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A Review on Al-Hijamah (Cupping Therapy)


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1 Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance, St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Deshmukhi (V), Pochampally (M), Behind Mount Opera, Nalgonda (Dist)-508284, Telangana, India
2 Department of Pharmaceutics, St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Deshmukhi (V), Pochampally (M), Behind Mount Opera, Nalgonda (Dist)-508284, Telangana, India
3 Vivekananda Group of Institutions(Pharmacy Department), Near Ramoji Film City, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad, Telangana, 501511, India
     

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A review on Al-Hijamah (Cupping therapy) includes the detailed introduction, areas or points of hijamah that are cupped on the various parts of the human body with it's mutual benefits, types of it whether it is dry or massage or wet therapy. These types of therapies are varient from one another while bleeding of blood via wet cupping is possibly beneficial that it can heal many ailments of our body. The safety of this type of therapy is much appreciable which doesn't hurt or leave marks of the punctures on the body while cupping is performed. Much more new therapies were discussed under it related to organs and possible disease that can be cured by cupping. Lot of variance has been distinguished between blood donation and hijamah regarding their mutual remedies and advantages.

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Al-Hijamah, Cupping, Venesection, Cauterization.
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Authors

Abdul Saleem Mohammad
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance, St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Deshmukhi (V), Pochampally (M), Behind Mount Opera, Nalgonda (Dist)-508284, Telangana, India
Nikhat Fatima
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance, St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Deshmukhi (V), Pochampally (M), Behind Mount Opera, Nalgonda (Dist)-508284, Telangana, India
Humera Badar
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance, St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Deshmukhi (V), Pochampally (M), Behind Mount Opera, Nalgonda (Dist)-508284, Telangana, India
Syeda Saba Sulthana
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Assurance, St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Deshmukhi (V), Pochampally (M), Behind Mount Opera, Nalgonda (Dist)-508284, Telangana, India
Chandan Mohanty
Department of Pharmaceutics, St. Mary’s Pharmacy College, Deshmukhi (V), Pochampally (M), Behind Mount Opera, Nalgonda (Dist)-508284, Telangana, India
Mohammad Akthar Sulthana
Vivekananda Group of Institutions(Pharmacy Department), Near Ramoji Film City, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad, Telangana, 501511, India

Abstract


A review on Al-Hijamah (Cupping therapy) includes the detailed introduction, areas or points of hijamah that are cupped on the various parts of the human body with it's mutual benefits, types of it whether it is dry or massage or wet therapy. These types of therapies are varient from one another while bleeding of blood via wet cupping is possibly beneficial that it can heal many ailments of our body. The safety of this type of therapy is much appreciable which doesn't hurt or leave marks of the punctures on the body while cupping is performed. Much more new therapies were discussed under it related to organs and possible disease that can be cured by cupping. Lot of variance has been distinguished between blood donation and hijamah regarding their mutual remedies and advantages.

Keywords


Al-Hijamah, Cupping, Venesection, Cauterization.