What is hijama?
Hijama, also known as cupping therapy, is a method in which your blood is drawn toward the skin through a vacuum. The therapist puts cups having vacuum pressure inside them over your skin, and it draws blood toward the surface, removing toxins and impurities from nearby tissues.
Hijama helps treat various illnesses and is being used for decades. It has its importance in Islamic history too.
Hijama (cupping therapy) can be of two types, dry and wet.
The difference between dry and wet cupping therapy is that in that dry cupping therapy no incision is made, but in wet cupping therapy incisions are made on the skin along with vacuum pressure application.
At the end of the procedure, you will notice a bruise and discoloration of the skin because of broken blood vessels just underneath the skin.
The needles used for hijama should be disinfected, clean and separate for everyone. If the same needle or infected one is used, it can result in a skin infection.
Therefore before getting it done, you must ask the therapist if they are using new needles for every patient or not.
Hijama benefits
Research on cupping therapy has uncovered several benefits such as:
Increases red blood cells (RBCs)
Rids the body of toxins and excess fluids
Promotes the flow of blood to muscles and tissues
Regulates cholesterol level
Controls high-blood pressure
Stimulates the nervous system
Can be beneficial for diabetic patients as it reduces blood sugar.
