Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF WET CUPPING THERAPY (AL-HIJAMAH) ON SOME BLOOD COMPONENTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Author(s) -
Adel A. M. Saeed,
Wafa F. S. Badulla,
Galal Ak. A. Sheikh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mağallaẗ ğāmiʿaẗ ʿadan li-l-ʿulūm al-asāsiyyaẗ wa-al-taṭbīqiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2708-0684
DOI - 10.47372/ejua-ba.2021.3.106
Subject(s) - venous blood , medicine , uric acid , creatinine , blood lipids , blood sugar , cholesterol , vein , statistical significance , surgery , gastroenterology , physiology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Cupping therapy (CT), also known as (Al-Hijamah) is one of the therapeutic techniques that were practiced in many countries of the world in ancient times and it is still used now. The current study was aimed to evaluate some components of the venous blood and comparing the results with that in the blood withdrawn during cupping therapy (CT). The method was carried out by taking blood samples from the scaried area that were made during CT on the skin and venous blood samples. Eighteen mostly healthy male participants were selected randomly between ages 25-61 years. About 5 ml of blood samples were collected from the vein and cupping site for each participant and biochemical parameters that are blood glucose, uric acid, and cholesterol were analyzed. All studied parameters were high in the cupping blood in comparison with the venous blood where it was noted that cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), as well as low-density lipoproteins (LDL), were statistically significant at (p 0.05). The current study is consistent with other studies. CT helps in reducing some biological parameters that may be related to some metabolic diseases, so it could maintaining human health.