said to be startled and are quite angry about this decision. They say that the Ministry wasn't forthcoming with cuppers about their intentions. "The Ministry of Health ... promised to give us the green light to practice cupping again after they make new arrangements to organize it, but we were surprised when they prevented it entirely," said one cupper, who requested anonymity. In a show of defiance against the Ministry, some hospitals cupping clinics are staying open because they don't believe in the ruling. "This is not right ... most of the people received benefits from cupping," the owner of one Jeddah hospital, who requested anonymity, said. "We have opened the cupping clinic in our hospital because we know how beneficial it is. Also, the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, asked his nation to do it." Some regular cuppers say that getting cupped has become a habit from which they receive great benefit and they are willing to flout the law to continue to do it. "I had a headache, and I visited many hospitals and many doctors ... but I didn't feel better," a cupper known only as "Yousif" said. "One of my friends advised me to do cupping ... and for SR200, including materials I bought at the pharmacy, the man did cupping for me, and since then I've felt much better." And, 3, 2, 1 .... Source: saudigazette.com.sa _________________________________________________________________ Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/a3cc3 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk On Jul 30, 7:08 am, "ironjust...@aol.com" <ironjust...@aol.com> wrote: > The reasoning behind this is .. lack of medical care .. due to deaths > OF medical people in Iraq. [quoted text clipped - 103 lines] > > DEAD PEOPLE WALKINGhttp://tinyurl.com/zk9fk >> On Jul 30, 11:23 am, "ironjust...@aol.com" <ironjust...@aol.com> wrote: Saudi Ministry Of Health Prohibits Blood Cupping << No Ban on Cupping - Council Sunday, 22 April 2007 By Abdullah Al-Hariri The Saudi Gazette THE Council of Health Services has denied reports that the Ministry of Health has outright prohibited blood cupping, or Hijama, as a method of treatment."The prohibition of cupping does not mean [the Ministry]denies cupping as a method of treatment, but we want to avoid harm to people under treatment," a Ministry official said. A press statement released on the Ministry Web site said that stories in the media that depict the prohibition of cupping as violating the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad was not correct. Instead, they are trying to combat some cupping practitioners who don't care to follow the correct steps of cleaning,sterilization, and infection control. Many recent reports have pointed to incidents where some people being treated by cupping have developed infectious diseases. The Council of Health Services issued a decree prohibiting cupping three months ago based on scientific grounds, saying the benefits of cupping haven't been proven on a scientific basis. Many cupping clinics have closed their doors, and last week,Saudi German Hospital was forced to change the theme of one of its workshops on cupping after the practice was declared banned by the Ministry.Osman Al-Rabia, the council's general coordinator, said the council recently rejected licensing the practice of blood cupping in the Kingdom until its usage is verified from a scientific point of view, denoting that the council recognizes only practices that have solid medical grounding. He said the council directed the Alternative Medicine Center to raise awareness of this practice in society and follow up on new scientific findings. The Saudi Gazette INTERNET EDITION http://www.saudigazette.com.sa _________________________________________________________________ Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/a3cc3 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk >>> On Jul 30, 11:23 am, "ironjust...@aol.com" <ironjust...@aol.com> wrote: >Saudi Ministry Of Health Prohibits Blood Cupping << who cares. >> On Jul 31, 10:59 am, M?ck?? <tro...@renotworthsaving.net> wrote: who cares. << Over there it is like taking someones' .. insulin .. away .. Considered by some to be a cure .. somewhat like .. bloodletting .. ? And of course NOW .. that they are conducting a clinical trial OF .. bloodletting for diabetes .. makes the fact .. cuppers .. have spoken to this / Hijama / bloodletting .. BEING a .. **cure** .. would make any halfassed investigator .. say .. something OTHER .. than .. "who cares" .. But .. Mack .. with his innate abilities to .. understand .. says .. ""who cares" .. Heh .. heh .. So either you DO understand .. and say .. "fk the Arabs" .. or .. you are simply stupid .. Which is it .. Mack .. are you a .. racist or are you .. stupid .. ? http://www.lulu.com/content/109707 "Hijama normalize blood glucose as close to normal as possible & only your best way to avoid or delay complications of pre-diseases such as high blood pressure and/or diabetes." ________________________________________________________________ Traditional therapy unit at Al Jazeera includes hijama By Nada S. Mussallam A NEW Alternative Medicine Unit that includes a cupping (hijama) and acupuncture centres was inaugurated recently at the Physiotherapy Department of Al Jazeera Hospital. The unit was established on the directives of Shaikh Hamid bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the General Authority for Health Services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to promote quality health services for the residents of the UAE. "The alternative or complementary medicines proved that they follow effective and safe methods for treatment", said Ahmed Al Rumaithi, Assistant Under-Secretary and Director of the Authority. "We should preserve these methods for their traditional and cultural values and work to develop them in accordance with the scientific research and the international trends," he said. Dr Hamad Al Irman, Head of the Department, to know more about the methods of treatment and their efficacy. "Hijama or cupping is a branch of medical science which was originally derived from the Islamic civilisation and other ancient civilisations like the Chinese civilisation. It is a science that relies on the theory of energy which states that human body is made up of a meridian that passes energy to the whole body, said Dr Irman. Hijama is used to treat different diseases and health problems such as diabetes, migraine, rheumatism, sinus, irregular menstruation, sciatica, prostate gland, piles and cholesterol irregularities, which do not respond to curative therapies, he said. These cases are usually referred to extensive laboratory tests and medical consultations before being transferred to the Alternative Medicine Unit, he noted. On how hijama functions, Yusuf Khalil Al Yasi, Modern Cupping Specialist at the Unit, said hijama is derived from the word Hajama which means sucking of the blood that is believed to be decomposed and the main cause of ailments. There are two types of hijama. One is dry hijama in which a cup full of pressurised air is placed over the targeted spot on the body to rid the blood of harmful acids, he explained. The second type which is called wet hijama requires making of small cuts on the spotted area of the body where the blood is condensed using a sharp blade, said Dr Yasi, noting that both methods take a maximum of 15 to 30 minutes per session and that the process of condensing blood is necessary in both types. Hijama can be carried out in different parts of the body depending on the nature of the disease itself, he said. Dr Yasi, who has been in the profession for more than 16 years, said the percentage of recovery by using hijama is 80 to 90 per cent, depending on the cases themselves and that even two-month old babies can go in for hijama. The Unit has so far received more than 90 cases, he said. Mohammed Abdullah Al Dahiri, Director of Al Jazeera and Central Hospitals, said that this kind of treatment is applied worldwide and that the Unit is practising the profession under the supervision of specialists while implementing the WHO's criteria set in this field. "We also pay attention to the sterilisation of instruments used in hijama and other traditional treatments available at the Unit such as acupuncture, he said. Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://tinyurl.com/a3cc3 DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk I, in the past, helped to heal my pain in the overused muscles of my legs (because of foot deformities) using a technique called needling, where I poked into the tenderist spot with a needle. It really worked if you hit just the right spot that gave a bee sting like feel. I wonder if the small cuts in cupping do much the same thing for muscle pain. It would depend how deep the cut was. KC > The reasoning behind this is .. lack of medical care .. due to deaths > OF medical people in Iraq. [quoted text clipped - 106 lines] > DEAD PEOPLE WALKING > http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk <ironjustice@aol.com> wrote in message > BAGHDAD - Haidar al-Hajam carefully placed the glass jars over the > slight incisions on his patient's back and then began to pump out the > air. Jeez, I just use the thing that came with my meter. John On 30 Jul, 22:30, "johnniemccoy@" <johnniemc...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote: > <ironjust...@aol.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > John I've been busy this last year, but see that Ironjustice is still misquoting badly done third world science to claim that diabetes is caused by eating meat. And he still claims that Jesus was a vegetarion, which is pretty damned silly considering the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, his participation in Passover, etc. So maybe the guy has a big meter ? "johnniemccoy@" <johnniemccoy@NOSPAMhotmail.com> a écrit ... > <ironjustice@aol.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > John |
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