Cupping
It has been one of the traditional medical methods used by the experienced people to treat many diseases, because the majority of health problems were spread among people for reasons unknown at the time, and what we are seeing now from the methods of drug treatment is not Cupping was the only method of treatment at that time, and cupping is a suction process in which glass cups are used to place pain places, which are two types: wet cupping and dry cupping.
Types of cupping
- Cupping: This is the removal of rotten blood that accumulates over time in some areas of the body causing pain or weakness in the flow of blood, cupping to remove this rotten blood and blood cells and poor and compensated blood cells vital and new to restore the balance of the body again and saves from pain and some diseases, Moisturizing because it is used for scalpels and skin irritation.
- Dry cupping is a similar method to a large wet cupping, but here the scalpel is not used and does not disturb the body and does not leak any blood droplets, but it relies mainly on balancing the internal and external pressure.
Times for cupping
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) identified the time for cupping as he said: “Whoever wants to be cupping, let him drive seventeen, nineteen, or twenty-one. He also hates cupping on Saturday or Friday.
General advice regarding cupping
- Cupping may be repeated in some difficult diseases, because some patients are cured from the first time and others do not respond quickly to treatment and need to be repeated more than once.
- You should abstain from smoking or intercourse before cupping 12 hours, with the need to sleep and rest and not to be subjected to any psychological pressure or nervous.
- Cupping is not done immediately after eating, so it is necessary to eat a snack on that day hours ago, and the cupping process warns of extreme hunger or satiety.
- Stay away from dairy and dairy products, fat, fat and citrus on the day of cupping.
- Avoid placing the cup on the torn ligaments.
- Be careful with liver and blood thinners.
- It is not permissible to perform cupping for a patient with cold, flu or cold except after he has fully recovered.